Justine Faraja

Name: Justine Faraja

Age: 22

Lives in: Uvira, Sud Kivu, Democratic Rep. of Congo

Active in: CEDEJ, Cercle d’echange pour le developpement des jeunes dans la Region des Grandes Lacs, a youth organisation that works with gender equality and raising awareness among young girls concerning for example sexual and reproductive health and rights, HIV, LGBT-matters and education.

I fight for: to make girls aware of their rights and make it possible for them to defend them.
To put an end to he marginalisation of women in our society where we are considered inferior.

Activism recommendations: those who want to become defenders of women’s human rights need courage and determination