On 8th March 2012, celebrations to mark Women’s day will be held at the cell level while the national festivity will be held at a yet to be indentified venue at Rubavu district.
Egidia Rukundo the focal point at the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion, reminded Kicukiro district leaders that celebration to mark Women’s day should serve as a wakeup call to empower women in their various occupations.
Each year International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8.
Thousands of events occur not just on this day but throughout March to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women.
In this respect, Rukundo noted that the celebrations will start a whole month awareness on how to empower women and girls on how to improve their welfare, the campaign is also in line with this year’s theme (empower rural women-end hunger and poverty).
She further rebuffed misconceptions from some women who tend to harass their men during women’s day, thinking that it’s their time to relax while the man does all the chores.
“This kind of reasoning is funny since it doesn’t address the meaning of women’s day, rather this is a day a man and his wife should analyze the welfare of their family, which helps the two to combine efforts in solving some of the challenges affecting them, I think by doing so that would bring some relevance to this day,” said Rukundo.
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