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Rwanda Women’s
Network (RWN) is a national humanitarian Non-Governmental Organisation
dedicated to the promotion and improvement of the socio-economic welfare
of women in Rwanda through enhancing their efforts to meet their basic
needs. The Network came into being in 1997 taking over from its parent
organisation, the US-based Church World Service (CWS), which had initiated
a two-year program (from 1994 to 1996) in the country following the 1994
genocide. Todate, RWN caters to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence
across the country in the recognition that women and children bore the
brunt of the genocide, and remain the most vulnerable and marginalised
groups within Rwanda civil society. |
The
Rwanda Women’s Network implements three core programs. These include
provision of health care and support, education and awareness programs
on human rights and legal procedures, socio-economic empowerment and institutional
capacity building for the Rwanda Women’s Network. It offers appropriate
training for the women in the respective program areas, with peace and
reconciliation being the ultimate goal of all its programs. |
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Other activities
to support its peace building programs are shelter construction and rehabilitation
of the survivors of the genocide, returnees to Rwanda, inclusive of old
and new cases, widows, child-headed households and orphans. Included in
the community-based activities are projects in reproductive health, nutrition,
primary health care, micro-credit finance and HIV/Aids awareness. |
Vision
Rwandan Women Community Development Network's vision is for a healthy, empowered and peaceful Rwandese
society. |
Mission
Rwandan Women Community Development Network's mission is to work towards improvement of the socio-economic
welfare of women in Rwanda through enhancing their efforts to meet their
basic needs. |
Goals
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