71. The government has also established a women council by Law no.02/2011 of
10/02/2011 determining responsibilities, organization and Functioning of
national women council. All this aimed at ensuring equality and non
discrimination of women. After 1994 genocide against Tutsi, Rwanda has
undertaken a number of measures to eliminate the culture of divisionism that
characterized the past regimes. One of the major actions taken was to put in
place a broad based Government (Government of National Unity) within
which all categories of Rwanda are represented.
72. The Government of Rwanda has responded swiftly to discrimination in
defence stuff that characterised the former government by not only
integrating members of the former army in the new formed army but also by
removing any exclusion in recruitment in the security organs. The present
organisation of Rwanda Defence Forces is composed of all groups of the
people of Rwanda. In order to ensure availability of resources for effective
mainstreaming of gender perspective in Government programmes, Gender
Responsive Budgeting has been institutionalized through the Organic Budget
Law of 2013. Under this law, all Government budget agencies are required to
submit Gender Budget statements with their budget estimates to the Ministry
of Finance and Economic Planning, so as to mainstream gender perspective
into the analysis of public expenditure and revenue policies.
73. The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning is also responsible for
overseeing the mainstreaming of gender into the planning, policy
formulation as well as the co-ordination of the GRB process to ensure that
development resources are allocated in a gender responsive manner. It works
closely with MIGEPROF, GMO and other partners to provide gender
budgeting guidelines and indicators to ministries and districts.
74. On the gender aspect, the Government of Rwanda has put in place a strong
institutional framework to ensure effective implementation and coordination
of the gender equality commitments. These include: The Ministry of Gender
and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF) which is the central Government organ
mandated to ensure strategic coordination of policy implementation in the
area of gender, family and children’s issues; the Gender Monitoring Office
(GMO), a Constitutional regulatory body with the mandate to spearhead the
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