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Julienne Lusenge

Credentials

Humanitarian Cause

Economic Empowerment, Healthcare and Food Security, Emergency Response, Violence and Abuse, Human Rights, Access to healthcare, Vocational training, Provision of medical services, Psychosocial support and rehabilitation, Livelihood support, Provision of employment, Shelter, Safe space, Sexual and gender-based violence, Social stigma, Access to savings groups and microfinance, Financial literacy training, Vocational training, Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Documenting and reporting human rights violations, Human rights advocacy, Restoration of justice, Women’s rights, Forced displacement, Supporting refugees

Impact Location

DRC

Occupation

Activist / Founder, Fund for Congolese Women; Co-Founder, Women’s Solidarity for Inclusive Peace and Development; 2021 Aurora Prize Laureate

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About

In the last 40 years, Julienne Lusenge has brought to justice more than 800 perpetrators of gender-based violence and war crimes in DR Congo and established a hospital that has provided holistic medical care to 7,500 survivors of sexual violence.

She is committed to mediating peace between local communities and empowering girls and young women to stand up for their rights and contribute to peacebuilding process. Julienne is the co-founder of Women’s Solidarity for Inclusive Peace and Development, an NGO working for the promotion of women’s and girls’ rights, sexual and reproductive health, and establishing peace in the conflict-ridden east of DR Congo.

She has also founded the Fund for Congolese Women, which advocates for women’s political leadership, peacebuilding, and against gender-based violence.

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From Vulnerability to Leadership: Women Shaping the Future Against All Odds
The 2023 Aurora Dialogues Online event titled “From Vulnerability to Leadership: Women Shaping the Future Against All Odds” took place on…

New Stamp Released in Honor of 2021 Aurora Prize Laureate Julienne Lusenge
The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative has yet again teamed up with HayPost, Armenia’s national postal operator, to issue a postage stamp featuring…

Aurora Announces the 5th Round of Support for Artsakh Projects
The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative declared a new round of support for the projects in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) that help the people facing…

Julienne Lusenge: “Congolese Women Are No Longer Victims but the Agents of Change”
2021 Aurora Prize Laureate Julienne Lusenge is a Congolese human rights defender who for years has been supporting the victims of wartime sexual…

2021 Aurora Prize Laureate Julienne Lusenge
The sixth annual Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity was awarded today to Julienne Lusenge, a human rights defender, co-founder of Women’s Solidarity…

Julienne Lusenge: 2021 Aurora Prize Laureate
Julienne Lusenge is a Congolese human rights defender, co-founder and president of Women’s Solidarity for Inclusive Peace and Development (SOFEPADI)…

A Fearless Advocate Raising Feminists in Congo
Julienne Lusenge is a Congolese human rights defender, co-founder and president of Women’s Solidarity for Inclusive Peace and Development (SOFEPADI)…