Rwanda Leader For Gender Equality

Marie Rosine Ntabomvura, a mother of three, in Kigali, defies gender stereotypes that prescribe roles and abilities based on gender. When she turns the wheel of the humongous 60-seater town-bound bus, nothing about her skill suggests that she is intimidated by the details of her job. Traditionally, Rwandan society prescribed societal roles based on gender. Women were taken to be frail beings in charge of domestic roles, which included cooking, looking after the house and raising children. Men, on the other hand, were looked at as breadwinners who took on manual jobs to exhibit the macho nature of masculinity.