• OUR NETWORK
    GLOBAL
  • People's Organisation Regional Steering Committee Member
  • Member since: 2007
  • Headquarters: Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Contact: Esperance Binyuki Nyota
  • Address: 3 Avenue de l’Athénée, Commune d’Ibanda, ville de Bukavu dans la province du Sud Kivu, RDC
  • Phone: +243 994 470 244
  • Email: uefafr.rdc@gmail.com
  • Web: www.uefardc.org
  • Members:
    UEFA

UEFA

UNION POUR L'EMANCIPATION DE LA FEMME AUTOCHTONE

Member since: 2007

Working towards these commitments

Respect, protect and strengthen the land rights of women and men living in poverty, ensuring that no one is deprived of the use and control of the land on which their well-being and human dignity depend, including through eviction, expulsion or exclusion, and with compulsory changes to tenure undertaken only in line with international law and standards on human rights.
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Secure Tenure Rights

Ensure gender justice in relation to land, taking all necessary measures to pursue both de jure and de facto equality, enhancing the ability of women to defend their land rights and take equal part in decision-making, and ensuring that control over land and the benefits that are derived thereof are equal between women and men, including the right to inherit and bequeath tenure rights.
4

Equal land rights for women

Respect and protect the inherent land and territorial rights of indigenous peoples, as set out in ILO Convention 169 and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including by recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge and cultures contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment".
5

Secure territorial rights for Indigenous Peoples

Enable the role of local land users in territorial and ecosystem management, recognizing that sustainable development and the stewardship of ecosystems are best achieved through participatory decision-making and management at the territorial-level, empowering local land users and their communities with the authority, means and incentives to carry out this responsibility.
6

Locally-managed ecosystems

Prevent and remedy land grabbing, respecting traditional land use rights and local livelihoods, and ensuring that all large-scale initiatives that involve the use of land, water and other natural resources comply with human rights and environmental obligations and are based on: the free, prior and informed consent of existing land users; a thorough assessment of economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts with respect to both women and men; democratic planning and independent oversight; and transparent contracts that respect labour rights, comply with social and fiscal obligations and are specific and binding on the sharing of responsibilities and benefits. Where adverse impacts on human rights and legitimate tenure rights have occurred, concerned actors should provide for, and cooperate in, impartial and competent mechanisms to provide remedy, including through land restitution and compensation.
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Effective actions against land grabbing

Mission

UEFA is a non-profit organisation under Congolese law working to assist marginalised groups and indigenous groups in DRC.

Objectives

The organization’s objectives include to strengthen the capacity of groups or structures of women who seek their emancipation; to support the organization and structure of groups of indigenous women, supporting the socio-economic position and the legal and cultural status of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in particular and in general in Africa. This strengthening is carried about by fighting against their marginalization, inequal treatment and inferiority complex, as well as by promoting and defending the rights of indigenous women and supporting development initiatives in the areas of health, education, economy, crafts and environment.

Constituencies

Women’s groups and indigenous groups such as the Pygmy peoples.

  • OUR NETWORK
    GLOBAL
  • People's Organisation Regional Steering Committee Member
  • Member since: 2007
  • Headquarters: Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Contact: Esperance Binyuki Nyota
  • Address: 3 Avenue de l’Athénée, Commune d’Ibanda, ville de Bukavu dans la province du Sud Kivu, RDC
  • Phone: +243 994 470 244
  • Email: uefafr.rdc@gmail.com
  • Web: www.uefardc.org
  • Members:
    UEFA
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