RWANDA GENDER & WOMEN EMPOWERMENT FACT SHEET- 2019/2020

For the past 25 years after the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, as result of a strong commitment and the political will of the Government, Rwanda has registered significant achievements in promoting gender equality and empowerment of women ranging from; an enabling policy, legal and
institutional framework, enhanced socio-economic and political participation-setting a global pace for equality between men and women. Particularly, the constitution of the Republic of Rwanda, of 2003 revised in 2015, provides for equality between men and women without discrimination of any kind.