Drc

Question 1

Basic info

Answer 1

Location- central Africa, neighbouring Burundi +uganda
Population- 95 million, very young
Hdi- 0.479, 179/191
Main issues
-high rates of mmr
-limited access to healthcare + education
-people trafficking, forced labour

Question 2

governance

Answer 2

-Un stabilisation mission aims to protect civilians
- new president (2019)
~ first peaceful handover in 50 years
~ economic development
~ sanitation, healthcare and education
- un agencies ohchr- cooperate with government to achieve stabilisation and development

Question 3

Development

Answer 3

-growth - has potential to be one of richest country’s due to natural minerals ( gold copper)
Produced economic growth of 3.9% in 2020
-development- un and civil society implementing 17 sdgs
Improvement of local infrastructure e.g solar panels, electricity used for education + washing ( reduce disease )

Question 4

Gender inequality

Answer 4

-many women + young girls are subject to domestic violence, sex trafficking and forced labour
-50% of 15-24 year old women are illiterate
- fertility rate 5.7- empowering women to have control over family size

Question 5

NGOs

Answer 5

-action aid- working to improve community resilience by providing tools, seeds and working / training to promote self improvements
-medicines sons frontiers
-educating on menstruation + providing menstrual underwear, increasing hygiene
- decreases stigma and shame
-lasts 2 years
-increases ability to work
-women empowerment

Question 6

poverty

Answer 6

-poverty is widespread and unchecked across the 26 provinces of in the DRC. despite being enriched with natural resources, the country is the second poorest in the world
-one of the worlds largest hunger crises - 25.6 mill at emergency levels

Question 7

conflict

Answer 7

-2024 a resurgence of fighting caused mass casualties and the displacement of over 738,000 people