{"id":12871,"date":"2022-03-09T09:48:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T09:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame"},"modified":"2022-03-09T09:59:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T09:59:50","slug":"equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame","title":{"rendered":"Equality is a right, not favour – Kagame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>President Paul Kagame on Tuesday joined the world to celebrate international women\u2019s day, particularly praising the resilience of Rwandan women. \u201cRwandan women have been at the centre of the country\u2019s transformation journey,\u201d reads part of his message shared on Twitter.<\/p>\n

President Kagame pointed out that from the beginning; the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) has walked the talk by creating an environment that enabled women to take their rightful place.<\/p>\n

Equality is a right not a favour. We must challenge ourselves to do even more and better to ensure that the next generations of our daughters and granddaughters inherit a nation where their aspirations have no limits. #IWD2022<\/p>\n

\u201cGender equality has always been central to the politics of RPF. The progress we see in Rwanda today is the result of this commitment to inclusivity,\u201d he said. Kagame\u2019s observation comes at a time Rwanda has widely earned a reputation for gender equality and women empowerment.<\/p>\n

While the majority attribute the development towards the women-majority parliament, last year\u2019s global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum ranked Rwanda seventh out of 156 countries. The same report ranked Rwanda second in Sub-Saharan Africa only trailing Namibia.<\/p>\n

\u201cEquality is a right not a favour,\u201d he asserted, \u201cWe must challenge ourselves to do even more and better to ensure that the next generations of our daughters and granddaughters inherit a nation where their aspirations have no limits.\u201d<\/p>\n

Every year on March 8, Rwanda joins the world to celebrate the International Women\u2019s Day. In Rwanda, the day was observed under the theme \u2018breaking the bias\u2019, with an aim of rallying the global community to work towards a world free of stereotypes and discrimination.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. President Paul Kagame on Tuesday joined the world to celebrate international women\u2019s day, particularly praising the resilience of Rwandan women. \u201cRwandan women have been at the centre of the country\u2019s transformation journey,\u201d reads part of his message shared on Twitter. President Kagame pointed out that from the beginning; the Rwanda Patriotic Front […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":12870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14],"tags":[760,763,872,758],"class_list":["post-12871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-kagame","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nEquality is a right, not favour - Kagame - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Paul Kagame on Tuesday joined the world to celebrate international women\u2019s day, particularly praising the resi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Equality is a right, not favour - Kagame\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Paul Kagame on Tuesday joined the world to celebrate international women\u2019s day, particularly praising the resi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-09T09:48:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-09T09:59:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/img-62287a7e6ac6b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"847\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"491\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Equality is a right, not favour – Kagame\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-09T09:48:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-09T09:59:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame\"},\"wordCount\":300,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/img-62287a7e6ac6b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"Kagame\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame\",\"name\":\"Equality is a right, not favour - Kagame - Rwanda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/img-62287a7e6ac6b.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-09T09:48:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-09T09:59:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"President Paul Kagame on Tuesday joined the world to celebrate international women\u2019s day, particularly praising the resi ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/img-62287a7e6ac6b.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/img-62287a7e6ac6b.jpg\",\"width\":847,\"height\":491,\"caption\":\"Equality is a right, not favour - Kagame\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Equality is a right, not favour – Kagame\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\",\"name\":\"Rwanda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Equality is a right, not favour - Kagame - Rwanda","description":"President Paul Kagame on Tuesday joined the world to celebrate international women\u2019s day, particularly praising the resi ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Equality is a right, not favour - Kagame","og_description":"President Paul Kagame on Tuesday joined the world to celebrate international women\u2019s day, particularly praising the resi ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame","og_site_name":"Rwanda","article_published_time":"2022-03-09T09:48:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-09T09:59:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":847,"height":491,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/img-62287a7e6ac6b.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Equality is a right, not favour – Kagame","datePublished":"2022-03-09T09:48:03+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-09T09:59:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame"},"wordCount":300,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/img-62287a7e6ac6b.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Rwanda","Kagame","Rwanda"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","homepage-english","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame","name":"Equality is a right, not favour - Kagame - Rwanda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/img-62287a7e6ac6b.jpg","datePublished":"2022-03-09T09:48:03+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-09T09:59:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"President Paul Kagame on Tuesday joined the world to celebrate international women\u2019s day, particularly praising the resi ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/img-62287a7e6ac6b.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/img-62287a7e6ac6b.jpg","width":847,"height":491,"caption":"Equality is a right, not favour - Kagame"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/equality-is-a-right-not-favour-kagame#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Equality is a right, not favour – Kagame"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/","name":"Rwanda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}