women. In order to create and maintain a culture of peace and democracy many enabling laws have been enacted and others amended, these laws include the law N° 03/2010/OL of 18/06/2010 Organic Law Repealing the Organic Law nº17/2003 of 07/7/2003 governing presidential and legislative elections as amended and complemented to date, law N°20/2010 of 09/06/2010 law modifying and complementing law n°31/2005 of 24/12/2005 relating to the organisation and functioning of the National Electoral Commission. 109. In exercising the right to vote, in December 2015 there was a referendum to amend the Rwandan Constitution on some provisions. The rreferendum registered 6,392,862 voters. The votes in favour of the referendum were 6.157.922 (98.3%) and the votes against were 105.260 (1.7%). Local Government elections also took place on 22/2/2016 and 90 legal counsel leaders were elected among them, 31 were women while 59 were men. The Rwandan Forum for Women Parliamentarians (FFRP) is a mechanism for women in parliament to use their strategic position as lawmakers to continuously lobby, advocate for and initiate genderresponsive laws and enhance gender equality principles within the institution of parliament, as well as improving gender-based Governmental oversight. 110. Every citizen has a right to equal access to public services based on the present Constitution. Rwandan citizens have a right to equal access to publicly funded social services. The principle of equality in the exercise of human rights is enshrined in the Constitution as earlier pointed out. Establishment of Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) was a means to promote and entrench relevant and good governance values in Rwanda as earlier mentioned. As a way of implementing strategy, the board has taken successive approaches that seek to entrench the envisaged values. They include the initiative to establish governance clinics which serve as community forums through which citizens participate and are engaged in community related matters with a view to finding appropriate solutions to problems faced by the community. 111. The National Dialogue Council “umushyikirano” also provides a forum for which Rwandans from all walks of life exchange ideas and come up with Page 39 of 105