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Rwandan women rising /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hunt, Swanee (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Other Authors: Carter, Jimmy, 1924- (author of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Women > Political activity > Rwanda.
Women and democracy > Rwanda.
Rwanda > History > Civil War, 1994 > Atrocities.
Rwanda > History > Civil War, 1994 > Personal narratives.
Rwanda > Politics and government > 1994-
Since 1994
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Foremothers
  • The pressure builds
  • Stateless
  • To arms
  • Genocide
  • Immediate aftermath
  • Community training ground
  • A pull from the top
  • Emboldened ministry of gender
  • Countrywide women's councils
  • Caucus crucible
  • Fanning out
  • A new constitution
  • The quota
  • Pioneering in Parliament
  • Spurring local leadership
  • Bending toward reconciliation
  • Bringing them together
  • Bringing them home
  • Rethinking rape
  • To testify
  • Off the sidelines
  • Behind the statistics
  • Risk and resignation
  • The meaning of marriage
  • Safety : a new language
  • Challenging changes
  • Unmasking ambition
  • Health means whole
  • Every body matters
  • Transformative results
  • Little ones
  • Reading rights
  • Solidarity and sisterhood
  • Manning the movement
  • Sowing confidence
  • Flying high
  • Bringing along the masses
  • Charting new pathways
  • Complements and compliments
  • Coming up.