46 min

Episode 9 - Alphonsine Kabagabo, Director- Women for Refugee Women- Surviving the Rwanda Genocide & now leading with Lived Experience Still We Rise

    • Documentary

This week we speak to Alphonsine Kabagabo a survivor of the Rwandan Genocide and now Director of Women for Refugee Women . The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu, were slaughtered by armed militias. The most widely accepted scholarly estimates are around 800,000 to 1,000,000 deaths.

Alphonsine survived the Rwandan Genocide and is one of a handful of Lived Experience Leaders in the Refugee Sector.She’s authoritative, steadfast and persuasive in this compelling conversation.

This week we speak to Alphonsine Kabagabo a survivor of the Rwandan Genocide and now Director of Women for Refugee Women . The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu, were slaughtered by armed militias. The most widely accepted scholarly estimates are around 800,000 to 1,000,000 deaths.

Alphonsine survived the Rwandan Genocide and is one of a handful of Lived Experience Leaders in the Refugee Sector.She’s authoritative, steadfast and persuasive in this compelling conversation.

46 min