Youth in Rwanda death from HIV/AIDS have left over 95,000 Rwandan children and youth orphaned. Prior to colonization, the Rwandan education system was unstructured. German colonized the country but was quickly replaced by Belgium who redefined many Rwandan systems including education. Catholic missionaries who had arrived in Rwanda earlier than German colonizers had set up some missionary schools to educate Rwandan youth and the Belgian colonizers continued to allow the Church to do educational work. Belgium created schools of their own between 1923 and 1925 but all were closed before 1929. Belgium instead gained indirect control over missionary schools. When Rwanda gained independence
Gender equality in Rwanda women were raped during the genocide. Organizations, like the Rwanda Women’s Network, are created to help fight against domestic violence and gender-based violence. Women in Rwanda have also been working to close the gender based wage gap. In 2018, Rwanda women make eighty-eight cents to a man’s dollar, which puts Rwanda as number 25 for economic equality among genders. Gender equality in Rwanda As of 2018, the African country Rwanda ranks in the top 5 countries for gender equality. The idea of fairness that dominates this country arose after the genocide against the Tutsi that occurred in 1994. The government