Tag Archives: Rwanda

DR Congo: Killings, Rapes by Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels

Link to article(s): https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/13/dr-congo-killings-rapes-rwanda-backed-m23-rebels Summary: The article focuses on many aspects of the Human Rights Watch reports, as the Rwandan army expanded there support to the M23 rebel groups for attacks on the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. There were many reported attacks in the North Kivu province’s regions that caused many civilians deaths and injuries, destruction… Read more »

Rwanda and Ethiopia unveils equal representation for women in state cabinets

Last week, the Rwandan and Ethiopian governments reported having abnormally more women participation within their respective parliaments. Both states have led the African continent in the quintessential ‘gender-inclusive’ model. Ethiopia has broken barriers by appointing Aisha Mohammad as Defense Minister, the first woman to hold this position in “the history of Ethiopia, and probably in Africa,” says Ethiopian Prime Minister… Read more »

Rwanda unveils gender-balanced cabinet with 50 percent women

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/rwanda-cabinet-women-gender-balance-government-africa-ethiopia-a8592461.html The east African nation announced that women now make up half of the slimmed-down, 26-seat Cabinet. It joins a handful of countries, mostly European, where women make up 50 percent or more of ministerial positions, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union and United Nations (UN) Women. How Rwanda rose to top of the world for women’s representation The country has… Read more »