Season 2 Episode 5: Amnesty in Africa

The episode focuses on women’s rights 30 years since the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China in 1995. We explore the progress made by women in Africa, with a special focus on East and Southern Africa, as well as the setbacks they face in achieving gender equality. It also explores in length Conflict Related Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia, as well as peacebuilding and the role of women at the dialogue table.ResourcesBeijing Platform for ActionEthiopia: “Today or tomorrow, they should be brought before justice”: Rape, sexual slavery, extrajudicial executions, and pillage by Eritrean Defense ForcesDRC: M23’s rampant human rights abuses demand concerted international action