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More support needed to keep women empowerment momentum, says World Bank gender chief

Jeni Klugman is the Director of Gender and Development at the World Bank. Last week she was in Rwanda to attend the Oxford Human Rights Conference on Women and Poverty. She also visited adolescent girls and women empowerment projects around Kigali.  The lead spokesperson on gender equality issues, also responsible for developing strategic directions to promote the institution’s gender agenda talked to Women Today’s Doreen Umutesi about her roles as well as the women empowerment status in general.   
Jeni Klugman during the interview. Photos by Timothy Kisambira
Jeni Klugman during the interview. Photos by Timothy Kisambira
Doreen Umutesi