“Women in post-conflict situations” media campaign kicks off

EASTERN PROVINCE NYAGATARE—A In a major step towards responsible media in Rwanda, a Great Lakes campaign has kicked off seeking to unite and weave the stories of women throughout the region, starting with Nyagatare district. Funded by ADRA - Denmark in collaboration with ADRA – Rwanda, the media campaign was launched Wednesday and will operate in the districts of Nyagatare and Kibuye, as well as in parts of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With the theme ‘Women in post-conflict situations’, there will be opportunities to share stories and build a sense of solidarity. According Patrick Mphaka, regional project manager, the communities will be communicating their life experiences which will be recorded and some women from the same community will hear such massages of people who have gone through tough experiences. “The aim of the project is to take the example of those women who have gone through tough problems and managed to survive because 70 per cent of the Rwandan population when the Genocide ended were women, and it was the women who picked up the pieces and started moving the whole of Rwanda, and the future of Rwanda has come from the sprit of such messages.” The projects will eventually carry out radio surveys and television commercials and programmes. “Once they tell their stories other people will be touched.” Ends