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Prof.Jeannette Bayisenge is Rwandan politician and socialist who currently serves as Minister of Gender and Family Promotion in Rwanda (MIGEPROF) since 2020 and Associate Professor of Gender studies at the University of Rwanda.
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We are continuing to put efforts in areas where gaps are .
People should be encouraged to go for help; more people need to raise their voices.
You have a big responsibility of being exemplary to your children. It is very important for generations to come. It’s our responsibility to give good values to our children.
Low technology usage and lack of capital persist as primary barriers to job creation among the youth .
When all of this happens, we see children on streets, early pregnancies as a result of lack of safety at home .
“In this NST2 that is about to be implemented, the number of jobs created will increase and we need to do more.”
Ratification of Convention No. 190 by Rwanda is a testament to Rwanda’s firm commitment to eliminating any forms of violence and harassment in and beyond the world of work.
And the impact of VAWG goes beyond the individual; affecting communities, businesses, and national economies.
“The government has put in place policies and different strategies aimed at creating more jobs for Rwandans.”
We all agree that gender equality cannot be achieved by women alone or men alone but it requires shared effort from men and women, boys and girls, hence challenging traditional masculinity .
We believe that engaging men and boys and challenging traditional masculinities will lead to lasting behavioural change and creating strong allies in the process of empowering women and girls .
We should not hide perpetrators, this prevents justice from prevailing. Regardless of what they give back in return, we need to report them since that is one way of curbing GBV .
We are still liaising with the judicial sector so that the process can be conducted through legally-accepted procedures, in line with the Rwandan criminal procedures .
All shared experiences will be useful in the journey to the next interventions for a transformational change in the lives of women and girls in the 54 member Commonwealth countries.
These are all concerning trends that need to be addressed so all Rwandan families can live in peace, and we are working towards solving these issues right from the community level .
You need to avoid polygamy, family conflicts and drunkenness. Let us fight to have safe families. As long as there are conflicts in families, national development is hardly reachable .
We strongly believe that the commitments recently made by the country during the Generation Equality Forum will help to double the number of women and girls supported by innovations centres.
Once we have the mapping we will know how to work with local leaders to grow these groups, monitor growth progress, and disseminate information access to finance.
When a wife doesn’t look after the children well, 40 per cent of surveyed women said it was justifiable to beat her, 13 per cent of men agreed. Fortunately, fewer men find wife-beating justifiable .
With the available support, we (the government) are asking women entrepreneurs in agriculture to be self-confident and work hard to make the most of the opportunities that the government and partners provide to empower women.
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