UN / DRC GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

STORY: UN / DRC GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
TRT: 1:09
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 25 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

SHOTLIST:

18 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

25 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, briefing room,

3. Wide shot, Dujarric at the podium

4. UPSOUND (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:

“The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that it is seriously concerned about the persistent cases of gender-based violence, particularly in conflict-affected provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu in the country’s east. Between January and June of this year, 35,000 survivors received care. The actual number of survivors is likely to be much higher as only a fraction of them are reporting or seeking support. The majority of survivors in the DRC are women and girls, underscoring the urgent need to particularly strengthen their protection.”

5. Med shot, journalists

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:

“Despite the gravity and the scope of gender-based violence in the country, programs related to it are only 18 percent funded, which limits survivors’ access to services.”

7. Wide shot, briefing room

STORYLINE:

A UN spokesperson said that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is “seriously concerned” about the persistent cases of gender-based violence, particularly in conflict-affected provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Briefing journalists today (25 Sep) in New York, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, said, “between January and June of this year, 35,000 survivors received care.”

According to him, “the actual number of survivors is likely to be much higher as only a fraction of them are reporting or seeking support.”

He added, “the majority of survivors in the DRC are women and girls, underscoring the urgent need to particularly strengthen their protection.”

The Spokesperson concluded, “despite the gravity and the scope of gender-based violence in the country, programs related to it are only 18 percent funded, which limits survivors’ access to services.”