Rwanda

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NGO CONTACTS

Association Des Femmes Chef de Famille
Issues: Economic Opportunity, Non Formal Education, Political Participation
B.P. 84, Kigali
Email: kist@rwandatel1.rwanda1.com

Association for Rwandan Women's Solidarity / Association de Solidarité des Femmes Rwandaises (ASOFERWA)
Ph#: 250 86394/84413
Fax#: 250 84413

Association des Volontaire de la Paix
2, Avenue de la Justice, BP 497 Kigali
Ph#: 250 77482

Association "Haguruka" pour la défense des droits de la femme et de l'enfant
It provides legal assistance to women, offers training on women's rights through other associations, and conducts research into such issues as martial and inheritance law.
B.P. 2206, Kigali, Rwanda
Ph#: (250) 729-72 or 8517506 or 85709
Fax#: (250) 85709
Email: hagurka@rwanda1.com

Association of Genocide Widows Agahozo (AVEGA)
Other names: Association des Veuves du Génocide Agahozo/ Association des Veuves du Génocide d'Avril 1994
AVEGA is an association of genocide widows. In addition to providing members with psychosocial support and unity, AVEGA operates a small health clinic to assist women who are HIV positive or living with AIDS. In an environment where many women have lost all their family and friends, AVEGA provides support to orphans of the genocide as well as AIDS orphans.
PO 1535 Kigali, Rwanda
Ph#: +250 516125
Fax#: +250 516126
E-mail: avega@rwanda1.com
Website: http://www.avega.org.rw/

Centre canadien d'étude et de coopération internationale (CECI)
The Canadian Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to fight poverty and exclusion in the developing world and in other countries.
3185, Rachel Street East
Montréal (Québec) H1W 1A3, Canada
Ph#: (514) 875-9911
Fax#: (514) 875-6469
E-mail: info@ceci.ca
Website: http://www.ceci.ca/

Federation of African Women Peace Networks (FERFAP)
The Federation of African Women's Peace Networks (FERFAP) was established in 1998, based in Kigali, calls for women's full participation in the highest levels of decision making and peace-building. FERFAP aims to create an institutional framework for women's organizations to engage in peace processes.
BP 2758, Kigali, Rwanda
Ph/Fax#: (250) 72750

Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) - Rwanda Chapter
FAWE seeks to ensure that girls have access to school, complete their studies and perform well at all levels. FAWE has 33 National Chapters across sub-Saharan Africa in anglophone, francophone and lusophone countries. The principle role of the National Chapters is to identify priority education issues at national level, and conceptualize solutions to these challenges.
FAWE House, Chania Avenue, off Wood Avenue, near Yaya Centre, Nairobi
P.O. Box 21394, 00505 Ngong Road, Nairobi.
Ph#: (254-02) 573131(Pilot line), 573351, 573359.
Fax#: (254-02) 574150.
Email: fawe@fawe.org
Website: http://www.fawe.org/index.html

Forum of Women Parliamentarians of Rwanda (FFRP)
Dr. Rose Mjkankomeje BP 352 Kigali
Ph#: + 250 510 085
Fax#: + 250 510 086

Gender Advisory Board Africa Region Secretariat
It Collaborates with governments and all stakeholders including international agents, national, local government organizations and the society on matters of Gender, science and technology for Sustainable Human Development in Africa Region. Geographical area of operations Currently Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania
P.O Box 4125, Kampala, Uganda
Clement Hill Road, Plot 34, Nakasero
Ph#: 256-41-341666 / 259904
Fax#: 256-41-259904
E-mail: gabafrica@utlonline.co.ug / gabafrica@kabissa.org
Web Address: http://www.kabissa.org/

Imbabazi z'i Mugongo Orphanage
c/o Wildlife Concern International
9922 lake Louise Drive
Windermere, FL 34786

Pro-Femmes / Twese Hamwe
Collectif des organisations rwandaises de promotion de la femme, de la paix et du développement
Avenue de la Justice, Bâtiment SEFA
Kigali, Rwanda, B.P. : 2758
Ph#: (250) 511180
Fax#: (250) 578432
E-mail: profemme@rwanda1.com
Website: http://www.profemme.org.rw/

