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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · 15d

Registration links:
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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · 15d

In collaboration with:

@gtownnatsec.bsky.social; Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; INOVAS;Center for Victims of Torture;SEMA - The Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence.

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · 15d

📢 Are you a policymaker, survivor advocate or researcher in the field of gender-based violence and #crsv? Join these free expert webinar series organised by the consortium ARC for justice.

📅 25/9, 2/10, 9/10 & 16/10
📍 Register now via Zoom⤵️

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · 21d

📣Apply now. We're hiring a Project Support Intern/Volunteer: National Survivor Networks at our office in The Hague.

Deadline: 30 September 2025.

👉Apply here: www.mukwegefoundation.org/vacancies/pr...

Project Support Intern/Volunteer: National Survivor Networks - Mukwege Foundation

www.mukwegefoundation.org

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Aug 19

📢 Survivors of #CRSV demand urgent action. UN SG Annual Report shows a 25% rise in sexual violence as a war tactic. Survivors too often lack life-saving care. At Mukwege Foundation, we call for immediate, survivor-centred, holistic support. Justice begins with survivors. 🎗️
www.un.org/sexualviolen...

“Help Us Live With Dignity, Not Just Survive” New UN report calls for scaled-up comprehensive services amid unprecedented levels of conflict-related sexual violence – United Nations Office of the Spec...

www.un.org

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Aug 18

Together, we can put an end to sexual violence used as a weapon of war. Dr @denismukwege.bsky.social's recent speech at #RioInnovationWeek called for the end of conflict-related sexual violence. Stand with survivors. 👉 Learn more at www.mukwegefoundation.org

Denis Mukwege @denismukwege.bsky.social · Aug 15

Grateful for the invitation to #RioInnovationWeek. I talked about how to prevent sexual violence in #DRC and globally.
Honored to share the stage with Mrs. Graça Machel my dear friend & fellow @theelders.bsky.social, for a conversation on innovative ways to promote human #dignity & gender #equality

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Aug 5

🕯️ 11 years since the #YazidiGenocide.

On 3 Aug 2014, thousands of Yazidis were killed. Many more were abducted and silenced.

The @mukwegefoundation.org Mukwege Foundation supports survivor networks who helped shape this powerful film, produced by @iom.int in #Iraq.🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5ji...

11 Years After the Yazidi Genocide: Stories of Survival and a Call for Justice | IOM Iraq

YouTube video by IOM IRAQ

www.youtube.com

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Jul 29

🔗NOS reportage [in Dutch] here: app.nos.nl/shorthand/se...

In Tigray is zelfs de baarmoeder niet veilig

In de Ethiopische Tigray zijn vrouwen slachtoffer geworden van ernstig seksueel geweld. Ethiopische en Eritrese soldaten duwden objecten in hun baarmoeders.

app.nos.nl

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Jul 29

⚠️In #Tigray, horrific #sexualviolence has been weaponised on a devastating scale. Over 120K #women and #girls have been subjected to rape, sexual slavery and torture.

Let's amplify their voices and support their healing: 🎗️
www.mukwegefoundation.org/donate-to-su...

🔗 NOS reportage in comments ⤵️

Support survivors of conflict-related sexual violence

Donate today and stand with survivors. Your donation gives front-line support to survivors of sexual violence around the world.

www.mukwegefoundation.org

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Jul 24

🕊️Survivors of conflict-related sexual violence deserve compassionate, holistic #care. At the @mukwegefoundation.org, we support survivor-centred care in #Ukraine. Read more: 🔗 mukwegefoundation.org/survivor-centred-holistic-care-ukraine

Scaling up survivor-centred holistic care in Ukraine: Training of Trainers

A five-day training of trainers programme to learn about trauma-informed, survivor-centred approaches in response to conflict-related sexual violence in Ukraine. Read more...

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Jul 22

The @Mukwege Foundation and @glsurvivorsfund.bsky.social‬ co-hosted the first-ever Asian Regional Survivors Exchange in Bangkok, uniting #CRSV survivors -including #SEMA members- from four countries to organise, share & lead. 👉 Read more: www.mukwegefoundatio...

Asia regional survivors exchange: building solidarity and shaping joint advocacy

The Mukwege Foundation and the Global Survivors Fund (GSF) co-hosted the first-ever Asian Regional Survivors Exchange in Bangkok. Read more...

www.mukwegefoundation.org

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Jul 17

🗞️Read Riyad’s powerful letter opening the Mukwege Foundation’s 2024 Annual Report. He joined SEMA, the Global Survivor Network, in 2022. 📖 Read his letter here: www.mukwegefoundation.org/wp-content/u...
#mukwegefoundation #sema #survivorvoices #endcrsv #stopsexualviolence

Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Jul 16

📢 Our 2024 Annual Report is out. #CRSV survivors led bold action for holistic care, justice and accountability. Check the highlights and access the full report here🔗 www.mukwegefoundation.org/wp-content/u...

