Jeanine Bandu Bahati, representing the civil society organization Encadrement des Femmes Indigènes et des Ménages Vulnérables (EFIM), was invited to provide a civil society perspective and recommendations when the Security Council met to discuss the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security facilitated her statement but she did not speak on behalf of the NGOWG.