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The First Lady Jeannette Kagame, February 27, officially launched the scale-up of Isange One Stop Centre for gender-based violence (GBV) victims in Nyagatare District.
The scale-up aims at extending holistic services to all victims of GBV across the country. The centres will provide medical, psycho-social, forensic and legal support to GBV victims.
The First Lady said GBV has a wide range of negative consequences such as unwanted pregnancies, death, diseases among others.
She asserted that the vice affects individuals, families and the country’s economy and urged the public to step up against it by passing on information to security organs and local authorities to ensure the vice is collectively prevented.
The First Lady commended Rwanda National Police’s commitment to fight and prevent Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the country and thanked partners - Dutch Government and ONE-UN Rwanda – for supporting the scale up programme.
The Minister of Internal security, Musa Fazil Harelimana thanked the First Lady for her continued support to RNP particularly in GBV prevention.
Isange One-Stop Centre in Kacyiru, which operates under Kacyiru Police Hospital, was established with the support of the First Lady through Imbuto Foundation and One-UN-Rwanda and has become a learning centre in the region.
The Netherland ambassador to Rwanda, Her Excellency Leoni Margarita Cuelenaere thanked President Paul Kagame for his commitment to end impunity and to provide support to GBV victims.
“The commitment of the Rwandan Government and the First Lady in particular, resulted in the national policy document – National Scaling up strategy for One stop centres – addressing the problems and needs of victims of gender-based violence, and example in the region,” the Ambassador said.
“We are proud to partner with the Government of Rwanda in its fight against GBV,” she said calling for prevention, protection of the victims and prosecution of the offenders,” she said.
The event was also graced by the Inspector General of Police, Emmanuel K. Gasana, the Minister of Gender and Family Promotion, Oda Gasinzigwa and the Minister of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs, Séraphine Mukantabana.
