Debate Panels
About three thousand women participated in panel discussions conducted on days 14 and 15 October in Bukavu (DRC). See how the program of each panel was organized
OCTOBER 14th
Panels
Location: Hall of the Institut d’Ibande
8:50 am - 12:10 pm - Peace and demilitarisation
- Analysis of conflicts in the region: origins of the peace efforts - Georgette Biebie, DRC
- Benchmarking between the situation of the DRC and other countries in conflict - Aysa Gokkan, Turquie
- Role and Mandate of United Nations missions in countries in conflict: the case of Haiti - Carole Jacob
- WMW vision on peace and demilitarisation - Michéle Spieler (English)
02:00 pm - 05:20 pm – Common Good and Public Services
- The role and the place of women in the mining sector - Fely Kalume, DRC
- Tracking mineral marketing and consumption - Collette Mikila, DCR
- Control of biodiversity: what interest for Humanity - Judite Fernandes, Portugal (espagnol)
- Role of NGOs in women's access to health services and the education - Gertrude Ekombe, DRC
OCTOBER 15th
Panels
Location: Hall of the Institut d’Ibande
8:50 am - 12:10 pm – Violence against women
- WMW’s vision on violence against women - Sonia Coelho, Brazil
- The problem of violence against women in the DRC: Challenges and Prospects - Mathilde Muhindo, DRC (French)
- The problem of violence against women in Africa: Challenges and Prospects - Fatou Ndeye Sarr, Senegal (French)
- The efforts of Congolese women in the struggle against sexual violence and the search for peace - Elise Muimusi, DRC (French)
02:00 pm - 05:20 pm – Women’s work, for women’s economic autonomy
- Impact of reaching DRC’s debt Point Achement on the women’s social lives - Yvonne Ngoy, DRC (French)
- Critical analysis of Africa and European Union, USA and China free trade
agreements and association treaties and their impacts on women’s daily
lives - Lucia Leboto, Lesotho
- WMW vision on women's work - Tereixa Dacosta, Galiza (Spanish)
- Portrait of women's work in DRC: achievements and challenges - Josée Shimbi (French)


