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Gislaine Teta, a 22-year-old graduate with hearing impairment, recently graduated from University of Rwanda. Courtesy
Women

Empowered by adversity: Teta Gislaine’s journey to support others with disabilities

Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Christian Intwari, the Executive Director of Our Past Initiative, a youth-led organisation speaks at the launch of the campaign titled “My Digital Space Should Be Safe,” on December 16. Courtesy
Rwanda

Tech-facilitated gender violence: A growing threat in Rwanda

Thursday, December 19, 2024
A panel discussion at the National Dialogue on November 21. The meeting brought together experts, policymakers, and practitioners in mental health to explore strategies for advancing mental health care in Rwanda.

Resilience-oriented therapy, a promising approach to addressing mental health

Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Resilience-oriented therapy enhances individual psychological resilience within a group setting.
Featured

How resilience-oriented therapy is transforming mental health, psychosocial support in Rwanda

Tuesday, November 19, 2024
A group of teen mothers at a past event
Health

Why Rwandan adolescent mothers don’t seek psychosocial support

Saturday, November 16, 2024
Over 21 million teen pregnancies were reported in lower- and middle-income countries and 55% ended in unsafe abortions. Photo Courtesy 

Today’s crisis of teen pregnancies and births is controllable and stoppable

Thursday, November 14, 2024
Red Cross volunteers help a trauma victim during a commemoration event at Kicukiro-Nyanza Genocide Memorial in 2019. Sam Ngendahimana

Transgenerational trauma: How the past continues to affect future generations

Sunday, October 27, 2024
Officials at Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) emphasized the need to create supportive, safe, and healthy work environments, as the basis for promoting employees' mental health
Health

Employers urged to be proactive about workers’ mental health

Friday, October 11, 2024
The New Times

Let us create workplaces where mental health is valued as highly as productivity

Friday, October 11, 2024
Rwanda's celebrated musician Andy Bumuntu has been announced by UNICEF Rwanda as the newest Advocacy Champion during a press briefing on Thursday, October 10. Craish Bahizi
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FEATURED: Andy Bumuntu named ‘UNICEF Advocacy Champion’ on World Mental Health Day

Thursday, October 10, 2024
According to the 2023 State of Mental Health at Work survey by the Mental Health Hub, a mental health clinic based in Rwanda, more than 80 per cent of employees in East Africa experience moderate to extreme stress.
Health

How best can employers reduce stress in the workplace?

Thursday, October 10, 2024
Brazil eliminates elephantiasis as public health problem. Internet
International

Brazil eliminates elephantiasis as public health problem

Tuesday, October 01, 2024