Solange Lwashiga Furaha is a human and women's rights activist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the executive secretary of the South Kivu Congolese Women's Caucus for Peace (Caucus des Femmes Congolaises du Sud-Kivu pour la Paix).
[2] She remains involved in urging African leaders to focus on dealing with violence against women in the Congo.
[2] In February 2014, Furaha took part in Beauty in the Middle: Women of Congo Speak Out, when the International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict travelled to the east of her country with photographer Pete Muller and the filmmakers Jon Bougher and Kohl Threlkeld, to record the women working in the grassroots of activism.
[3][4] Furaha is the national contact point for Rien sans les femmes, a coalition of Congolese women's rights organisations.
[3] Furaha lives in the city of Bukavu, in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.