Rwanda: Women's Day - the Role of Women in 'A Covid World'

Today, March 8, Rwanda joins the rest of the world to mark International Women's Day, a day dedicated to celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women; as well as calling for action for accelerating gender parity.

Both locally and internationally, the celebrations for this year's edition look at encouraging women to continue taking a leading role in the national development process while combatting the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects, among other things.

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