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Annie Rashidi-Mulumba

Global Partnership to End Violence Against Women Africa Human Rights

Annie Rashidi-Mulumba has been at the forefront of advocacy for women’s rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since her time in university. Annie works to change legislation and to encourage women to see themselves as individuals with power, to learn their rights, and fight for them. As the Director of the Congolese Female Lawyers Association, a nonprofit that seeks to improve the lives of sexually abused victims in the DRC, Annie fights for women’s rights and provides support to victims. 

Growing up in Eastern Congo, Annie was witness to rape and abuse much of her life. After she completed law school, Annie traveled around Africa, working for the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights — learning first-hand about issues across the continent ranging from women’s rights to freedom of expression to human and indigenous rights. After returning to the DRC, Annie committed to working on issues in her own country and helping her community. 

Annie realized that one of the core issues associated with informing women about their rights, in addition to educating them about rape and abuse, was that in the DRC there was no word for r