Democratic Republic of Congo

The CSPPS focal point organisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF). The organisation aims to mobilise one of the most powerful forces for change: women-led and feminist activism, rooted in an anti-racist and intersectional approach that challenges and eliminates discrimination in all its forms. To this end, WILPF works from the local to global levels on three main action areas: 1) challenging systems and structures of oppression; 2) promoting inclusive and peaceful solutions to conflict; 3) strengthening feminist peace activism. 

The DRC CSPPS Country Team was established in 2013 and is now made up of 15 national civil society organisations. The Country Team mostly works on sustainable development issues by conducting studies on the agricultural sector, banking sector reform, etc.
Since its advent in 2013, the CSPPS Country Team in DRC achieved a number of results on the ground. For instance, the establishment of an ongoing dialogue between the government, the private sector and civil society ; taking into account the New Deal principles in the recent national development strategy programme and in the national action plan for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 ; the third edition of a national fragility assessment.