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Rwandan society


expects women


with jobs to continue


bearing the brunt of


household duties, says


Redempter Batete,


who is raising two


sons, Aaron (at left) and


Abel, while working


for UNICEF as an expert


on gender issues.


TOP RIGHT


The Rwanda Women’s


Network provides safe


spaces for women to


spend time together


and acquire vocational


skills. In the eastern


Mugesera district,


Nyirabizeyimana


Immaculee (at right)


learns sandal making.


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Women are leading


Rwanda’s economic


development efforts,


says Minister of Gender


and Family Promotion


Solina Nyirahabimana.


“Women have changed


the narrative.”


BOTTOM LEFT


Anne Mazimhaka (at


left) co-founded Illume


Creative Studio to


change perceptions of


Rwanda—particularly


what appears on inter-


net search engines—


through developing


marketing content,


filmmaking, and orga-


nizing events.


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