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How do you ensure law, order and justice in a country that is deeply marked by decades of war and conflict? This award-winning Congolese documentary follows police officer Honorine Munyole, called Mama Colonel, a widow and mother of four. She fights an tireless struggle for women and children in a society where the police are facing cases of rape, witchcraft and child abuse - and where the men bear the visible scars after the war and are therefore seen as the primary victims. The film is a Danish premiere.
Postdoc at DIIS Peer Schouten and Professor at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala Maria Eriksson Baaz talk about their field work in DR Congo and discuss the challenges of building civilian institutions in a war-torn country. The debate is in English.
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