Deadline for camp closures in Borno State is V troubling for many former captives. Most families do not feel safe to return. development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC) CSiW WPSN - Canada

Nigerian state to shut camps for people displaced by insurgency reuters.com/world/africa/n…

To mark the end of #16Days , we highlight the historic Pan-African & survivor-centered reparations tribunal recently held in Kinshasa, organized by @csiwproject & Global Survivors Fund. Read their powerful declaration & proposals, including reparations: bit.ly/3DKtxob #EndSGBV

I'm very pleased to share that our CSiW paper on women's law-making and contestations of forced 'marriage' in Uganda, Sierra Leone, and Liberia has been published open access in Law and Society Review! Law and Society annie bunting Emily Lockhart (she/her)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

🗓️ Closing 3⃣ days of intense work
🫂 With and for #Survivors of #CRSV in #Kinshasa
#Survivors Hearing
#Survivors First
We'll be back soon 🇨🇩!
📸 (c) Yves Cojan

Intense, productive conversations with participants on realizing #survivorsfirst , timely, meaningful, gender sensitive reparations. 'It's Time/ Il est temps' SOFEPADI CSiW Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Canada en RDC Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne SSHRC

The #conflict -related #sexualviolence survivors' forum was launched on November 22, 2021 with support from Canada. 🇨🇦 is undeniably committed to justice and peace in the DRC. @FondationPanzi @Sofepadi Voix et Leadership des Femmes RDC #SGBV

#Jour2 #TribuneDesSurvivants

Les échanges ont tourné sur Comment les réparations pour les survivant.es de VS liées aux conflits peuvent-elles être utilisées pour générer des transformations significatives ? De quoi a-t-on besoin pour que les réparations soient[…

🗓️ Day 2
📌Discussions are ongoing on the Declaration on the on the Rights of Survivors of Conflict-related Sexual Violence to Participate in and Co-create Gender-based Reparations.
📸 (c) Yves Kojan
#SurvivorsFirst
#SurvivorsHearing

Thank you, USG SRSG Ms. Patten for sharing your insights on the need for and rights to reparations for survivors of #CRSV with us on day 1 of the #SurvivorsHearing
#SurvivorsFirst
Global Survivors Fund

🗓 Day 2

💡Some concrete ideas emerge from discussions and will feed the work on the Declaration:

1️⃣ Children born of rape are amongst others
2️⃣ Transformative reparations for Survivors
3️⃣ Co-creation of reparations programmes

#SurvivorsHearing
#SurvivorsFirst

À l’occasion, plus de 20 survivant.es de violences sexuelles liées aux conflits en Afrique seront réunies à l’hôtel #Memling de Kinshasa du 22 au 24 Novembre 2021 pour témoigner et rédiger une déclaration pour obtenir réparation.

🗓 Day 1

✊ Continuation of the discussions: obstacles remain to obtain justice, but reparations are possible! Here’s the message of hope and lessons learnt this morning.

#SurvivorsHearing
#SurvivorsFirst

🗓 Jour 1

Il est temps!
➡️ D’écouter les survivant.es
➡️ De prendre en compte leur droit à réparation
➡️ De co-créer des programmes de réparation avec elles/eux

#SurvivorsHearing
#SurvivorsFirst

🧵Esther Dingemans, Directrice Exécutive de Global Survivors Fund est avec la presse à la Tribune des Survivantes.
🌍Ses messages aux survivant.es d'Afrique et d'ailleurs & aux gouvernements:
1⃣ Réparer, c'est d'abord écouter
THREAD (1/2)
#SurvivorsHearing
#SurvivorsFirst

🗓Jour 1

Message-clé des intervenants ce matin:
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#SurvivorsHearing
#SurvivorsFirst

Important hearing in Kinshasa Nov 22-24 brings survivors of conflict-related sexual violence from a dozen countries together to share testimonies and explore their right to reparations. Organized by Global Survivors Fund and CSiW led by annie bunting York University Anna M. Agathangelou

Join us tomorrow for the opening of a 3-day #CRSV #survivors hearing to shape the #reparation agenda and discuss #participation ! Global Survivors Fund CSiW Grace Agenda SOFEPADI Mvt. Nat. Survivant.e.s de Violences sexuelles RDC Refugee Law Project Amelia

⏰It is Time to Listen to Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Amplify their Voices.

Stay tune for more news on the #SurvivorsHearing starting tomorrow in Kinshasa, DRC.
#SurvivorsFirst
#SurvivorsHearing

Agenda 👇globalsurvivorsfund.org/media/it-is-ti…

✈️ We are soon heading to Kinshasa to
🟠Hear African survivors of #CRSV sharing their testimonies & reflections on reparations
🟠Draft a Declaration on the rights of survivors to co-create reparations
🟠 Put reparations on top of policy agenda

#SurvivorsHearing
#SurvivorsFirst

Le Global Survivors Fund en partenariat avec CSiW et les organisations locales de 12 pays d'Afrique dont la SOFEPADI organise un évènement intitulé : « Il est temps: Tribune des survivant.es sur les réparations», en collaboration avec le Panel de la Présidence RDC 🇨🇩 à l'UA