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  • It's either cabbages or onions to survive

    Anastasia Bavuga is 60 years old, living in the dip area of Nyiragongo. Since 2006 she has been the only bread winner in her family as her husband is very ill, but due to the effects of climate...
    une femme qui plante ses ognons a Kibumba me renconte son histoire
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    Tuesday, 25 October 2011 – 09:17
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    It is World Food Week and between now and the end of the year the world’s leaders will meet for the G20 in Cannes and COP here in South Africa. There has never been a more crucial time to make a...
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    Every Year on 16 October communities, activists, officials around the world commemorate World Food Day. It’s a day to remember the achievements of millions of small scale food producers who continue...
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  • Many women were in complete despair because they felt totally disowned

    She had never imagined herself campaigning against violence towards women. And yet she is one of the most active champions of women’s rights in the province of South Kivu. Solange Kasiba Ngobobo, a...
    Solange Kasiba Ngobobo is a champion of women’s rights in Kivu
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    Thursday, 31 March 2011 – 10:36
    • Africa
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    • Rape
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  • No food after being forced to flee for their lives.

    Nirere, 25, is mother of three children and used to live in Kibumba Village in DRC, but had to abandon her home and flee to Goma in October 2008, with no means of finding food.
    • Africa
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    • HungerFREE
    Nirere, Goma DRC Kibati Camp
  • Left hungry after volcanic eruption destroys land

    Land lost to natural disasters is irreplaceable due to traditional customs and authorities’ negligence, leaving women to go hungry despite their agricultural skills.
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    • DRC
    • Land and food
    • land rights
    • Food rights
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    Elisabeth Ruduri  standing by her straw shelter. DRC
  • Customary laws deny land ownership

    Many women in the DRC continue to struggle to produce enough food for their families since customary laws deny them land ownership and governments refuse support.
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    • DRC
    • Land and food
    • land rights
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    Sikujuwa Madeleine, 48, from North Kivu Province in Eastern DRC
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