#StopCRSV #MukwegeFoundation

Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Jul 8

2/2 The photographer worked in close collaboration with the SEMA Global Survivor Network and the Mukwege Foundation to capture the testimonies of CRSV survivors from Kosovo, Guatemala, Colombia, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Visit 🔗 www.letstalkaboutrape.org/home-page-new/

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Jul 8

1/2 “Let’s Talk About Rape” by Jadwiga Brontē was published in #Vogue to raise awareness about sexual violence as a structural, global crisis. “The project forms a living archive—one that refuses erasure ... It is about agency.” #stopcrsv #standwithsurvivors🔗 Read www.vogue.com/article/lets...

Let’s Talk About Rape: Photography as Testimony, Resistance, and Repair

Photographer and activist Jadwiga Brontē collected over 250 self-portraits and personal statements by survivors of sexual violence around the world, resisting the logic of anonymity or abstraction.

www.vogue.com

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Jun 30

Grateful to EU Commissioner @hadjalahbib.bsky.social for meeting us last week in Brussels and reaffirming her commitment to addressing the urgent humanitarian crisis in eastern #DRC and supporting #CRSV survivors in accessing quality, holistic care. Solidarity and action matter. #endcrsv

Katrien Coppens, EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib and Dr. Denis Mukwege in Brussels

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Jun 26

Read the latest Global Reparations Study in #CAR by @glsurvivorsfund.bsky.social.

Global Survivors Fund @glsurvivorsfund.bsky.social · Jun 18

This month, we officially launched the Global Reparations Study in Central African Republic, the result of years of collaboration with over 30 survivors from Bangui, Dékoa and Bouca.

Read the full study here 👉 www.globalsurvivorsfund.org/fileadmin/up...

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marwin vos @marwinvos.bsky.social · Jun 24

fotograaf mona van der berg fotografeert overlevers van seksueel oorlogsgeweld.

‘Ze begon het project eind 2023. Behalve naar Oekraïne en Irak reist ze naar Kosovo, Bosnië, Ivoorkust en andere landen.’

@mukwegefoundation.org

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Jun 25

Proud to support @synergy4justice.bsky.social in piloting the Stigma Toolkit in #Nepal and #CAR with survivor-led networks. Stand with survivors. Join the fight to end conflict-related sexual violence. Learn more 🔗 www.mukwegefoundation.org

Synergy for Justice @synergy4justice.bsky.social · Jun 24

🔵 We’re pleased to partner with the Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org to pilot the Stigma Toolkit for Justice in the Central African Republic and Nepal as part of the Stigma in Justice project.

#justice #crsv #stigma

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Jun 19

On #June19, we stand with survivors against the rollback of women’s rights. Conflict-related sexual violence is a crime — prevention is possible.

🗞️Read our statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict: www.mukwegefoundation.org/statement-ju...

#EndCRSV

Statement for June 19: International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

Today, as we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, we reaffirm our solidarity with survivors, care-providers, frontline advocates, and communities affected by ...

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Jun 19

🔔 On #19June, we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict with survivor-centred events in #Bangkok. #CRSV survivors are demanding change—stand with them. ➡️ lnkd.in/gitNMzKZ

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Jun 4

🕊️ On the Int' Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, the Mukwege Foundation and SEMA honour children affected by conflict-related sexual violence. #CRSV is a hidden crisis, impacting girls, boys, and children born of #rape. Children deserve justice and #protection. Stand with them.

Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Jun 2

The Mukwege Foundation is proud to support this vital initiative. 🔗 Agenda: wpsforum-rks.org/wp-...

Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · Jun 2

📍Join us at #WPSForum in Prishtina! On 3 June, our Executive Director, Katrien Coppens, joins the panel “Women at the Helm: Real-Life Stories of Female Leadership in Peacebuilding” from 14:00–15:00 at Strauss 2 Hall.

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Mukwege Foundation @mukwegefoundation.org · May 28

🎓"Thanks to literacy, I can write my first and last names." In April, 92 #CRSV survivors celebrated their completion of literacy training at our Listening and Psychotherapy Centres in #CAR. Thanks to all the participants and
@trustfundvictims.bsky.social for their continued support.

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