Through a statement signed by the party head, Dr. Frank Habineza, they called Rwandans to support different categories of people affected by the genocide.
Among these categories are rape victims, youth born out of rape and survivors divorced women.
“The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda joins all Rwandans in the 24th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. We stand in unison with the nation and genocide survivors in the fight against genocide denial and the spread of genocide ideology,” the statement reads.
“DGPR would like to take this opportunity to call upon the Rwandan Government and all concerned stakeholders to add more efforts in social and economic support programmes to rape victims, children born out of rape, divorced women and all genocide survivors,” the party said.
The party urged the government that they need to address trauma problems in the survivor families, since most are still struggling to have shelters, food, education and troubled lack of jobs.
“DGPR calls upon Local government entities to pay special attention to genocide survivors and address the challenges faced at community level. They need to be sensitized on their rights, like access to medical care outside the country among others,” it reads.
They urged for an end to name-calling of children born out of rape during the genocide saying that they have been dubbed different names which undermines their humanity.
DGPR urged that the issue of genocide ideology needs to be fought with extra vigor and requested parents to play a positive role in giving proper education to their children.
The party thanked Unity Club and other stakeholders who have contributed in helping the elderly survivors.
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