Kinshasa, 9 March 2011 – Women of the Democratic Republic of Congo joined their counterparts the world over to celebrate the first 100 years of the International Women’s Day on March 8. This year's theme was: "Equal access to education, training, science and technology for all men and women as well as boys and girls - access to equal opportunities in an equally representative Congo". Hundreds of women from around Kinshasa, the country’s capital, staged a big parade and marched past the historical “Palais du Peuple."

Goma, 9 March 2011 – This day was unlike any other at the Muzenze central prison in Goma. The reception area was jam packed and among them, Ms. Hiroute Gebre Sallasie, head of the office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Goma, the provincial Minister of Justice, the public prosecutor and a dozen female detainees. Their presence was twofold: firstly, MONUSCO female staff was making donations to female prisoners, and secondly, three of the female inmates were to be granted provisional release.

Beni, 9 March 2011 – In Beni, female staff of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) joined several local women in a parade marking the International Women’s Day.

Iboko, 9 March 2011- In Equateur province, the United Nations marked the International Women’s Day with activities to raise public awareness on the issue of violence against women. This choice was not fortuitous, as the condition of women in Iboko, as in much of Equateur, is appalling.

Goma, 8 March 2011 – On 8 March, the International Women’s Day was celebrated with splendor in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, which shares the western borders of Rwanda and Uganda.

Goma, 8 March 2011 – On 8 March, the International Women’s Day was celebrated with splendor in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, which shares the western borders of Rwanda and Uganda.

Goma, 8 March 2011 – On 8 March, the International Women’s Day was celebrated with splendor in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, which shares the western borders of Rwanda and Uganda.

Kindu, 8 March 2011 – In Kindu, Maniema province, all female staff of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), joined by local women from different walks of life, converged on a public place and listened several speeches delivered on this year’s theme for the International Women’s Day.

Bukavu, 8 March 2011 – International Women’s Day was celebrated amidst confusion in Bukavu, the provincial capital of South Kivu. The event was marked by a big march attended by several women displaying banners and symbols of their political parties. As they march past, they chanted party slogans.

Lubumbashi, 8 March 2011 – International Women’s Day was celebrated throughout Katanga province, but with more fervor in the capital Lubumbashi, where a three-hour parade drew women from all walks of life. At the end of the parade, the Provincial Minister for Gender, Women and Children appealed to her peers to seek and go out after opportunities offered to them. In particular, she urged them to take part in the country’s general elections expected to be held this year.

Kisangani, 7 March 2011 – On the eve of the commemoration of the International Women’s Day, the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the local church donated foodstuffs and a specially-made cloth to the female inmates of the central prison of Kisangani, in Orientale province.

Kisangani, 3 mars 2011 – Just days before the International Women’s Day celebrations on March 8, the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) organized an awareness campaign for women on gender issues in the Tshopo district of Kisangani, Oriental Province.

Goma, 7 February 2011 – In Goma, political party leaders, civil society and army representatives, and students, among them many women, met on 7 February to talk peace. The Goma branch of Radio Okapi, initiated the discussion as part of a series of programmes to be broadcast throughout the month of March.