Rwanda Flashcards
Rwanda invested in what to aid economic development
Basic sanitation, clean water, healthcare, electricity so all can focus on getting an education and working, e.g. instead of collecting resources
What targets minimise gender inequality
Gender-based funding targets mean 50/50 girls and boys in schools - positive discrimination
Positive discrimination reduces what
Gender-based attitudes towards subjects esp. STEM and girls
Result of positive discrimination and targets
Higher intake of students esp. girls and more women in STEM
Proportion of MPs
56% female
There’s been development where else
Rural areas - poor benefit from infrastructure development
Example of increasing women’s higher education
All-female Akiah Institute
How did Kagame do this
Police state
Drove Tutsis out so Hutus could rise again after genocide and oppression
How is there limited freedom of speech
Media stifled
Opposition MPs silenced/murdered
Criticism against admin is divisionism = jail time