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The First Lady is also a patron of the Rotary Club Virunga, based in Kigali, which established the first public library in Rwanda in 2012. [3] Mrs. Kagame is also a member of the board of directors for several organizations, including the Global Coalition of Women against HIV/AIDS and the Friends of the Global Fund Africa. [3]
Jolly Mutesi (born November 15, 1996) is a Rwandan model, a beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Rwanda 2016, an entrepreneur, a girl child rights activist, and an advocate for women empowerment. [1] [2] [3]
Mushanana is now only worn for formal and ceremonial occasions such as weddings, church services or funerals, and by traditional dancers in both Rwanda and Burundi. [2] Mushanana is also worn by the Bafumbira women from Kisoro District in the Kigezi sub-region in the south-western part of Uganda. [3]
Beatrice Cyiza is a Rwandan politician who currently serves as Director General of Environment and Climate Change at the Ministry of Environment in Rwanda. [1] Jeanette Kagame [2] [3] Louise Mushikiwabo [4] Rosemary Museminali [5]
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Kibeho, in Rwanda. The statue of the Mercyful Jesus in Kibeho, Rwanda. Several times in the 1980s, the Virgin Mary was said to have appeared to three young women. The Virgin identified herself as Nyina wa Jambo (Kinyarwanda for “Mother of the Word”), which was synonymous with Umubyeyi W'Imana ("Mother of God"). [7]
Diane Rwigara was born in Kigali in 1981 to an affluent Tutsi family and has three siblings. [4] [5] Her father, Assinapol Rwigara, an industrialist and a key financier of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, was killed in a car collision on 4 February 2015 in Gacuriro, Kigali.
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Rwandan This category exists only as a container for other categories of Rwandan women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
The First Lady of Rwanda is the official title attributed to the wife of the president of Rwanda. The country's current first lady is Jeannette Kagame , wife of President Paul Kagame , who had held the position since March 24, 2000.