Caddy Adzuba (born 5 April 1981 in

Bukavu Bukavu is a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), lying at the extreme south-western edge of Lake Kivu, west of Cyangugu in Rwanda, and separated from it by the outlet of the Ruzizi River. It is the capital of the South Kivu pr ...

) is a Congolese lawyer,

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

, and activist for

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. Her focus is on fighting sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). She worked for

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and in 2014 she received the Princess Asturias Award for Peace.

Life

Adzuba was born on 5 April 1981, she is the oldest of eight siblings born in a wealthy neighborhood of

, Democratic Republic of Congo. She graduated in Law at the in 2005. According to the IFEX Network, a group of organizations defending freedom of expression around the world, Adzuba decided to work for the promotion of human rights when war broke out in her home when she was 16 years old. After being separated from her family and witnessing human suffering, she "decided to do something for human rights." She helped found Un Altavoz para el Silencio network, reporting the sexual violence against women in her country. She is also a member of the East Congo Media Women's Association. Caddy Adzuba is also the co-founders of the Women's Alliance for the Promotion of Human Rights. She is now a journalist in Radio Okapi, the official radio channel of United Nation's mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nowadays her fights against torture and rape are still in the spotlight, and due to her work, she has received several death threats.

Awards

* Julio Anguita Parrado International Journalism Award (2009). *International Award of the "Woman of the Year" worth 35,000 euros from the Regional Council of Aosta Valley (2012). * Princess Asturias Award for Peace 2014.

References

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Caddy Adzuba Fighting Sexual Atrocity in Africa
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