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Structures & Institutional Development Structures
Outreach Programme
From 1 October 2010 to 30 July 2011, a total
of 450 interactive outreach sessions were
organised in relation to five of the seven
Situations currently under investigation by the
ICC. According to the Public Information and
Documentation Section of the ICC, these sessions
directly addressed 32,324 people of whom onefourth
were women (8,302).
As in previous years, outreach activities
focused on Uganda and DRC with 108 and
142 sessions respectively. Activities in CAR saw
a considerable increase with twice as many
interactive sessions held than in 2010 (106
compared to 53). There were 74 activities held
for Sudanese affected communities in Chad and
with the diaspora in Europe. 250 In Kenya, a total
of 20 interactive sessions were carried out in the
period under consideration.
250 Please note that the breakdown by location of outreach
activities in relation to the Situation in Darfur made
available to the Women’s Initiatives for <strong>Gender</strong> Justice
refers to the period from 1 October 2010 to 30 September
2011. According to PIDS, between 1 October 2010 and 30
September 2011, a total of 86 outreach activities were
carried out of which 20 (23%) were held in Chad and 66
(77%) were held in Europe with the Sudanese diaspora.
Out of the total number of events organised in Chad,
13 were public events held in refugee camps and seven
were private sessions held in Abéché and N’Djamena.
With regard to the meetings in Europe, 12 out of 66 were
public events and the remaining 54 were private sessions.
Meetings with the diaspora in Europe took place in the
Netherlands, France, Germany, the UK and Ireland. In 2010,
55 outreach activities were carried out in relation to the
Situation in Darfur, of which 22% (12) were held in Chad.
Figures as of 30 September 2011. Email communication
with the Outreach Unit, 25 October 2011.
The highest number of women attending
outreach activities is in CAR (44%). This may
reflect the sexual violence crimes committed
and charged in the CAR Situation and specifically
in the Jean-Pierre Bemba case. 251 In the DRC,
women constitute 35% of the total number of
participants at Outreach meetings. In Sudan
and Uganda, 17% and 7% respectively of the
participants are women. No information was
available for Kenya with regards to the number
of women participants.
In comparison with 2010, all the Situations,
except Darfur, showed a decrease in the number
of women who participated in interactive
outreach meetings this year. Women were 46%
of the total participants in CAR, 40% in the DRC
and 10% in Uganda.
As in 2010, Uganda is the country with the
highest attendance at Outreach meetings
(11,194), but has the lowest percentage of
women participants. Figures relating to
women's attendance in Uganda are lower
than those of 2009 and were a reversal on the
positive increase in 2010. 252 This data indicates
the ongoing need for a more intense campaign
and more specialised strategies to reach out to
affected women in the Greater North.
The Unit estimates that 74,800,000 people, the
majority of whom are in the DRC (25 million),
were potentially exposed to information
about the Court through radio and television
programmes across the five Situations in which
outreach activities are carried out.
251 See the Trial Proceedings section of this <strong>Report</strong>.
252 In 2011, 786 women attended outreach activities in
Uganda. In 2009, this figure was slightly higher at 837.
Last year, a total of 2,397 women attended interactive
sessions in the country. Please note that while the 2010
figures cover a one-year period (from 1 October 2009
to 1 October 2010), this year’s information related to a
10-month period (from 1 October 2010 to 30 July 2011).
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