Judith Suminwa calls for women to become central actors in peace in the Great Lakes region

In Dar es Salaam on November 2, Congolese Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka called for women to play a stronger role in preventing and resolving conflicts in the Great Lakes region. At the Parliamentary Conference of Women for Peace and Development, she advocated for women to have real influence in decision-making rather than merely symbolic representation. She condemned the impact of armed conflict in eastern DRC, including violence and forced displacement affecting women and girls, and praised their resilience. Twenty years after the Nairobi Pact, she urged regional commitments to be turned into concrete action for peace and development.