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Deadline for camp closures in Borno State is V troubling for many former captives. Most families do not feel safe to return. @drpc_nig @CSiWproject @WPSNCanada Nigerian state to shut camps for people displaced by insurgency reuters.com/world/africa/n…

I'm very pleased to share that our @CSiWproject 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_soc @anniebunting @emilymlockhart onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

🗓️ Closing 3⃣ days of intense work 🫂 With and for #Survivors of #CRSV in #Kinshasa #SurvivorsHearing #SurvivorsFirst 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 @CSiWproject @YorkULAPS @CanadaRDC @MCDP @SSHRC_CRSH

@CanadaDRC @sofepadi @VlfCongo Thank you, @CanadaDRC for your participation and support!

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 @VlfCongo #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, @USGSRSGPatten 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 @glsurvivorsfund

🗓 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 @glsurvivorsfund 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: 👇 #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 @glsurvivorsfund and @CSiWproject led by @anniebunting @yorkuniversity @agathang1

Join us tomorrow for the opening of a 3-day #CRSV #survivors hearing to shape the #reparation agenda and discuss #participation! @glsurvivorsfund @CSiWproject @Grace_Agenda @sofepadi @SurvivantesRDC @refugeelawproj @adwangaProgram

⏰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