by Camila Ponte | 15 May 2023 | DRC Blog Posts
The training sessions were carried out in May 2023 in six schools on the shores of Lake Kivu and Sake: Institut Kirotshe, Miséricorde Divine, Institut Don Bosco, Ecole primaire Kirotshe, Institut Bwermana and Institut Mululu. Although there were a limited number of...
by Camila Ponte | 6 April 2023 | News
The Congolese NGOs CVPD and Blessed Aid have been working with GAAMAC since 2022 to combat hate speech and incitement to violence in the east of the country. An initial activity funded by GAAMAC equipped 35 community leaders to raise awareness, in their turn, among...
by Camila Ponte | 30 January 2023 | News
Disinformation and violence online have become an unfortunate reality across the globe. A growing body of research shows that women, Indigenous peoples, religious and ethnic minorities, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+* community are targets of vicious online attacks and...
by Camila Ponte | 21 December 2022 | News
The province of North Kivu, in eastern DRC, has been the theatre of interethnic tensions and violence for years. Economic hardship, unemployment and unequal access to health and education have all fueled deep distrust and resentment. These manifest through hate speech...
by Camila Ponte | 15 December 2022 | News
Check against delivery. Mr. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to be part of this 4th Global Forum against the crime of genocide, in my capacity of Chair of the Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes, known as “GAAMAC”....
