What is the solution to Rwanda’s rapid population growth?

“Improve child survival rates because when parents have the expectation that their children will survive, they choose to have fewer children.” Doris Mugume  -  Accountant.

Friday, July 08, 2011
L-R : Doris Mugume;Ingride Wade;Yusuf Nyamira;Fred Ruzindana;Hamza Nduwimana;Lina Muteteri

"Improve child survival rates because when parents have the expectation that their children will survive, they choose to have fewer children.”

Doris Mugume  -  Accountant.

"Provide better educational opportunities for girls. Girls in school will wait longer to marry, and educated, working women have more choices in life and so tend, on average, to have fewer children.”

Ingride Wade - Business woman.

"This is an issue that needs Divine wisdom, people need to be educated.”

Yusuf Nyamira - Kigali.

"Make sure people around the country have access to family planning services; men who have two or more kids should go for vasectomy.”

Fred Ruzindana - Driver.

"Modifying school curricula to include information on population levels and implications for the future is important when addressing population growth.”

Hamza Nduwimana - Mason.

"Empowering women economically, socially, and legally in a manner that results in them having an equal say (with their husbands) in reproductive decisions will help.”

Lina Muteteri - Lawyer.

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