Awareness Raising on Unpaid Care Work for Media Houses

ActionAid Rwanda organized two capacity building and learning sessions for journalists to equip them with information and knowledge about unpaid care work and attract their interest to give publicity and coverage to stories about unpaid care work and its impact on women’s economic empowerment, thus a significant support and step to recognizing, redistributing, and reducing unpaid care work

Both dialogues were attended by representatives from women cooperatives/groups, opinion leaders in the community INZU, CNF, Religious leaders, Cell leaders, Village leaders, and sector leaders with the purpose to discuss gaps in addressing unpaid care work for women

ActionAid Rwanda also organized a radio program on Radio Rwanda to raise public education and awareness on unpaid care work. ActionAid Rwanda was rep[1]resented Clare Katwesigye in charge of Women Rights and Advocacy Coordinator who was joined by Mr. Silas NGAYABOSHYA, Director General for Gender Promotion Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion and one of the Women’s Rights Advocates. The key message of the program was that women and girls’ unequal responsibility for social reproduction should be addressed to equal rights to an education, decent working conditions, political participation and time for rest and leisure. Finally, speakers emphasized that recognition of the economic contribution of UCW requires measuring it using time budget surveys and embedding time use modules within household surveys. Women have also to play leadership roles in the decision-making institutions and even other productive works