The Fifty Percent Women or Nothing Dynamic (french: dynamique 50 pourcent femmes ou rien) is a campaigning group based in
South Kivu, uniting several civil society women's organizations in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
. The group calls for full implementation of Article 14 of the
Constitution
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When these princ ...
, which guarantees gender parity in the management of public affairs at national, provincial and local level.
History
In April 2019 the Dynamic supported the candidacy of
Jeanine Mabunda for the
presidency
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of the
National Assembly
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.
In November 2019 the Dynamic launched a series of protests in
South Kivu, objecting to decrees and decisions of Governor Théo Ngwabidje which excluded women from provincial government:
In January 2021, amid negotiations over forming a government reflecting the '
Sacred Union of the Nation', the group called on President
Félix Tshisekedi
Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo (; born 13 June 1963) is a Congolese politician who has been the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 24 January 2019. He is the leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) ...
to ensure that women MPs played a full role in the resulting national government.
References
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External links
La dynamique 50% des femmes ou rien
2019 establishments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Feminist organisations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo