Living Peace Institute – Promundo
Masculine Identity and Sexual Gender Based Violence: The Case of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Althouse Hall, Room 106
Noon – 1 p.m. (Light lunch will be provided)
RSVP strongly encouraged, but not required to clarkeforum@dickinson.edu.
Sexual gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been described as the worst in the world. Mahwa will discuss ProMundo and Living Peace Institute preventative approaches that engage men, working to eradicate the root causes of violence.
This event is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues.
Biography (provided by the speaker)
Aloys Mahwa is Promundo’s Living Peace project director in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Using group therapy and group education techniques, the Living Peace initiative addresses the trauma associated with conflict and promotes equitable, nonviolent paths to healing for individuals, families, and communities.
Mahwa manages the scale-up of Living Peace in the North and South Kivu provinces of eastern DRC, playing a key role in coordinating stakeholder working sessions, developing the Living Peace Institute, documenting and building upon the program’s lessons learned and best practices, and supervising monitoring and evaluation of the initiative. Mahwa joined Promundo after five years of experience working with USAID to support Rwandan health financing initiatives.
Mahwa has a master’s degree in project management and anthropology and a master’s degree in managerial economy from the Catholic University of Central Africa. He earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Jesuit Faculties of Paris.
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