In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, women who engage in politics must be strong. Some of them: elected officials, candidates, and public women are insulted, threatened, humiliated, harassed traumatized, excluded, etc.

For others: it is out of the question to provide them with incentive measures or positive discrimination; women must struggle “with their own means[, even though the Constitution underscores that women have the right to fair representation, within national, provincial, and local institutions and the Senate must guarantee gender parity.

Click here to read the full article published by Nation Africa on 7 August 2023.