Caddy Adzuba

Adzuba was born on 5 April 1981, she is the oldest of eight siblings born in a wealthy neighborhood of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. She graduated in Law at the {{ill|Université officielle de Bukavu|fr}} in 2005.{{Cite web|title=Premis Liberpress {{!}} 2016 Caddy Adzuba|url=http://www.premisliberpress.cat/en/caddy-adzuba-2016/|access-date=2021-09-16|language=en-US}}

According to the IFEX Network, a group of organizations defending freedom of expression around the world, Adzuba decided to work for the promotion of human rights when war broke out in her home when she was 16 years old.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifex.org/democratic_republic_of_congo/2016/10/04/profile_caddy_adzuba/|title=Turning stigma into strength: Caddy Adzuba - IFEX|website=IFEX|language=en|access-date=2018-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820172536/https://www.ifex.org/democratic_republic_of_congo/2016/10/04/profile_caddy_adzuba/|archive-date=2018-08-20|url-status=dead}} After being separated from her family and witnessing human suffering, she "decided to do something for human rights."

She helped found Un Altavoz para el Silencio network, reporting the sexual violence against women in her country. She is also a member of the East Congo Media Women's Association.{{Cite web|title = Congolese journalist to receive Prince of Asturias Concord Prize|url = http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/09/03/inenglish/1409751837_687893.html|website = EL PAÍS|date = 2014-09-04|access-date = 2016-01-21}}{{Cite web|title = Caddy Adzuba {{!}} Casa África|url = http://www.casafrica.es/en/detalle-who-is-who.jsp?DS7.PROID=57030|website = www.casafrica.es|access-date = 2016-01-21}} Caddy Adzuba is also the co-founders of the Women's Alliance for the Promotion of Human Rights.

She is now a journalist in Radio Okapi, the official radio channel of United Nation's mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nowadays her fights against torture and rape are still in the spotlight, and due to her work, she has received several death threats.{{Cite news|url=https://ifex.org//democratic_republic_of_congo/2009/09/15/death_threats/|title=JED demands investigation into anonymous death threats against three journalists - IFEX|work=IFEX|access-date=2018-08-20|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820141134/https://ifex.org//democratic_republic_of_congo/2009/09/15/death_threats/|archive-date=2018-08-20|url-status=dead}}

• Julio Anguita Parrado International Journalism Award (2009).{{Cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/03/05/comunicacion/1236268321.html|title=La congoleña Caddy Adzuba gana el Premio Julio Anguita Parrado {{!}} Comunicación {{!}} elmundo.es|last=Internet|first=Unidad Editorial|website=www.elmundo.es|access-date=2018-08-20}}
• International Award of the "Woman of the Year" worth 35,000 euros from the Regional Council of Aosta Valley (2012).{{cite web|url=http://www.consiglio.vda.it/info_conseil/dettaglio_comunicato_i.asp?pk_comunicato=50344|title=Comunicato stampa|website=Consiglio Regionale della Valle d'Aosta}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.consiglio.vda.it/donna_dell_anno/documenti/2012/regolamento.pdf# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103220142/http://www.consiglio.vda.it/donna_dell_anno/documenti/2012/regolamento.pdf# |archive-date=2014-01-03 |url-status=dead}}
• Princess Asturias Award for Peace 2014.{{Cite web|title = Caddy Adzuba, Prince of Asturias Award for Concord - Communication - The Princess of Asturias Foundation|url = http://www.fpa.es/en/communication/caddy-adzuba-prince-of-asturias-award-for-concord.html?idCategoria=14&especifica=0|website = The Princess of Asturias Foundation|access-date = 2016-01-21|first = Developed with webControl CMS by Intermark|last = Tecnologías}}

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• [http://www.euronews.com/2014/11/05/caddy-adzuba-fighting-sexual-atrocity-in-africa/ Caddy Adzuba Fighting Sexual Atrocity in Africa]

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Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo journalists

Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo women journalists

Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo women's rights activists

Category:1981 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Bukavu

Category:Women human rights activists

Category:21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people

Category:21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo women