{"id":45498,"date":"2022-03-22T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/the-world-i-dream-of-on-women-s-day\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T05:07:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T05:07:43","slug":"the-world-i-dream-of-on-women-s-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/the-world-i-dream-of-on-women-s-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The World I Dream of, on Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

{On days like these,
\nI find solace in hope, perspective in wonder,
\nFor the present is hardly perfect. <\/p>\n

We are born knowing that women
\nAre resilient, perhaps to a fault.
\nTo nurture and protect, they will move a mountain,
\nEven hungry, they will feed the world.<\/p>\n

So when I see the strength of a woman,
\nWhose spine is stout, whose back is sturdy,
\nAdorned in bold and splendid fabrics,
\nStrain hidden beneath grace and beauty,
\nI also see all the ravages of time,
\nIn painting her pain as her crown of glory.
\nWhy should that woman navigate,
\nBetween indifference and victimization?
\nWhy must we submit to a yearly date,
\nTo condemn female degradation? Why?<\/p>\n

Sometimes, I imagine a world different from this present one.
\nIt is a shame how often we stifle imagination,
\nYet imagination,
\nis the lyric of an irrepressible spirit.
\nWhere creativity and art once collided,
\nOur nation\u2019s offspring were once serenaded,
\n\u201cUkuranye ituze
\nUkuranye ubwiza
\nUkaba n’ingenzi koko\u201d<\/p>\n

What if we, like dreamers,
\nAllowed our minds to roam the vast expanse,
\nJust for a little, hearts wide open,
\nTo reverie, to a poem. <\/p>\n

With my eyes closed I see, bright as day,
\nA just, a fair
\nAn equal,
\nAnd a very kind world,
\nIn which prejudice has passed, bias was driven far away!
\nAnd in this world of even care, I see …
\nA Woman and a girl, claim their fair share,
\nOf promise, of prism and of power,
\nAcknowledged and fostered. <\/p>\n

I find solace and hope in wonder.
\nPerhaps you\u2019d care to join me? <\/p>\n

Le monde que j\u2019imagine a appris de nos erreurs,
\nIl soigne les blessures caus\u00e9es par nos \u00e9checs.
\nIl ne connait le dur d\u00e9sir de dominance,
\nQui aime pour victimes femmes et enfants,
\nCelui qui semble toujours vivre aujourd\u2019hui,
\nDans un coin enfoui de nos coeurs.<\/p>\n

Et si ce monde pour lequel nous prions,
\nD\u00e9pendait de nos pr\u00e9sentes actions;
\nEt si nous refusions enfin de tol\u00e9rer,
\nQu\u2019une femme de plus soit abandonn\u00e9e,
\nAu bord d\u2019une route qu\u2019elle aujourd\u2019hui balaye,
\nEt un jour construit,
\nEn offrant,
\nEperdument,
\nSueur, amour, et vie.<\/p>\n

Bari, Bategarugori.
\nMuri benimpuhwe,
\nMuri Indangamirwa.<\/p>\n

Quand je me laisse un peu r\u00eaver,
\nLes femmes que nous c\u00e9l\u00e9brons ce mois-ci,
\nont leurs efforts et vertus,
\nAppr\u00e9ci\u00e9s ; reconnus,
\nTout au long de l\u2019ann\u00e9e. <\/p>\n

The world I dream of on Women\u2019s Day,
\nIs one of empowered women and vocal allies
\nWho together, keep prejudice at bay,
\nUnited in mission, by humanity\u2019s ties.<\/p>\n

To the fathers that have been rocks,
\nThat have given their daughters steady support,
\nTo the brothers that have honoured their sisters,
\nAs they braved a sometimes frightening, negligent world,
\nYou are a pride to your mothers and we salute you!
\nMay your conviction never falter,
\nMay you never abuse your power,
\nFor History observes, History judges, History remembers.
\nDemandons-nous sans crainte ou retenue:
\nDuhanikire icyarimwe tuti: <\/p>\n

\u00ab Uri Mwiza Mama! \u00bb
\n\u00ab Data azaguhe urugukwiye
\nRumwe udukunda utizigamye
\nN\u2019uwaguhanze aguhore hafi
\nAzakurinde amakuba yose.”<\/p>\n

In the world I dream of, on Women\u2019s Day,
\ncompassion and support are not gendered.<\/p>\n

Indeed, when I let my mind wander,
\nAnd to faith and hope, surrender,
\nThe plains along which our children run,
\nAre evenly endowed by rain and sun. <\/p>\n

J\u2019ose r\u00eaver d\u2019un futur lumineux pour les femmes.
\nJe r\u00eave d\u2019un monde ou \u00e9gale est chaque \u00e2me.}<\/p>\n

\"Her<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

{The following poetic essay was written by Her Excellency The First Lady Mrs Jeannette Kagame, to mark this year\u2019s International Women\u2019s Day.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[519],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-45498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-jeannette-kagame"],"bylines":[{"id":519,"name":"Jeannette Kagame","slug":"jeannette-kagame","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":519,"name":"Jeannette Kagame","slug":"jeannette-kagame","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45498"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=45498"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=45498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}