Rwandan Women Rising at Harvard Kennedy School – Dec. 5, 2017
Rwandan Women Rising: Lessons for Global Stability
Co-hosted by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
Moderated by Amb. Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, and Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School
And featuring
Chantal Kayitesi, MPH, Rwandan genocide survivor and co-founder, AVEGA-AGAHOZO widows’ advocacy organization; and
Amb. Swanee Hunt, Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, and Senior Advisor, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
When Rwandan women helped save their own country after the 1994 genocide,
they created a model for lasting peace and security for the rest of the world.
Date & Time
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
Location
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
Taubman Building, Nye A, 5th Floor
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Map and Directions
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Rwanda today ranks highest in the world in terms of women parliamentarians (64 percent); almost half the judges and president’s cabinet are female. In a merely two-decade span, Rwanda has forged progressive health, education, gender equity, and environmental policies along an extraordinary path that can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
Ambassador Hunt’s newest book, Rwandan Women Rising (Duke University Press, 2017), is based on interviews with more than 90 women (and men) who were key to rebuilding their country after the apocalyptic 100 days in 1994.
Questions?
Contact Maria Daniels
mdaniels@swaneehunt.org | 617.710.7439