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Violence against women - an obstacle to development

Même le ciel ne pleure plus
Recueil photographique de témoignages

8 august - 11 november 2011: Basel, Zurich, Lucern, Bern, Geneva
Galerie de photo et exposition de photos "Versehrt doch klaglos -­ die Frauen im Kongo machen weiter"

11 august 2011, Zurich
Dossier on the event "Violence against women - an obstacle to development"

Eastern and Central Africa

 

Angola
Horn of Africa
Chad
Great Lakes
Madagascar
Mozambique
Sudan
South Sudan
Tanzania

 

"Africa - a country with thousands of the most varied and completely contradictory situations. Some people say: 'It is a country ruled by war.' A very true statement. Other people say: 'It is a peaceful country.' This too is correct, for everything depends on where and when."
Excerpt from "African Fever" (Afrikanisches Fieber) von Ryszard Kapuscinski

Even when reviewing this under the chapter of development work, no conclusive lessons can be drawn from this situation. Thus, SDC activities there are just as heterogeneous. Its main partner countries over the past years have been Mozambique, Tanzania and Ruanda, Madagascar and the Republic of South Africa, where special programs are in progress. Regional programs also form an important aspect of SDC activities there.

  SDC Medium-term Strategy 2000-2010
for Development Cooperation in East and Southern Africa.-2010
 (PDF)


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