About:
INDIGENOUS WOMEN FOR HEALTH AND EQUALITY, IWHE-NGO
INVEST IN INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS
Although they are the earliest inhabitants of the equatorial forests of the Great Lakes region of Africa, indigenous peoples are, in official terms, practically invisible.
Subjected to continuous discrimination leading to poverty, unemployment and reduced access to education and healthcare, their situation is further aggravated by a lack of recognition of their difficulties by communities and institutions. It is extremely difficult, often even impossible, to find data and statistics about indigenous communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); and it is even harder to find data relating to the situation of indigenous women and girls.
The NGO Indigenous Women for Health and Equality operates as a non-profit, non-political, non-denominational organisation with no ethnic, racial or tribal affiliation.
Our goal is to contribute to the achievement of substantive gender equality and to empower indigenous women and girls through:
- Promotion of maternal, child, sexual, reproductive, mental and nutritional health of indigenous women living in our target areas; ;
- Promotion of the rights and human dignity of indigenous women through female leadership, the fight against gender-based violence, and sexual and reproductive rights; and
- Boosting the economic empowerment of indigenous women through female entrepreneurship.
The operating range o’Indigenous Women for Health and Equality covers the entire province of South Kivu.
Indigenous Women for Health and Equality : IWHE-ONG Indigenous Women for Health and Equality
has been verified as part of the enhanced due diligence to guard against the risks of fraud, money laundering or other illicit activities.
- Date of issue 24 July 2026
- Expiry date 24 July 2028