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Ciblés et sans recours : expériences des jeunes non conformes au genre dans les écoles de Kinshasa, RDC.

Program Manager, Ipas DRC

Dr. Mike Mpoyi is an experienced medical doctor and public health professional skilled in health system strengthening, project management, and implementation with a focus on reproductive health and infectious diseases. With over 13 years’s experience in strengthening access to healthcare in Africa, notably the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Uganda, and Burundi, Dr. Mike Mpoyi has focused his work on improving access to equitable sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), with focus on establishing youth-friendly pathways to services in stable and conflict zones for vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries.

Dr. Mike Mpoyi is the current Senior Program Manager for Ipas in the DRC. He started his career as the Coordinator of Peer Educators in Reproductive Health for a youth health-centered national programme. In 2013, he became Area Physician Manager at Premium Health Limited before becoming Country Manager in 2014.

During three years, he provided clinical and managerial oversight, ensured accurate management of pharmaceuticals stock, managed the DRC country office and national network of 75 Premium Health clinics across the DRC. From 2016 he chaired the IPPF-DRC Provincial Board of Directors ; for two years, he led the strategic thinking on positioning the organization at the regional level. In that same year, he founded Access Care, a national non-profit health maintenance organization becoming the first Chief Executive Officer. Since 2020 he has been working as the Global Technical Advisor, at Ipas US.

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Ciblés et sans recours : expériences des jeunes non conformes au genre dans les écoles de Kinshasa, RDC.

Country Director, Ipas DRC

Dr. Jean-Claude MULUNDA has been advocating for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights and universal access to high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare, including access to legal and safe abortion, for more than 12 years. In this way, he played an instrumental role in the Maputo Protocol domestication and Comprehensive Abortion Care Standards and Guidelines development processes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the last six years in close collaboration with in-country partners, government officials, parliamentarians, and donors.

Dr. Mulunda is the current Country Director for Ipas in the DRC. He previously managed reproductive health projects with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Planned Parenthood Federation’s DRC affiliate.

Dr. Mulunda received medical training at the University of Kinshasa, program management certification in Israel, and fundraising certification at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

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Ciblés et sans recours : expériences des jeunes non conformes au genre dans les écoles de Kinshasa, RDC.

Cette note de politique présente les résultats d'une étude menée par Ipas RDC et l'École de Santé Publique de Kinshasa à Kinshasa, en République démocratique du Congo, grâce au soutien du Partenariat mondial pour l'éducation, Échange de connaissances et d'innovation (GPE KIX), une initiative conjointe avec le Centre de recherches pour le développement international (CRDI/IDRC) du Canada. Elle met en évidence les violences, les discriminations et les obstacles auxquels sont confrontés les jeunes non conformes au genre dans les écoles et formule des recommandations fondées sur les données probantes pour renforcer leur protection, favoriser des environnements éducatifs plus inclusifs et veiller à ce que chaque élève puisse apprendre dans un cadre sûr, bienveillant et respectueux de ses droits et de sa dignité.

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