Progress in gender equality advances growth, stability in Rwanda

STORY: Progress in gender equality advances growth, stability in Rwanda DATELINE: Aug. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:48 LOCATION: Kigali CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kigali and local women 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SILAS NGAYABOSHYA, Director general of Gender Promotion and Women Empowerment at the Rwandan Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Kinyarwanda): APOLLINAIRE MUGIRANEZA, Business woman STORYLINE: A Rwandan senior official has said Rwanda has made remarkable development strides in the past three decades with a strong focus on gender equality and women's empowerment, which has stimulated economic growth and boosted private and public sector performance. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SILAS NGAYABOSHYA, Director general of Gender Promotion and Women Empowerment at Rwandan Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion "We have had even a progressed constitution that specifically made clear at least 30 percent of seats or positions in different institutions should belong to women, and this h