Title: Women taking a lead : progress toward empowerment and gender equity in Rwanda

Authors: Omaar, Rakiya and Ibreck, Rachel

Place: Washington, DC [etc.]

Publisher: Women for women international

Year: 2004

Journal: Women for women international briefing paper

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Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: women, political participation, popular participation, rwanda

Abstract: Women are now visible and vocal in the political arena in Rwanda to an unprecedented degree. This paper provides an insight into the hardships endured by women in Rwanda over the past decade to overcome the constraints to women’s participation in public life.

URL: http://www.womenforwomen.org/news-women-for-women/files/RWpaper.pdf

Document type: Report