A FATHER’S PLACE: AN ASSESSMENT OF MALE ENGAGEMENT IN INTEGRATED EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT IN RWANDA

This paper has been authored by Nidhi Kapur, a Child Protection, Gender and Inclusion Specialist with over ten years of experience living and working in Rwanda and the region. She was commissioned to work on behalf of Save the Children, in collaboration with the National Child Development Agency, to carry out research into the engagement of fathers and other male caregivers in Early Childhood Development in Rwanda. This work relied on the expertise and facilitation of Monique Abimpaye, Eleanor Hartzell, Diane Uwamahoro, Odette Ntambara and other colleagues at Save the Children. Data collection at sub-national level was undertaken by Berwa Bertile, Kato Ersa, Onika Odile, Murinzi Joseph, Dushimimana J. Pierre, Grace Busingye, Jeanne Nyirahabiyambere, Smith Rwabukwisi and Marie Chantal Uwizeyimana. The author would also like to acknowledge the collective contributions of the many mothers, fathers, young men, local and national actors without which this research
would not have been possible.