Ipas DRC celebrates Women’s Rights with the Netherlands Embassy

Mar 24, 2023

Humanitarian Settings
To mark the closure of Women’s Month, which commemorates women’s rights, Ipas DRC participated in an event organized by the Dutch Embassy in the DRC last Thursday 23rd March, the exhibition on ‘The situation of displaced women in Kanyaruchinya camp’. Alongside prominent partners, our organization, represented by Dr. Jean-Claude, Country Director, showcased the results of its humanitarian intervention in the Kanyaruchinya camp in December 2022.
In fact, the Eastern region of the DRC (North Kivu) remains marked by extremely violent conflicts. Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes to spontaneous sites (camps) in the territories of Lubero and Nyiragongo and in other localities of Rutshuru. This instability has led to a complete breakdown of the health system and has contributed to a precarious health situation for women and girls. The humanitarian response usually entails multiple critical needs, some of which may be forgotten, including sexual and reproductive health.

For that reason, Ipas has focused on sexual and reproductive health needs to support the humanitarian response, particularly access to safe abortion, comprehensive contraception, medical management of GBV, and treatment of sexually transmitted infections in the Kanyaruchinya camp. The Embassy’s exhibition was an opportunity for Ipas DRC to show the concrete results of its efforts in the field.