Here are some amazing articles I came across a few days ago. I think they’re worth the read and can help dismantle our Americanized misconceptions about Africa. Rwanda’s development is truly amazing and I hope you think so too.
How Women are Stepping Up to Remake Rwanda
Excerpt 1.
“You had the majority of the dead—men,” she says. “The majority of the fugitives—men. The majority of the prisoners—men. Who will run the country?”
Out of tragedy, necessity, and pragmatism, women—up to 80 percent of Rwanda’s surviving population—stepped in to fill the leadership void.
Excerpt 2.
The next step in Rwanda’s gender evolution, says Mary Balikungeri, director and founder of the Rwanda Women’s Network, is focusing on men and “how we transform our own families, our own husbands.”
“We cannot change much if these men don’t change the way they look at things, so we need to bring them into a dialogue,” she says.
Rwandering around with Joanna 