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A woman helps her baby to take porridge in Nyamasheke District.Activists are seeking to reduce the burden of unpaid care and domestic work on women by getting more men to take an equal share .Photo by Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

The missing link: Changing gender norms in unpaid care work

Friday, March 24, 2023
Elizabeth Berabose, the founder and CEO of Berabose Design, during the interview . Photo by Crasih Bahizi
Featured

FEATURED: Local designer on fostering sustainability in fashion industry

Friday, March 24, 2023
Silas Ngayaboshya, the Director-General of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment who gave a lecture at Mount Kenya University. Courtesy
Rwanda

Varsities urged to promote gender equality

Thursday, March 23, 2023
Thousand Hills Events Ltd Manager Nathan Ntaganzwa speaks about an event dubbed “Rwanda Women in Business Awards (RWIBA) 2023,” scheduled to take place at Kigali Marriott Hotel on Friday, March 24.
Women

FEATURED: Thousand Hills Events celebrates women’s role in economic development

Thursday, March 23, 2023
One of women who use a technique of hand scraping and pulp out of vertical strips from the banana pseudo stem to manufacture banana fiber products. Courtesy
Women

Kayonza: Adding value to banana fibers elevates women from poverty

Saturday, March 18, 2023
Rwandan delegation attending the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York.

At UN, Rwanda champions acceleration of Gender Equality 

Friday, March 17, 2023
A 'toast of love' for these old spouses, who are among the 390 couples legally married on March 8, 2023 in Gakenke District, under the auspices of World Vision Rwanda (Emmanuel Ntirenganya)
Featured

FEATURED: World Vision building stronger families: Investing in the well-being of children

Friday, March 17, 2023
MTN Rwanda Plc has awarded five women-led lending and saving groups involved in different income-generating activities including agriculture, livestock farming, handcrafts, innovative and technology projects.
Women

MTN awards five women-led savings groups

Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Members of Parliament during a plenary session in 2022. In Rwanda, the fact that the legislation gave equal land rights to women and men, the parliament voted many laws in line with the protection of women’s rights after the Genocide against the Tutsi. Photo by Craish Bahizi.
Women

10 landmark laws enabling women’s rights protection

Monday, March 13, 2023
Participants pose for a group photo during the workshop.
Health

FEATURED: UNFPA supports the use of data for maternal, and child health improvement

Monday, March 13, 2023
The handover of the IPC materials was officiated by the Karongi Vice Mayor in Charge of Social Affairs, Valentine Mukase and the UNFPA Country Representative, Kwabena Asante-Ntiamoah. (2)
Women

FEATURED: Maternal health prioritised as HDI, UNFPA and RBC celebrate women

Friday, March 10, 2023
Alice Umulinga, President, RNOSC
Other Sports

What should be done to have more women in decision-making roles in sports?

Friday, March 10, 2023