ABSTRACT

Following the in-depth discussion of Rwanda’s post-genocide transformation process and the development of the political system, the existing political conditions under which Rwanda’s women’s movement has acted as well as their transnational and domestic relations, I would now like to conclude. It has been my finding that the UN’s gender norms have, in fact, served as tools for women’s agenda-setting and even more so since the end of the genocide, when gender relations were under renewed negotiation. For this argument, I have encouraged a nuanced reading of Rwanda’s politics.