The student-led group, Women’s Voices, has been a staple at UCBC for the past nine years. The group was created to champion women in leadership, promote gender equality, and celebrate personal achievements both on and off campus. Women’s Voices also collaborates with Bethesda Counseling Center to host positive masculinity workshops, encouraging dialogue with men to […]
Women's Voices
Alumni Spotlight: Laetitia Ntumba
Alumni Spotlight: Laetitia Ntumba
After graduating from secondary school and succeeding in the state exams, Anuarite Mathe Kahambu, set her sights on the next…… Read More →
Expanding Women’s Influence Requires More Than An Education
Expanding Women’s Influence Requires More Than An Education
Like the rest of the world, we are learning together about what gender equality means and how we all play a part in achieving it. For many women in Congo, just getting to study at a university seems like an impossible dream. But what we have learned at UCBC is that just providing education isn’t enough to support women’s equal access to jobs, influence, and achievement of their dreams. They also need to know that their community will support them enough to take risks required for growth. Both men and women are necessary to make this happen…. Read More →
Alumni Spotlight: Anuarite Kahambu
Alumni Spotlight: Anuarite Kahambu
After graduating from secondary school and succeeding in the state exams, Anuarite Mathe Kahambu, set her sights on the next…… Read More →
Alumni Spotlight: Esther Lubemba
Alumni Spotlight: Esther Lubemba
Esther Lubemba (’19) shares her excitement on graduation day.
Student Stories: Sylvie Lukala
Student Stories: Sylvie Lukala
Sylvie Lukala has a message for the people of Congo. Well, really for the world. “I do not want to see them underestimate women…… Read More →
Student Stories: Hekima Kalumni
Student Stories: Hekima Kalumni
UCBC agribusiness student, Hekima Kalumni, played a key role in organizing the 2018 Women’s Voices conference centered on the theme…… Read More →
Alumni Spotlight: Juliette Mali
Alumni Spotlight: Juliette Mali
What did four years at l’Université Chrétienne Bilingue du Congo (UCBC) mean for Juliette Kavugho Mali (’14)? The youngest of three girls…… Read More →
Alumni Spotlight: Joella Mbiliki
Alumni Spotlight: Joella Mbiliki
How can we know women voices if that voice cannot be heard? That is why our vision is to visit those women, to speak to them, holding…… Read More →
Alumni Spotlight: Adelphine Angemito
Alumni Spotlight: Adelphine Angemito
Adelphine Angemito graduated in 2013. She now serves as a human resources coordinator for Congo Initiative in Beni.
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Alumni Spotlight: Linda Musavuli
Alumni Spotlight: Linda Musavuli
When Linda Kasali Musavuli first moved to Beni, she did not plan to study at UCBC. After attending secondary school in the big city …… Read More →
Alumni Spotlight: Clarisse Ngoyi
Alumni Spotlight: Clarisse Ngoyi
When the Academic Dean for Teaching, Innocent Bora, read the academic results at the 2016 UCBC graduation, the crowd erupted …… Read More →
Linda Musavuli
Linda Musavuli
When Linda Kasali Musavuli first moved to Beni, she did not plan to study at UCBC. After attending secondary school in the big city and capital, Kinshasa, she could not imagine leaving the larger universities of the city for a young university in the town of Beni. In fact, she wanted to study some day […]