KIGALI, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Female Members of Parliament under the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) vowed to prioritize the empowerment of girls in societies.
At the invitation of the Parliament of the Republic of Rwanda, the 145th Assembly of the IPU and its related meetings will be
By Lerato Mogoatlhe
By Lerato Mogoatlhe
Rwanda celebrated another victory for gender representation on Nov.
Rwanda’s Genocide Museum is a haunting place, one of the memorials in the capital city of Kigali that commemorate a hundred days of terrifying tribal conflict in 1994.
Rwanda has broken its current world record of 64 per cent female representation in Parliament, setting a new one of 67.5 per cent.
By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Swanee Hunt,
By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Swanee Hunt,
One of the hallmarks of post-Genocide Rwanda is inclusive politics. The year 2018 brought about more gains as far as political plurality is concerned, at least in the Chamber of Deputies where two new opposition parties won seats.
President Paul Kagame yesterday reshuffled his cabinet, making broad changes in a trimmed cabinet, in which women comprise 50 per cent.