Senator Teddy Gacinya, has called upon women to strive for their development and fighting for their rights.
Gacinya who was presiding over rural women day celebration at Mukuyu cell, Ndera sector in Gasabo District also called upon women to join efforts in fighting Gender Based Violence that has affected them.
“Despite the long journey ahead, rural women have achieved a lot in terms of development. These achievements have shifted them from one socio-economical level to another,” Gacinya says.
“More than 500 here today are celebrating with hundreds of others elsewhere in the country. They have been able to open up their own bank accounts for example and have saved enough now,” Gacinya added.
Didacienne Mukankuranga testifies that she has also improved and has been assisted by an NGO called women for Women which she claims transformed her life through saving schemes.
Mukankuranga says that she leant the benefits of joining cooperatives and has now completed her own house that she wouldn’t have done alone.
Gasabo Vice Mayor in charge of social affairs Marie Louise Uwimana reminded women that laws protecting them were existing including laws on succession.
In the celebration of rural women, there were also unveiling 34 houses built to rural poor women by National Women Council.
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