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The Global Fund for Survivors of Sexual Violence is organising a roundtable on 30 and 31 March 2021 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a pilot project established by GSF to contribute to the development of a national policy for survivors in DRC. Context: The Democratic Republic of Congo has been […]

Mesdames et Messieurs les Ministres, Mesdames et Messieurs les Ambassadeurs, Chers associations et partenaires, Je suis heureux de m’adresser à vous dans le cadre de cette table ronde sur les réparations aux survivant.es de violences sexuelles liées au conflit en République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Je voudrais remercier les co-organisateurs de cette table-ronde, le Fonds […]

10.00-12.00 EST, 16.00-18.00 CET The Global Survivors Fund together with the UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, the Governments of France, Japan, The Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom are organising on online side event to the 76th Session of the United National General-Assembly on Reparations for […]

The Global Survivors Fund (GSF) together with Conjugal Slavery in War (CSiW) and various grassroots organisations from 12 countries in Africa, in collaboration with the panel responsible for supporting the DRC during its presidency before the African Union are organising the high-level event “It’s Time: Survivors Hearing on Reparations”. The Hearing will take place in […]

Reparations are a right. Reparations are urgent. Reparations are affordable. Together with survivors, let’s discuss how to make it happen: Co-Creating Reparations with Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Lessons Learned and Emerging Best Practice. Join our two-hour conversation to learn more about GSF’s unique co-creation model for reparations by hearing directly from survivors of CRSV involved […]

REDRESS and the Global Survivors Fund will host a side-event to the 73rd ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) on reparations for survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) in Africa.   The event will be introduced by Commissioner Maya Sahli-Fadel and organised in two sessions:  The event will be followed […]

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Ruqoyah Ogunbiyi is the Psychosocial Support Lead with the Youth Initiative Against Terrorism (YIAT).   There are more than 30 women in the room in Adamawa, northeast Nigeria, where I lead a pyschosocial therapy session as part of GSF’s interim reparative measures project. All are survivors of sexual violence committed by Boko Haram. As they […]

It was a seemingly simple act, putting pen to paper in an office in Timor-Leste’s capital Dili. But for dozens of Timorese survivors, it marked a new chapter in their decades-long fight for justice.   This summer, the ‘Pirilampu’ national survivor network was officially registered as a formal association, marking a major milestone for the group of women from […]

We meet in the New Jerusalem internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Maiduguri. Around us, temporary shelters made of flimsy wood structures and tarpaulins have become permanent homes for those who fled the attacks and kidnappings of Boko Haram. Women have gathered in the camp’s safe space, like they do every week, to attend a group […]