Today, Her Excellency the First Lady Mrs Jeannette Kagame is expected to officially launch the scale up of the Isange One Stop center for Gender Based Violence (GBV).
The event will be held at Nyagatare district hospital, in the Eastern Province. The main purpose of the scale up is to extend a comprehensive response (including medical, psychosocial, forensic and legal services) to all victims of GBV.
Following the successful piloting of the Isange One Stop Centre Model at Kacyiru Police Hospital in Kigali, the country is now embarking on a national scale up in health facilities across the country.
As part of the scale up, 6 existing centers will be upgraded and 17 new ones established. The Rwandan Government in partnership with the Dutch Government and the ONE UN are financing this activity.
The reason for selecting the Eastern Province as the venue for the launch is that it is the second Province after the City of Kigali, with the highest numbers of GBV cases.
In the last 2 years, more than 558 victims have been treated at the GBV center in Nyagatare. It is the hope that by Nyagatare district hosting the event, more awareness against GBV will be raised, among the population.
The launch at national level will be preceded by an anti-GBV march from the town center to the One Stop Center premises to raise more awareness on ending GBV. Around 2,000 local Nyagatare residents, as well as Ministers of Gender, Health, Internal Security, local leaders are expected to attend the event.
The First Lady, Mrs. Jeannette Kagame advocated for and launched the Isange One Stop Centre Model at Kacyiru Police Hospital in Kigali.
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