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By the 1990s, women had made strides in the professional world, and a growing number of women now work in the professions, government service, the military, and the universities. But they remain underrepresented in the formal work force, especially in higher-level jobs, and generally earn less than their male counterparts in the same jobs.
English: Female atrocity victim, Congo, ca. 1900-1915. At the Congo Balolo Mission, in colonial Congo Free State, (present day Democratic Republic of the Congo). Tinted lantern slide titled "The Congo Atrocities" showing a young woman. The woman wears a short waist wrap and holds a long wooden cane, since one of her feet has been amputated.
Black and white lantern slide showing three women belonging to the Mongo ethnic group, in Belgian colonial Congo Free State or post-1908 Belgian Congo (present day Democratic Republic of the Congo). Each woman has elaborately sculpted braided hair, and wears a tight string of beads around her neck.
The same year saw the founding of the Congo Reform Association by Morel. In 1906, Alice and John Harris began working for Morel's Congo Reform Association. In early 1906, they Alice toured the United States. John wrote that they had presented her images at 200 meetings in 49 cities via magic lantern screenings.
Louise Sabina, 39, poses for a photo Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 in a Goma, eastern Congo school where she and her 10 children found shelter after her soldier husband was sent to Rumangabo for mixing ...
Her subject matter raises awareness of Congolese women, their inner strength and resilience, despite the political, ecological, and economic instability of her region in Eastern Congo. [5] Often seen as victims, particularly of sexual violence, the women from Goma she portrays in her photographs are clearly powerful individuals in the fight for ...
Antoinette Lubaki (Atoinet Lubaki, Atoinet Mfumbi) [1] (Bukama, Congo Free State) (1895-?) was a Congolese watercolourist, and Congo's first known female artist. [2] She is considered one of the forerunners of modern art in Congo, alongside her husband, painter and ivory worker Albert Lubaki and the tailor-painter Djilatento. [3]
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Republic of the Congo This category exists only as a container for other categories of Republic of the Congo women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.