With constitutional quotas for interest group seats in their favour and all political parties legally bound to respect women's quota of at least 30 per cent of their parliamentary nominees, women may retain or even widen their majority in the Chamber of Deputies after the upcoming September e
The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has urged women to participate in the forthcoming parliamentary elections by turning up in large numbers on Election Day.
The polls are slated for September.
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Rwanda Women Network-Village of Hope received a prize for the best practices to improve the living environment.
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Business Council for Peace, a Non Governmental, non profit making organisation is offering a helping hand to Rwandan business women.
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Gender equality should be given priority in the national budget in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the president of the Forum of Rwandan Women Parliamentarians (FFRP), Specioza Mukandutiye, has argued.
President Paul Kagame has said that for a country to exclude women, who form a big percentage of nations' populations, is shortsightedness and a waste of human resource.
Peace keeping missions that have no women and lack awareness of gender issues can result in unnecessary tensions between peacekeepers and local civilians.
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Rwanda became the first country in the world where women outnumber men in parliament, according to provisional results announced Thursday at the close of a four-day legislative vote. Women won 20 of the 53 seats attributed in direct elections.