Project profile — Electoral Education and Inclusive Governance Program in the Democratic Republic of Congo

• Congo, Democratic Republic (100.00%)

• Basic Education: Basic life skills for youth and adults (11230) (10.00%)
• Democratic participation and civil society:
Democratic participation and civil society (15150) (25.00%)
Elections (15151) (25.00%)
Human rights (15160) (20.00%)
Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions (15170) (20.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (principal objective)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Disability (significant objective)

The project aims to improve the inclusion of women in public and democratic life in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Project activities include: (1) organizing civic education campaigns and training facilitators in schools on girls' and women's rights, human rights, civic participation, democratic principles, the electoral process and peace; (2) strengthening and operationalizing literacy centers; (3) strengthening the exercise of women's and marginalized citizens' right to vote; and (4) supporting groups (including women's groups) to observe the 2023 elections. The project aims to reach 20 million voters, representing half of the voting-age population in DRC (of whom 10.12 million are women). It aims to reach between 1.5 and 2 million young girls and boys through civic and electoral education campaigns. The projet is also designed to train 3,000 election observers (of whom 2,200 are women), and provide literacy and political rights training to approximately 20,000 women.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) improved conditions of inclusion through civic and voter education for girls and boys, men, women, civil and political rights and women's rights advocates; (2) reduced educational, cultural and economic barriers for women; and (3) increased participation of women and marginalized citizens in the electoral process and democratic life through mobilization.

Result achieved as of March 2025 includes reached more than half of the voting-age population in the DRC, representing 24,421,546 people. This includes 993,625 people reached through activities to raise awareness about human rights and citizen participation; 23,313,508 people reached through awareness-raising activities on the radio; 111,413 people reached through awareness-raising activities on social media; (4) 3,002 people trained as facilitators or awareness raisers, including 45 people living with disabilities, 44 people living with albinism and 8 Indigenous Pygmy people; 1,382 observers trained; and 7,200 community members, including local authorities and traditional chiefs, made aware of the importance of literacy and informed about literacy cycles within the framework of EEGIR.

• Proactive disclosure