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Democratic Republic of Congo

History of Art: Slade Lecture Series
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Slade Lecture Series 2023: Defiant Sculpture: Isek Bodys Kingelez and Mobutu Sese-Seko’s Authenticité, 1990s

Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu argues that the extravagant hypermodernity of Isek Bodys Kingelez’s architectural sculptures, as with segments of popular arts, constitute a distinctive form of imaginative resistance to official culture under Mobutu.
Changing Character of War
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Responding to Sexual Violence in Conflict: Fighting Impunity in DRC

Focusing on the 'male perpetrator,' this paper first examines how, why, and with what effect gendered and raced imaginaries became encoded in international peace and security policy.
Local communities: first and last providers of protection (Forced Migration Review 53)

FMR 53 - Effective community-based protection programming: lessons from the Democratic Republic of Congo

Oxfam’s work with local communities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has prompted the organisation to develop guidance for themselves and for others working in similar situations.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Survival migration: failed governance and the crisis of displacement

Public Seminar Series, Michaelmas term 2013. Seminar by Dr Alexander Betts (University of Oxford) recorded on 16 October 2013 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

OxPeace 2013: Local Ownership of UN Peacebuilding in the DRC: Session 2A UN Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

Sarah von Billerbeck gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building.
DRC: Past. Present. Future? (Forced Migration Review 36)

FMR 36 Refugee return and root causes of conflict

Since independence, violent conflicts in eastern DRC have been linked to access to land, affirmation of ethnic identities and competition for political control.
DRC: Past. Present. Future? (Forced Migration Review 36)

FMR 36 ICRC: careful analysis is the key

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) combines its protection and assistance activities and focuses on 'priority zones' where armed actors are present.
DRC: Past. Present. Future? (Forced Migration Review 36)

FMR 36 Innovation in cash-voucher programming

Cash vouchers offer flexibility, enabling payment for school fees as well as for basic necessities. They also empower people who, in displacement, have been deprived of choice.
DRC: Past. Present. Future? (Forced Migration Review 36)

FMR 36 The Data Centre for IDPs in North Kivu

Effective provision of aid and protection for those displaced in eastern DRC requires reliable data which the new Data Centre in North Kivu is helping to provide.
DRC: Past. Present. Future? (Forced Migration Review 36)

FMR 36 Civil society and the displaced persons of Bandundu

Local organisations in Bandundu province located in western DRC are struggling to meet the needs of displaced persons in the absence of government or international assistance.
DRC: Past. Present. Future? (Forced Migration Review 36)

FMR 36 DRC: a donor perspective

Donor engagement in DRC is more important than ever but donors need to reassess their strategies.
DRC: Past. Present. Future? (Forced Migration Review 36)

FMR 36 Too big to fail

The UN integrated mission in DRC and the piloting of humanitarian reform there have been necessarily innovative in a challenging context.
DRC: Past. Present. Future? (Forced Migration Review 36)

FMR 36 Press-ganged children

Addressing the fate of children who are recruited into armed conflicts is not as simple as demanding their exclusion from those conflicts.
DRC: Past. Present. Future? (Forced Migration Review 36)

FMR 36 Evictions from DRC's protected areas

There is an increasing number of people who are being evicted from DRC's 'protected areas' both by the government and by international conservation organisations.
DRC: Past. Present. Future? (Forced Migration Review 36)

FMR 36 Not going home: displaced youth after war

In preparing for a post conflict DRC, we should be more aware of young people's aspirations, the opportunities open to them, and the challenges they face in building a decent life.
DRC: Past. Present. Future? (Forced Migration Review 36)

FMR 36 Land, IDPs and mediation

Unmanaged resettlement of IDPs in eastern DRC might threaten an already fragile security situation.
DRC: Past. Present. Future? (Forced Migration Review 36)

FMR 36 Land and property disputes impeding return and reintegration

A survey conducted by UNHCR in 2009 in IDP camps in North Kivu shows that access to land is the second factor after security which prevents people from returning to their zone of origin.
DRC: Past. Present. Future? (Forced Migration Review 36)

FMR 36 Preventing sexual violence

While there has been more focus on assistance to survivors of sexual violence after they have been attacked, not enough resources or political attention are devoted to preventing these acts of violence from occurring in the first place.
DRC: Past. Present. Future? (Forced Migration Review 36)

FMR 36 Protection from sexual violence in DRC

While service provision for survivors of sexual violence is the top priority, protection for women and girls can also be improved in DRC.
DRC: Past. Present. Future? (Forced Migration Review 36)

FMR 36 Beyond the silence: sexual violence in eastern DRC

The sexual violence laws introduced in DRC in 2006 have had only limited impact. A much louder condemnation of rape and a far more proactive approach to prevention are urgently needed.

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