KINSHASA, DRC, Could 29, 2024 /African Media Company (AMA)/ – Her Excellency, Madam Minister of Gender, Household and Youngsters, Mireille MASANGU BIBI MULOKO formally launched the method of growing the second state report on the implementation of the Maputo Protocol within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) throughout a ceremony on Tuesday, Could 21, 2024, on the Pullman Resort.
The official launch of the method of drafting the second nation report on the implementation of the Maputo Protocol within the Democratic Republic of Congo benefited from the help of Ipas RDC, a non-governmental group working within the discipline of sexual and reproductive well being . The preparation of this report is according to the duty of States Events to report on the implementation of the Maputo Protocol by periodic reviews (each two years) to the African Fee on Human Rights and of the African Union (ACHPR).
The second periodic report of the Congolese State will present info on the implementation of the Maputo Protocol on the central stage and within the completely different provinces of the nation from 2016 to 2023, addressing the challenges and alternatives linked to the promotion and safety of ladies’s rights within the DRC.
Adopted in 2003, the Maputo Protocol constitutes one of many first authorized frameworks for the safety of the rights and freedoms of ladies and women in Africa. The DRC adhered with out reservation to the Maputo Protocol in 2008 after adoption by Parliament of a regulation authorizing its ratification in 2006. The publication within the Official Journal of the Maputo Protocol in 2018 gave it a authorized worth superior to home legal guidelines within the materials.
Throughout her opening speech, HE Mireille MASANGU BIBI MULOKO, Minister of Gender, Household and Youngsters declared that “for the reason that publication of the Maputo Protocol within the Official Journal, the DRC has recorded loads of progress in its domestication, notably in relating to well being and reproductive rights. This progress deserves to be capitalized on and shared with different African nations, by the periodic report. »
The second cumulative report of the DRC should report on the final scenario of ladies, since 2016 up to now, specializing in the beneficial themes, particularly gender equality and non-discrimination, the safety of ladies in opposition to all types of violence, rights referring to marriage, rights referring to well being and replica, financial, social and cultural rights, the best to peace, the safety of ladies throughout conflicts, the rights of widowed ladies, disabled and in misery.
Mrs. Florence BOLOKO, Nationwide Coordinator of the Examine and Planning Unit for the Promotion of Girls, Household and Baby Safety, construction accountable for piloting the method of drafting the stated report, returned to the subsequent steps after the launching ceremony, particularly “the group of a capability constructing workshop for specialists who might be chargeable for knowledge assortment, in Kinshasa and within the provinces, adopted by the gathering of discipline knowledge, their evaluation, and the drafting of the ultimate report which might be validated by all stakeholders earlier than its transmission. »
It’s on this vein that Mr. Alphonse TSHIKA, Deputy Nationwide Coordinator of the CEPFE offered the rules issued by the African Union for the preparation of the periodic state report in addition to the relative roadmap.
Certainly, since 2022, the CEPFE has obtained the dedication of the Worldwide NGO Ipas to help the drafting of the second state report, as stated by Dr. Jean-Claude Mulunda, Nation Director of Ipas DRC , “we look ahead to seeing in an official and documented method the progress made along with different technical and monetary companions, civil society, ladies’s organizations, youth organizations, individuals with decreased mobility, journalists. We’ll proceed to work collectively to finish the domestication of the Maputo Protocol and enhance the dwelling circumstances of ladies and women in our nation. »
Distributed by African Media Company ( AMA) for Ipas.
About Ipas DRC:
The Ipas Democratic Republic workplace is a part of the Ipas Impression community, which works throughout 5 continents with a worldwide strategy targeted on the wants of these looking for abortion care. Ipas RDC is constructing a sustainable abortion ecosystem by addressing all of the components that impression an individual’s potential to entry abortion: from particular person well being data, to social and neighborhood help, to expert well being personnel , by political management and favorable legal guidelines.
Media contact:
Habygaelle Muzie, Responsable Communication, muzieh@ipas.org
Supply : African Media Company (AMA)
2024-05-29 10:27:21
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