UN Women’s Democratic Republic of the Congo Strategic Note 2025–2029 addresses entrenched gender inequality, violence and exclusion exacerbated by conflict and humanitarian crises. Active nationwide, including in Ituri and North and South Kivu, the programme advances women’s rights and roles in peacebuilding and inclusive development.

The programme focuses on women’s leadership, economic empowerment, the prevention of gender-based violence and gender-responsive governance. Strategies include humanitarian-development-peace triple nexus approaches, gender-responsive budgeting, localized peacebuilding and the integration of women into the green economy.

UN Women partners with national institutions, women’s rights organizations and UN entities to implement UN Security Council resolution 1325 and support the transition of the UN peacekeeping mission. Backed by Strategic Note direct funding and semi-flexible funding from the governments of Norway and Sweden, the programme scales up feminist leadership, data systems and service centres for survivors of gender-based violence, ensuring sustainability, local ownership and gender-responsive recovery systems.