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Caddy Adzuba's foundation highlights South Kivu rural women's role

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The Pélagie Muhigirwa Foundation, led by lawyer Caddy Adzuba, highlights the daily difficulties faced by rural women in South Kivu and their contribution to food security. This focus comes on the occasion of International Rural Women's Day, celebrated every 15 October, reports Lecourrierdebukavu.

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