Ensemble pour la promotion de la Femme et de la Famille (EPF) or in english « Together for the promotion of the woman and the family », is a women organization for the promotion and defense of women’s rights.
Our organization works with women’s groups and local women leaders, in order to execute the following actions:
– Training on maintaining peace by conflict resolution
– Encouragement of women’s political participation for peacebuilding in the DRC
– Education on women’s rights and obligations
– Addition of different national laws and international resolutions that protect women’s rights
– Training on the management of AGR
– Advocacy by local and provincial authorities

EPF has been created by women in the territory of Fizi in order to look for solutions to the following problems:
– The violation of human rights
– The lack of knowledge within women from rural communities concerning their rights and how to claim them
– Family responsibilities for poor women, especially widows
– Extreme poverty