In partnership with the Voices of African Women Campaign of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
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Speakers: Eve Bazaiba, Furaha Mussanzi, Sophia Pickles
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Chair: Marsha Henry
Policy institutes and experts worldwide, including Global Witness in the UK, have called for a reform of the Security Sector of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Recent international reforms have aimed to stop Congo’s mineral wealth funding armed groups. Global Witness warns that the Congolese Government needs to hold companies and government officials involved in such abuses to account in order for these reforms to work.
Congolese women continue to campaign using UNSCR 1325 to ensure women’s participation in decision-making, and in this seminar will bring a spotlight on Multinational Corporations’ involvement in the D.R. Congo,and offer grassroots recommendations for better Security Sector reforms in their country.
Speakers
Eve Bazaiba MP is a member of the DR.Congo Parliament and General Secretary of the Mouvement de La liberation du Congo (MLC) .
Furaha Mussanzi is a human rights activist representing Common Cause UK, Centre Résolution Conflits , Bradford Congo Campaign and WILPF UK.
Sophia Pickles is Campaign Lead on Conflict Minerals at Global Witness UK.
Marsha Henry (Chair) is Deputy Director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security and Associate Professor in the Gender Institute.