mark, the post shall be re-announced and other tests shall be organized. If two candidates obtain equal marks on one given post and in case one of the candidates is a person with disabilities, the latter shall be given the priority. If two candidates with disabilities obtain equal marks on the same vacant post, the experience shall be taken into consideration. If they have the same experience, the principle of gender equality shall be considered.57 Article 24: Special Protection of Women in Distress 127. Special care is given to Women in distress. For example, women victims of violence of any kind are given special protection including psycho-social, legal and medical assistance from gender desks as well as at Isange One Stop Centres. Conclusion 128. The report on MAPUTO Protocol scores the achievements and bold initiatives undertaken by Rwanda to provide a framework to further the spirit of the African charter and other related conventions that uphold women rights. Such initiatives have been at the helm of curbing down all the inhuman acts that women were experiencing in the past. The government of Rwanda set out an ambitious agenda to implement Maputo Protocol with a range of strategies commencing from an enabled legal framework for the protection of women’s rights as enshrined in the National Constitution (2003) that guarantees equality between men and women in all spheres and provides for remedial affirmative action of at least 30% women representation in decision making organs. 129. In addition, various legislations such as the law on matrimonial regimes, liberalities and succession – allowing equal ownership of property and inheritance rights to women, labour law that prohibits gender-based discrimination and violence in the work place, the law that prevents and punishes Gender-Based Violence (GBV), to mention but a few have been among others a great breakthrough in upholding women rights and in particular, and Maputo Protocol furthers that pass. Article 18 of the Presidential Order Nº46/01 of 29/07/2011 governing modalities for the recruitment, appointment and nomination of public servants on recruitment. 57 Page 104 of 105

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