Reseau des Femmes
NzambazamVeneranda BP 1049 Kigali
Ph#: 250 756 19, 250 774671, 250 85460

Rwandan Association of Media Women (ARFEM)
Contact: Chantal Gatama
Kigali, Rwanda
Ph#: (250) 77 587
Fax#: (250) 77 587

Rwandan Women Community Development Network
Ph#/Fax#: (250) 77199
Email: rwawnet@rwarndatel1.rwanda1.com

Rwandan Women's Network
Issues: Provision of health care and support, education and awareness programs on human rights and legal procedures, socio-economic empowerment and institutional capacity-building, with the ultimate goal of peace and reconciliation.
Rwanda Women's Network
P.O. Box 3157
Kigali - Rwanda
Tel/fax: 250- 583662
E mail: rwawnet@rwanda1.com or balikungeri@yahoo.com
Website: www.rwandawomennetwork.org

Solidaires-Benurugwiro
Issues: Economic Opportunity, Women's Identity/Theory/Analysis
B.P. 1577, Kigali
Ph#: (250) 573 262
Fax#: (250) 573 262
E-mail: solidaires_b@yahoo.fr

Tumerere Foundation
Tel: (250) 85370/1
Fax: (250) 82461

Women for Women International
Women for Women International was founded in 1993 to help women overcome the horrors of war and civil strife in ways that can help them rebuild their lives, families, and communities. Women for Women International’s tiered program begins with direct financial and emotional support; fosters awareness and understanding of women’s rights; offers vocational skills training; and provides access to income-generation support and microcredit loans that together can help women restart their lives in ways that are independent, productive, and secure.
Women for Women International has direct experience in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda, Kosovo, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Colombia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
1850 "M" Street NW, Suite 1090
Washington, D.C. 20036
Ph#: 202 737 7705
Fax#: 202 737 7709
E-amil: general@womenforwomen.org
Website: http://www.womenforwomen.org/

UNITED NATIONS CONTACTS

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda / Tribunal Pénal International pour le Rwanda
Email: ictr-press@un.org

National Unity and Reconcilation Commission of Rwanda
National Program Assistant NURC/UNDP
Tel : 72882 or 08528805
kamashazd@yahoo.com

UNDP Africa
One United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA
Fax#: (212) 906-6478
Website: www.un.org/rba

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Gender Focal Point
UNDP Kigali
Email: laetitia.kayisire@undp.org
Website: www.undp.org/gender

UNDP Rwanda
Mr. Macharia KAMAU UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative
Box 445, Kigali, Rwanda 250
Tel: +250 590 400
Fax: +250 576 263
Email: registry.rw@undp.org
Web site: www.undp.org/rba/
Last Update: Oct 1, 2002 11:59

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) - Eastern Africa Regional Office
Countries: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda
20th Floor, Harambee, Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 254 2 228776 to 9 or 254 2 218332
Fax: 254 2 331897 or 254 -2 2233184

UNIFEM Gender Advisor for Central Africa
Countries Include: Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda
Badouine Kamatari
Box 445, Kigali, Rwanda
Tel: +250 76806/ 75381
Fax: +250 76263
Email: badouine.kamatari@undp.org or registry.rw@undp.org

GOVERNMENT CONTACTS

Legal and Constitutional Commission / Commission Constitutionnelle et Juridique
M. Jean Mutsinzi
The Executive Secretary
Tel: 250 510770
Mobile: 08300871
Email: mutsinzi@cjcr.gov.rw
Website: http://www.cjcr.gov.rw/

Ministry of Gender and Women in Development / Ministère du Genre et de la Promotion Feminine (MIGEPROFE)
B.P. 969, Kigali
Tel : 250 77 626 / 75 160
Fax: 250 77 543
E-mail: Gender@Rwandatel1.Rwanda1.com

National Commission on Human Rights / Commission des Droits de L'homme

National Unity and Reconciliation Commission / Commission Nationale pour L'unite et la Reconcilation

NEW YORK PERMANENT MISSION


Permanent Mission of the Rwandese Republic to the United Nations
124 East 39th Street, New York, NY 10016
Ph#: (212) 679-9010
Fax#: (212) 679-9133
E-mail: rwaun@undp.org