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Nothing Without the Women (Rien sans les Femmes) is a feminist organization established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2015.^[1]

Nothing Without the Women was formed in March 2015 as a coalition of international NGOs and local women's groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1] The group had two aims: to ensure that the Parity Act was passed into law, and to revise electoral law to ensure that women candidates must be included on all electoral lists. The group collected over 200,000 signatures. It organized marches in Bukavu and Uvira in South Kivu, and Goma in North Kivu. Over 6,000 people joined the march in Bukavu. As a result, the Parity Act was successfully passed in August 2015.^[2]

By 2018 Nothing Without the Women had grown to incorporate over 160 women’s rights organisations from across the country.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Valerie Møller; Benjamin J. Roberts. Quality of Life and Human Well-Being in Sub-Saharan Africa. Springer Nature. p. 136. ISBN 978-3-030-65788-8.
^ ^a ^b Maria Martin de Almagro (14 August 2018). "Women activists in the DRC show how effective alliances can be forged". Retrieved 26 February 2021.

[Møller-1] Valerie Møller; Benjamin J. Roberts. Quality of Life and Human Well-Being in Sub-Saharan Africa. Springer Nature. p. 136. ISBN 978-3-030-65788-8.

[Almagro-2] Maria Martin de Almagro (14 August 2018). "Women activists in the DRC show how effective alliances can be forged". Retrieved 26 February 2021.

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