Julienne Lusenge

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).