Kigali, Rwanda — In a country with an estimated population of 12 million people, with 50 percent of them being female and 60 per cent being 24-years and below; Rwanda has one of the youngest populations in the world.
The country's population and stability was adversely affected during the 1994 genocide. Women and young girls suffered sexual assault and rape at the hands of the genocide perpetrators while young children were deprived of the comfort of growing up with their parents. According to a report by the UN, an estimated 100,000-250,000 women were raped during the three months of genocide in Rwanda in 1994.
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