Press Releases – REGIONAL TRAINING FACILITY (RTF)

COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL WOMENS’ DAY 23 STATEMENT BY THE HON. DR. JANVIERE NDIRAHISHA REGIONAL DIRECTOR, ICGLR-RTF

Observed annually on March 8, International Women’s Day serves as a focal point for the women’s rights movement and raises awareness of topics including gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. The day is celebrated by both state and non-state actors based on an annual theme derived from a pertinent trend or issue influencing the livelihood of women and girls based on the aforementioned parameters. According to UNWOMEN, the theme for the 2023 women’s day is “DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for gender [...]

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UNITAR SIGNS A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE GREAT LAKES REGION – REGIONAL TRAINING FACILITY

On 19 August 2021, Geneva, Switzerland (Virtual) – UNITAR’s Division for Peace is excited to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)  with  the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region – Regional Training Facility (ICGLR-RTF) with the goal of contributing to international, regional, and local efforts aimed at preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Great Lakes Region. UNITAR and the ICGLR-RTF have a strong working relationship, and the signing of this MoU represents the formalisation of the partnership and a recommitment towards comprehensive joint programming. Since its inception in 2014, the ICGLR-RTF has trained over 1500 professionals that manage cases of [...]

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ICGLR-RTF BROCHURE_August 2018

Download the ICGLR-RTF BROCHURE updated as of August 2018

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PRESS RELEASE: Regional conference on Strategies for Implementation of the ICGLR instruments on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the Great Lakes Region, Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda 1st-3rd December 2017.

Kampala-Uganda, 29th October 2017: The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) – Regional Training Facility (RTF) on Prevention and Suppression of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) will hold a Regional conference on Strategies for Implementation of the ICGLR instruments on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the Great Lakes Region at the Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda from December 1-3, 2017. This Great Lakes High Level conference will be held under the theme “Strategies for Implementation [...]

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Sensitization and Training Workshop on “Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence Cases in Conflict” that took place at Afrique Suites Hotel, Mutungo, Kampala, on 19-20th September 2016.

A training and sensitization workshop on Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence Cases in Conflict for Medical, Judicial, Police and Military officers, Civil Society and Journalists took place at Afrique Suites Hotel from 19-20th September 2016; The opening ceremony was presided over by the State Minister for Gender and Culture, Hon. Peace Mutuuzo, representing the Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon. Janat Mukwaya; and was also attended by the British High Commissioner to Uganda H.E Alison Blackburne, the [...]

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