International Day of the Girl: cultural activities planned for Saturday in Kikwit

Kikwit, October 9^th, 2025 (CPA).- Several scientific and cultural activities are planned for Saturday in Kikwit, Kwilu, in the  southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to mark International Day of the Girl Child, celebrated annually on October 11th, according to information obtained on Thursday from community sources. « The Congolese Union of Women in the Media (Ucofem) and the Dynamique des jeunes filles du Congo (dynamic of young girls of Congo) (DJFC) are organising scientific and cultural activities on Saturday, October 11^th, 2025, under the patronage of the Kikwit Urban Gender, Family and Children’s Service, in the “La Touraine” hall, to commemorate International Day of the Girl Child, » has declared Chantal Kindundu, president of Ucofem/Kwilu. « These activities will include conferences and debates, which will be led by several speakers on various topics concerning girls, namely the contribution of girls to education (I am a girl, I can change the world), the five factors for choosing a university course, girls and entrepreneurship, girls’ rights and the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), » she has said. Focusing on the theme ‘I am a girl, I can change the world,’ these activities will feature poems and skits presented by students from the Magynette school complex and the Moyo Institute, it is noted.