These Rwandan women were imprisoned for having abortions, before they were pardoned and released in 2019. From left: Nyiramahirwe Epiphanie, 26, was sentenced to 15 years. Akingeneye Theopiste was ...

More than a decade ago, nearly a million people died in the Rwandan genocide. The violence claimed so many men's lives that it left a gender imbalance that endures today. But that also provided the ...

The eruption of violence that Rwanda experienced beginning on the evening of April 6, 1994, continues to haunt the central African nation 30 years on – it has also changed the country’s gender ...

Women who were sexually assaulted, infected with diseases, and forced into exile, among other brutalities during the 1994 genocide against Tutsis, remain deeply scarred three decades later, and their ...

Many people spend years studying a single path, only to discover their true calling lies elsewhere. Skills learned in classrooms and textbooks can open doors, but it is curiosity, courage, and ...

LAKE KIVU, Rwanda — In the evening, the green leaves of the verdant hills of Lake Kivu turned black against the orange sky, and a calm settled across the water. And then, out of the silence, came a ...

Sengoga, who goes by Chris because Rwandan names are often given in reverse order of Western names, says the organization has been working to find and offer assistance to hundreds of women all over ...

On the day she was attacked, Akimanizanye Florentine had been trying to earn money to help get through a difficult time at home. Akimanizanye, who goes by Florentine, was in her late teens then, ...

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