2014 Coventry International Prize for Peace and Reconciliation
Talk by the winner: Thérèse Mema Mapenzi

'Let's talk about trauma: how talking can be the first step to healing for rape victims in war'

Monday 17 November 2014
12noon-1pm
Ramphal Building
The University of Warwick

This talk is open to students and staff at the University.

Thérèse Mema Mapenzi has been awarded the 2014 Coventry International Prize for Peace and Reconciliation and will give a talk at The University of Warwick at midday on Monday 17 November 2014. The University of Warwick is delighted to be a major sponsor of the prize and is inviting Warwick students and staff to attend the talk.

Mapenzi is the Sexual Violence Programme Leader for the Justice and Peace Commission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In this talk, Thérèse will share the challenges that she faces in this work and the support that people need to speak out about sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Find out more and register here.