President Paul Kagame has saluted women the world over, on the occasion of the International Women's Day (March 8), a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Salute to all women in Rw & Globally on this important day. We are with you in this Gender equality struggle in its real sense!! — Paul Kagame (@PaulKagame) March 8, 2023 Every year on March 8, Rwanda joins the world to celebrate the International Women’s Day. During the same celebrations in 2022, the President stressed that equality is a right not a favour. At the time, he urged the nation to do even more and better to ensure that the next generations of “our daughters and granddaughters inherit a nation” where their aspirations have no limits. ALSO READ: Equality is a right, not favour – Kagame ALSO READ: Fighting for gender equality is common sense, says Kagame In November 2019, while addressing delegates at the Global Gender Summit, the first of its kind to take place in Rwanda, and Africa, Kagame stressed that promoting gender equality on the continent is simply common sense. Being a man in a position of leadership, at any level, he noted, means never having to think about your gender. “But being a woman leader means always having to think about how gender impacts your work.”
