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Central African Republic

The Central African Republic (CAR) has a population of 4.4 million (UN, 2009) with an area of 622,984 sq km (240,535 sq miles). The capital is Bangui. The major languages are French and Sangho (lingua franca).

The CAR has been unstable since its independence from France in 1960. Recently, in 2009, several hundred armed men, thought to be members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), abducted more than 100 men, women and children in eastern CAR.

* Central Africa Republic ratified The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on June 21, 1991
* Central Africa Republic does not have a National Action Plan on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325)
* Central Africa Republic does has a UN peacekeeping mandate: United Nations Mission in the African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)

Sources:BBC; Amnesty International; UNIFEM

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  • January 11, 2013 (What's In Blue)
    CAR: Briefing and Consultations on the Central African Republic Tomorrow morning (Friday, 11 January), the Council will be briefed by Margaret Vogt, the Secretary-General's Special Representative and head of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA) via videoconference from Libreville, Gabon. Vogt is set to brief members on recent developments following the uprising by the Seleka rebel alliance in the Central African Republic (CAR), as well as on peace talks taking place this week in Libreville. The Council will also be briefed (in person) by Zainab Hawa Bangura, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, on her first visit to the CAR in her present role, from 5-12 December 2012. The briefings will be followed by consultations.
  • June 25, 2012 (AllAfrica)
    CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Victim - My Daughter Cried When She Saw Bemba's Men Assaulting Me On Monday, a victim recounted to International Criminal Court (ICC) judges how she was sexually assaulted in front of her young daughter by soldiers belonging to the group led by war crimes accused Jean-Pierre Bemba.
  • October 31, 2011 (AlertNet)
    AFRICA: Peacebuilders Fail Africa's Women Victims of War Thousands of women and girls who have been abducted by armed groups, enslaved and repeatedly raped during conflicts across Africa are left without support when the war ends, experts say.
  • June 15, 2011 (Wired)
    CENTRAL AFRICA: African Village Uses Tech to Fight Off a Rape Cult An old woman had died. Before burying the her, the residents of the village of Obo — in southern Central African Republic, just north of the Congolese border — gathered around a campfire to eat, drink, cry and sing in celebration of the woman's long life. It was a night in March 2008, just another beat in the slow rhythm of existence in this farming community of 13,000 people.
  • April 25, 2011 (IRIN)
    CAR: Supporting Women's Rights in Remote Areas Violations of human rights are on the increase in northeastern Central African Republic (CAR), with aid workers expressing concern for protection of civilians amid renewed clashes between government troops and the Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP) rebels - one of the few groups that has not signed a peace agreement with the government.

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