Legacy of Colonialism in the Empowerment of Women in Rwanda

The empowerment of women in Rwanda is rooted in colonial times. In the second half of the 1940s, the Belgian administration, together with religious missionaries, started some educational and social welfare programs for women, known as the foyers sociaux (social homes). This paper explores how this...

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Main Authors: Ilaria Buscaglia, Shirley Randell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2012-03-01
Series:Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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Online Access:https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/mcs/article/view/2395