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Young girls with their mentors discuss reproductive health through speak-out clubs in secondary schools in Gisagara District.Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Health

Battle taken to schools as govt records 22,000 teen pregnancies

Monday, May 13, 2024
This toolkit will assist parents, teachers, and guardians in educating children and youth on sexual and reproductive health to address teen pregnancies.
Health

Rwanda to use UNESCO model to reduce teenage pregnancies

Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Renowned R&B artiste The Ben and Pamela during their civil wedding. According to the new bill a Rwandan who attains the age of 18 years might be allowed to marry legally.
Law

You could legally marry at 18 in Rwanda, new bill proposes

Monday, March 18, 2024
Inmates at Nyarugenge Prison. Rwanda is integrating plea bargaining to enhance restorative justice and reduce court backlog and prison congestion. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Law

Plea bargain: Which cases are ineligible in Rwanda?

Monday, January 15, 2024
Some inmates at Nyarugenge Prison. PHOTO BY CRAISH BAHIZI
Law

Major reforms that shaped the justice sector in 2023

Tuesday, December 26, 2023
The law of December 4, 2023, amending the law of August 30, 2018, determining offences and penalties in general (being referred to as penal code) was published in the Official Gazette of December 5, 2023. Sam Ngendahimana
Law

Ten major changes in the newly-amended penal law

Tuesday, December 12, 2023
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence marked globally every year from 25th November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women until 10th December- Human Rights Day.
Editorial

Yes, we need to invest in GBV prevention

Wednesday, December 06, 2023
Residents undergo a mass screening exercise of Non-communicable Desease during the ongoing campaign on GBV on Saturday, December 2.
Health

Kigali: Campaign against GBV features testing for NCDs, HIV

Sunday, December 03, 2023
Participants during the ongoing battle against gender-based violence (GBV). Photo by Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

The pervasive reality of gender- based violence in Rwanda, globally

Thursday, November 30, 2023
Bugesera District head office. The involvement in sex work by minors in Bugesera, which first came to light during a media event to mark the beginning of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence on November 25, has sparked outrage and concern among the public. Courtesy
Editorial

Sexual exploitation of Bugesera minors is as bad as it gets

Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Bugesera District Mayor Richard Mutabazi speaks to journalists about the reported case of minors engaged in sex work, at the launch of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence in the district’s Ntarama Sector, on November 25. PHOTO BY EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Crime

Bugesera: ‘Minors in sex work’ case “must be addressed as defilement”

Monday, November 27, 2023
The Minister of Gender and Family Promotion, Valentine Uwamariya, speaks to journalists at the launch of 16 days of activism against GBV, in Bugesera District's Ntarama Sector, on November 25, 2023 All Photos by Emmanuel Nirenganya.
Rwanda

Call for right investments in tackling GBV to prevent ‘huge cost of inaction’

Saturday, November 25, 2023