Women escaping abuse offered jobs, training and support

RDF Empowers Soldiers’ Wives to Fight Gender-Based Violence - Rwanda Dispatch News Agency

PDF Button The Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) has launched a weeklong training program aimed at preventing gender-based violence and improving the welfare of military families in Nyamasheke District. The training, which began Wednesday, brought together 100 wives of RDF soldiers from Nyamasheke and surrounding districts, including Rutsiro, Ngororero, Nyaruguru, Gisagara and Nyamagabe. The program focuses […] Related Posts: HM King Mohammed VI Addr…

Women escaping abuse offered jobs, training and support

By Anita Dangazele The government hopes the programme will help women escape abuse for good and build better lives. Women will get training, counselling and small business help to become independent after surviving gender-based violence. The Eastern Cape Department of Social Development has started a new programme to help women who have survived abuse. The Socio-Economic Empowerment Programme will teach women skills they can use to earn a livi…