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Children carry jerry cans of water at Nkombo island in Rusizi District. Each year, on June 12, Rwanda joins the world in marking the international day against child labour . File
Rwanda

World Day Against Child Labor: How are Rwandan entities curbing the vice

Monday, June 12, 2023
Girls with pads donated by Jeannette Kawera and Brian Natete during their initiative to support girls from poor families to access pads. Courtesy
Health

Period poverty: Activists on improving access to menstrual hygiene services and products

Friday, June 02, 2023
Some parents with their children with autism at Kigali Autism Centre at Kagugu in Gasabo District on December 23, 2022. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Education

Activists push for subsidised education for autistic children

Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Thiery and Fillette, two babies who were killed during the Genocide Against the Tutsi in 1994. Photographed in Kigali Genocide Memorial. Sam Ngendahimana

The tragic fate of children's suffering during 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi

Thursday, April 13, 2023
Josephine Murebwayire during the interview at her home in Kimironko. Photos by Joan Mbabazi
Kwibuka

‘They hacked my kids to death and dumped them in toilets’: A survivor’s traumatic story and the initiative to help Genocide orphans

Friday, April 14, 2023
Godelive Mukasarasi founded SEVOTA to help Genocide widows and orphans. Courtesy photo
Kwibuka

Resilience and humanity in the face of adversity: Mama Sevota’s story

Monday, April 10, 2023
The birth of a new born baby is a joyous moment. Mothers wish to spend the longest time possible with their new born babies, bond, see and help them grow but the longer they stay with the newly born babies, the more they risk being disqualified from the labour market. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Women

Longer maternity leave sparks public debate

Monday, March 27, 2023
400 rebels sentenced to life in Chad
Africa

400 rebels sentenced to life in Chad

Wednesday, March 22, 2023
A 'toast of love' for these old spouses, who are among the 390 couples legally married on March 8, 2023 in Gakenke District, under the auspices of World Vision Rwanda (Emmanuel Ntirenganya)
Featured

FEATURED: World Vision building stronger families: Investing in the well-being of children

Friday, March 17, 2023
EZA-Urugwiro ECD’s caregivers help the children as they play different sketches. According to NCDA so far there are 49 ECDs in working places providing daycare services to 2701.File (1)
Law

MPs push for ECDs at workplaces

Friday, March 17, 2023
Minister of ICT and Innovation Paula Ingabire helps a resident to switch on a smartphone in Bugesera District. File
Women

8 technologies bridging digital gender gap in Rwanda 

Friday, March 17, 2023
Members of Parliament during a plenary session in 2022. In Rwanda, the fact that the legislation gave equal land rights to women and men, the parliament voted many laws in line with the protection of women’s rights after the Genocide against the Tutsi. Photo by Craish Bahizi.
Women

10 landmark laws enabling women’s rights protection

Monday, March 13, 2023