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The New Times

Women Deliver: Bridging gender gaps in next decade an urgent measure for inclusive future

Friday, July 21, 2023
The government seeks to make the crime of child defilement imprescriptible. Internet
Law

Defilement offenders face ‘legal action at any point in their lives’

Tuesday, July 11, 2023
The Minister of State in charge of Constitutional and Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, Soline Nyirahabimana, delivers her remarks during the session on analysis of the proposed amendments to the law of 2018 determining offences and penalties in general at Parliament on July 6, 2023. She is flanked by the Vice Chairperson of Rwanda Law Reform Commission, Bibiane Burayobera Umuzayire. PHOTO: EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Law

Govt explains proposal to reduce life sentence

Friday, July 07, 2023
A victim of sexual violence . File
Editorial

Marital rape should be treated like any other sexual crime

Wednesday, May 10, 2023
The national dialogue on teenage pregnancy was attended by government officials and non-government organisations.
Women

Rwanda unveils sex education book in bid to tackle teen pregnancies

Friday, March 31, 2023
Participants in a policy dialogue organised by the Association of Genocide Widows Agahozo (AVEGA) pose for a photo after a session in Kigali on March 22. Courtesy
Law

Defilement and the law: Call to reduce punishment for peers

Friday, March 24, 2023
Members of Parliament during a plernary session. Rwanda is the first country in the world with a female majority in Parliament, with 61.3% in the Chamber of Deputies
Editorial

IWD: We came from afar, but the journey to gender equality is still long

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
A victim of sexual violence crime. Statistics shared by RIB show that there has been a 50 per cent decline in cases related to sexual violence against a spouse for the period 2021- 2022 compared to the last two years. Internet.
Women

Conjugal rape, the hidden vice many suffer in silence

Monday, November 28, 2022
Medics during a surgical operation at Kacyiru Hospital. The Chamber of Deputies adopted the relevance of the draft law regulating the use of human organs, tissues and cells on Wednesday, October 19. Photo: File.
Health

Ten things to know about new human organ use bill

Thursday, October 20, 2022
Dr. Aflodis Kagaba, the Executive Director of HDI, Cheikh Mbarushimana Suleiman, the advisor to the Mufti of Rwanda and Laurent Mbanda, Archbishop of Anglican Church of Rwanda. Courtesy
Rwanda

Mixed reactions over proposal for teens’ access to contraceptives

Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Lust is often used to explain why a sexual offender committed the crime. / Net photo
Crime

‘Lust’ and other sexual violence myths, misconceptions

Monday, October 10, 2022
Children wash their hands before entering class at Groupe Scolaire Remera Catholique. Dan Nsengiyumva
Coronavirus

Covid: Clerics urged to back efforts to vaccinate children under 12

Friday, September 23, 2022