Chantal Bilulu: la femme doit se mettre debout. Women must stand up
Chantal Bilulu, director of women’s and children’s programs at Héritiers de la justice offers this reflection to people of courage:
Dans plusieurs pays du monde, la femme est victime des violences de toute genre. C’est pourquoi il est necéssaire que la femme ne reste pas inactive pour subir au jour le jour, ne pas croiser les bras.
In many of the world’s countries, women are the victims of every sort of violence. That’s why it’s vital that women not stay inactive, not submit day after day, nor cross our arms.
Par contre, elle doit se mettre debout, agir, denouncer. Brisons le silence et reclamer aux tenants du pouvoir la mise en application des differents instruments juridiques protégeant la femme et ainsi changer la situation de la femme dans le monde.
On the contrary, she must stand up, act, and denounce. Let’s break the silence, claiming back from those who hold power the use of diverse legal instruments that protect the rights of women. In so doing, we can change the situation of women throughout the world.
Que toutes les femmes du monde prennent leur courage en mains pour mener la lutte, cette lutte qui nous concerne toutes.
Let all women of all the world take their courage in hand to continue the struggle, this struggle that includes all of us.
Se taire c’est se tuer à petit feu.
To keep ourselves silent is to kill ourselves little by little.
Si la femme participe aux decisions prises pour la géstion de la société, la paix, la securité sont evidentes.
If women participate in decisions made on behalf of all society, then peace and security will show themselves.
Qui dit paix, dit devéloppement. Promouvoir les droits de la femme, c’est promouvoir la société toute entière.
Those who speak peace also speak development. To promote the rights of women is to promote the entire society as a whole.
Non à la violence contre les femmes, non à la discrimination envers les femmes.
No to violence against women, and no to discrimination directed at women!
Soyons courageuses.
May we be courageous.
Chantal Bilulu speaks at the Victoria public event, Bayanihan Centre
Regina, 15/10/2011. Chantal Bilulu, femme de courage. Héritiers de la Justice, Bukavu/Sud Kivu, Republique démocratique du Congo (translated by Julie Graham)
