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Seema Sami Bahous urges Security Council to protect MONUSCO and back women leaders in the Great Lakes
Summary
Seema Sami Bahous of UN Women told the Security Council that women’s leadership is essential to lasting peace in the Great Lakes region, called for protection of the MONUSCO peacekeeping mandate, and urged sustained support for women- and youth-led civil society, citing Ugandan gains and MSF figures on sexual violence.
Seema Sami Bahous, speaking for UN Women, told the United Nations Security Council that women’s leadership is “unique and transformative” for peace in the Great Lakes region and outlined three specific requests for the Council.
“Without safety, women cannot lead. And without their leadership, peace and recovery efforts fail,” Bahous said, urging members to increase women’s meaningful participation in peacemaking in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the broader region.
Bahous cited progress in Uganda, saying that in some districts and sub-county peace committees women’s representation “have nearly tripled from 17% in 2022 to 46% in…
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