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In 2005 to May 2014, at least 877 Women Police Officers had served in UN and AU peacekeeping
missions,
While Women are still under-represented in the top echelons of police command structures, the
number of Commissioned Officers is growing. This is as a result of a deliberate policy of
recruitment and encouragement by government for Women to join the forces. For instance by 2012,
there were 137 female commissioned officers in Rwanda National Police, as compared to only 50
before 2009,from 2010 to 2017 the number has increased to the percentage of 21,1%
POVERTY ERADICATION
Rwanda has made a lot of effort to lift the people from extreme poverty more than 90% of children
12 go to school, and more than 90% of population have universal insurance medical scheme, paying
particular attention to women, who form the majority of the poor.
Figures to be presented at the UN conference show that the percentage of female-headed
households in poverty fell by 13 per cent in five years from 60.2 per cent in 2005-2006 to 47 per
cent in 2010-2011.
The 98 per cent of Rwandan Women now receive antenatal care from skilled providers and over 69
per cent births occur in health facilities, assisted by a skilled people.
In addition, the increased use of mobile technologies and rapid SMS for emergency labour and
other medical
complications
have resulted in
considerable
decrease of
maternal and
infant mortality
rates. For
example the
maternal
mortality rate
decreased from
750/100,000
live births in
2005-2006 to
476/100,000 in
2010-2011.
"Rwanda
country report
th
Inspector Rukundo attending 6 CoESPU Gender Protection Course Opening Ceremony
on the
implementation of the regional and international human rights instruments on the rights of women
(2011), http://www.migeprof.gov.rw" Women have the rights to modern contraceptive use and
advice if they are 21 years or older. Contraceptive prevalence rate increased from 4.3 per cent in
2000 to 47.7 per cent in 2012.

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