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What is the life expectancy of the DRC?
Male: 59
Female: 63
What is the GDP per capita of the DRC?
$785
What are the human rights issues in the DRC?
Civilian loss of life
Torture
Rape
People displaced from their homes, refugees
Limited access to healthcare and education
High MMR and IMR
Food insecurity, high malnutrition
Child recruitment into the military
People trafficking
Forced labour
What is the UN body specifically working in the DRC?
The UN Stabilisation Mission (MONUSCO)
What does the UN body protecting the DRC do?
It aims to:
protect civilians, humanitarian personnel and human rights defenders under imminent threats of physical violence
It supports the DRC government in attempting to maintain peace
14,000 military personnel are deployed in the DRC
What has the government of the DRC achieved?
In 2019, the new president came into power. Since then, the coalition government has been created which aims to:
include improvements in government
improve economic development, safety and access to education
it recognises the importance of coordination with the UN and NGOs
Which UN agencies cooperate with the government to achieve stabilisation?
OHCHR - human rights issues
UNICEF - providing primary education
WHO - responding to Ebola and measles
Which NGOs, apart from the UN, are involved in the DRC?
CARE - helping to reduce mortality, strengthen local governance, improve gender equality and food security
Action Aid - working to improve community resilience by providing agricultural tools, seeds and training which encourages self-sufficiency
USAID - funds a number of NGOs, and has development programmes such as encouraging democracy and improving education
What are the opportunities for political stability in the DRC?
The UN and African Union have established human rights and peace and security treaties available for the government to ratify
The election of the the new president in 2019 was the first peaceful transfer of power in the country’s history
UN missions help to improve political stability by preventing the recurrence of major conflict. Because of the stability, NGOs can work more effectively on human rights violations
What are the opportunities for economic growth in the DRC?
The DRC has rich natural resources e.g. gold, diamonds, oil, copper, cobalt
Increased demand for copper and cobalt has driven recent economic growth e.g. grew 4% in 2020
NGOs are promoting economic growth at local scales through training and employment in agriculture, and the development of grassroots women’s organisations
How much did the economy grow, and in what year?
In 2020 it grew nearly 4%
What are the opportunities for development in the DRC?
The UN is implementing the 17 SDGs within its goals for the DRC.
The World Bank aims to fight poverty and improve standards of living:
Equal access to education for all school age children
Forest management, working with indigenous people
Preventing food insecurity and malnutrition
Promoting behavioural change towards gender inequality
What are the challenges of gender inequality in the DRC?
Many women and girls are subject to domestic violence
The role of women is to raise children
Many women and girls are subject to sex-trafficking
Access to education is lower for girls, half of 15-24 year old women are illiterate
Women have little control over family size, the total fertility rate is 5.7
Levels of female participation in government is poor
What are the challenges of general inequality in the DRC?
Many children are recruited as child soldiers
Limited access to healthcare and education, with rural areas worst affected by this
Low levels of sanitation, limited access to clean water
High IMR and MMR
What are the challenges of injustice in the DRC?
The government needs to strengthen the rule of law, ensure elections are democratic, support an independent judiciary, reduce levels of poverty, protect the rights of returning refugees and ensure justice for victims of forced labour
Vulnerable orphaned children need protection
Government needs to protect its civilian population from serious human rights violations
74% of the country live in extreme poverty and many are driven into mining with dangerous working conditions and low wages
What percent of the country live in extreme poverty?
74%
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