ensure equal participation and representation of men and women, and to pay due attention to their viewpoints, needs and priorities of women”. The Agricultural Gender Strategy (2010) is intended to “institutionalize gender-responsive programming, implementation, monitoring and reporting systems and to improve gender equality throughout the agriculture sector”. 110. Other initiatives have been undertaken both to increase women’s involvement in reducing environment degradation at the same time reducing their burden of unpaid domestic chores. These include the training of a few Rwandan women on solar energy equipment production, installation and maintenance at the Barefoot College (India). This training has facilitated access to electricity for over 110 households and enabled school children to use solar energy to do school assignments in the evenings. 111. Women also form the majority of cooperatives responsible for collecting household refuse in all major towns in Rwanda. This work has greatly improved the cleanliness of the City of Kigali and other towns in the country, while providing the women with a regular income and training in business management. The global vision of the government of Rwanda as set out in Vision 2020 is to guarantee the well-being of its population by increasing productivity and reducing poverty within an environment of good governance. Rwanda is focused on the improvement of the environmental health and sanitation, land and urban planning and all strategies to improve settlements and human welfare. Article 19: Right to Sustainable Development 112. The National Constitution (2003) revised in 2015 enshrines the principles of gender equality and women’s rights. Article 10(4) provides for “equal rights between Rwandans and between women and men without prejudice to the principles of gender equality and complementarily in national development”. 113. In dealing with the issues faced by women and girls as well as rebuilding Rwanda, the Government of Rwanda continues to address Page 99 of 105