Cross Border and Women (DRC)

Economic Empowerment of Women: promotion of stability, prosperity and socio-economic development in the Great Lakes

Walking in the dark

Informal cross-border trade in the Great Lakes region
Kristof Titeca
with Célestin Kimanuka
September, 2012
International Alert
56 pages
London, UK
978-1-906677-93-0

This report analyses the dynamics of small cross-border trade in eastern DRC, and between Burundi and Rwanda, and ways to improve  such trade in order to advance the economic power of women, contributing to peace and security in the region.

This research report analyses the dynamics of small cross-border trade at three border points in eastern DRC, and between Burundi and Rwanda, and proposes actions to improve this trade in order to advance the economic power of women and, in so doing, contribute to peace and security in the region. The report is part of an International Alert project aiming to strengthen the business environment of (mostly) female small traders and create opportunities for dialogue and rapprochement between traders and the authorities of the countries concerned. The research is used as an instrument for female traders in campaigns to raise awareness at the four border locations concerned.

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Changing gender norms is essential for peacebuilding in Congo

Chris Dolan is interviewed by the Guardian

Chris Dolan, director of the Refugee Law Project in Uganda, has recently been conducting research for International Alert for an upcoming report on sexual violence in eastern Congo. In this interview he concluded democracy is not possible in the eastern Congo without big changes in relations between men and women. Article published on 20th October 2010, Guardian.

Judy El Bushra
Thu, 28/10/2010
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