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Femmes Juristes Pour les Droits de la Femme et de l’Enfant (FJDF)

Contact Person: Catherine Kathungu Furaha Address : Ville de Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tel : ( 243) 099 77 60 899 Email FJDF

• Mission
• Advocacy
• Networking

Mission

Femmes Juristes Pour les Droits de la Femme et de l’Enfant (FDJF) works to promote and defend women’s rights by helping women understand the laws that were created to protect them. In so doing, they hope to put an end to the suffering and marginalization of women in the society.

Advocacy

• Educating about women’s rights in Catholic and Protestant churches, secondary schools, Qur’anic schools, and universities in conjunction with grassroots women’s groups and local NGOs, as well as the district police authorities.
• Struggling against impunity, infractions, and irregularities in the judicial system
• Advocating for an end to sexual violence and a revision of the family law code
• Advocating for improved prison conditions for all inmates, and especially for women
• Campaigning for the inclusion of women in public affairs
• Supporting agrarian reform to improve the lives of farmers and their families.
• Promoting pacification in the DRC through peaceful protests, press releases, and written materials
• Issuing Butembo and Beni’s weekly radio programs on issues and themes related to women’s rights
• Publishing a bilingual monthly brochure (French and Kiswahili),  “The Women’s Viewpoint,” about themes affecting women
• Organizing a tri-monthly conference related to women’s rights and to the best ways of improving the conditions of the Congolese woman
• Training disc-jockeys and presenters so that they can better understand women’s rights
• Offering judicial assistance (at least 3 women per month)
• Offering legal advice and consultations, in matters of alimony, inheritance, litigation, rape, and work (about 15 cases per month)
• Organizing bi-annual consultations with women’s groups and institutions to propose legislative and organizational reforms
• Issuing bi-monthly reports of human rights violations

Networking

• ALARM
• AMNESTY ALLEMANDE
• CMC, Coupole 11.11.11
• FDHM
• FCA
• GADHOP
• HCDH
• MONUC
• POLE INSTITUTE
• SAFDF
• SFVS
• UNICEF

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