Ending violence against women a moral duty & definition of who we are as a nation

{{President Paul Kagame has said that in Rwanda, ending violence against women and girls is a moral duty, a legal obligation and a definition of who Rwandans are as a nation. President Kagame stated this July 11, before officially launching the Africa Unite Command Post Exercise at the Rwanda National Police Headquarters.}}

The Africa Unite excise brings together 172 participants from three different security organs originating from 33 African nations to learn best practices in ending violence against women and girls.

“Every sector has its role to play and efforts need to be intensified to eradicate violence against women and girls. I am happy to see that Africa’s security organs are at frontline of the battle against gender based violence because it is unacceptable that one in every three women around world has been beaten, sexually assaulted or abused.

The ramifications of this kind of violence go beyond the individual concerned and therefore, issues of handling violence against women and girls should be an integral part of training of security and law enforcement.”