Julienne Lusenge

[[image:Julienne Lusenge 2022 stamp of Armenia 2.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Julienne Lusenge on a stamp from the DRC.]]Julienne Lusenge' is a Congolese human rights activist recognized for advocating for survivors of wartime sexual violence. She is co-founder and President of Female Solidarity for Integrated Peace and Development (SOFEPADI) and director of the Congolese Women's Fund (FFC). She is the recipient of the 2018 Women’s International Rights Award from the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy and the 2016 Ginetta Sagan Award from Amnesty International. She received the Human Rights Award from the Embassy of France and named a Knight of the Legion of Honour by the French Government. She was awarded an International Women of Courage Award in 2021. On October 10, 2021, she was awarded the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, at the Armenian Monastery on the island of San Lazzaro in Venice, Italy. Quotes When armed groups confront one another, it is the women who pay. https://www.womenpeacesecurity.org/peacebuilder/julienne-lusenge/, Working Group on Women, peace and security. (October 2015). Women’s bodies are used as battlefields—and this must end. https://www.womenpeacesecurity.org/peacebuilder/julienne-lusenge/, Working Group on Women, peace and security. (October 2015). "Women are the first victims of war, but they are the one and only key to peace." https://www.unwomen.org/fr/news/stories/2015/11/in-the-words-of-julienne-lusenge/, unwomen.org. (December 01, 2015) External links Category:Living people Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo human rights activists Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo women activists Category:People by award