{Rwanda has won this year’s global Women in Parliament Award for her efforts in empowering women politically. The accolade, awarded by Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP), was announced last week.}
It was received by the Speaker of Parliament, Donatille Mukabalisa, during a three-day women Parliamentarians forum which took place in Brussels, Belgium.
Receiving the prize, Mukabalisa has dedicated the award to the President Paul Kagame of the Republic of Rwanda, the real architect of this outrageous consensus between men and Rwandan woman.
“Rwanda has faced several challenges that have marked its course towards equality between men and women and the empowerment of women has been one of the important milestones in the development of the country,” she said believing that the large participation of women in national decision-making circles is itself obvious a sign of respect of ‘gender’ in Rwanda .
She shows that the current political commitment of involving more women in decision-making is a culture that , in the long run , increase firmness and capacity building of women with all the consequences of socio multi-facial and harmonious economic development of the Rwandan society
.”In 1996, women’s representation in our Parliament was only 8%. It increased to 48.8 % in 2003 to 56.25 % in 2008 to 64 % today. Although we know that the highest representation of women rate cannot go without comment, we believe that equality between men and women is not only guaranteed by the largest number of women in our Parliament, because, beyond the numbers, there is also and above all our ability to make a difference to influence policies, laws and programs to achieve a significant impact in our society to ensure the well – being of our people and meet the needs of women, particularly those disadvantaged”
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