{"id":16381,"date":"2026-06-20T12:50:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-womens-group-meets-with-dr-congo-minister-of-gender-child-and-family\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T19:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:35:47","slug":"iita-womens-group-meets-with-dr-congo-minister-of-gender-child-and-family","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-womens-group-meets-with-dr-congo-minister-of-gender-child-and-family\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA Women\u2019s Group meets with DR Congo Minister of Gender, Child and Family"},"content":{"rendered":"IITA<\/a>\u00a0Women\u2019s Group representative Charlotte Sanginga, accompanied by Val\u00e9rie Tembo, President of IITA Women\u2019s Group Kinshasa Station and member Mich\u00e8le Kimpwene Sanginga, paid a courtesy visit to Her Excellency, Minister Chantal Safou and members of her cabinet in the ministerial office, Kinshasa on 5 February.\n
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Charlotte Sanginga (left) with Her Excellency, Minister Chantal Safou.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nDuring the meeting, Mrs Sanginga, Head of Scholarship and Charity Committee of IITA Women\u2019s Group in Africa, outlined the activities of the IITA Women\u2019s Group in Africa in general, and in DRC in particular. She also proposed collaboration with the National Ministry of Gender, Child and Family in the DRC.\n\nMrs Sanginga spoke briefly about IITA and its activities in the DRC. She explained about the IITA Women\u2019s Group\u2019s primary mission, which is the support and fulfillment of women and children not only of IITA but also of its partners and communities involving IITA. She explained that DRC has benefited from nine scholarships granted to the children of IITA staff who are now attending high school and university.\n\nHer Excellency Minister Safou, in her response, hailed this IITA initiative and encouraged IITA Women\u2019s Group members to be more involved in activities for the well-being of Congolese communities.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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