Haguruka – For the Defense of Woman and Child's Rights

OUR MISSION

We promote and defend the rights of women and children.

OUR VISION

A society where the rights of women and children are respected; where women and children live free from violence and discrimination so that they can reach their full potential.

SUCCESS STORIES & ACHIEVEMENTS

Help us end gender-based violence and child abuse

Zilipa’s touching story

Legal aid and representation can be difficult enough to obtain, even in the best circumstances. Finding someone to advocate for you, even when law is on your side, is not a reality for most of the world’s population. In hopes of finding her own advocate, Nyiranduhura zilipa walked for four hours every day from her house to Haguruka’s center in Musanze, Northern Province. She met a lawyer of Haguruka and she told her everything. After30 years of marriage, her husband brought another wife
Justice for Woman Raped by her Brother-in-law

The woman in this article (nicknamed Sarah) was married for many years but was unable to have children. Sarah consulted a witch, who told her that she would get pregnant if her younger sister who was still a virgin was raped by the woman’s husband One day, the sister (nicknamed Maria) came to visit the married couple and they locked her in the house She was raped every day by the husband of her own older sister for over three weeks
He dumped me after the wedding

In the Rwandese society a couple has to get married in three different places; the government wedding, the dowry and in the church. In that same order, people live together after the church wedding. For this couple, they were only married in the government. Before dowry and church wedding, the boy left the girl pregnant of one month. Nyiranizeyimana Alphonsine explained it in this way: We went in to sign together and we agreed on sharing our legacy.
Acquitted from a 25-year Prison Sentence

The man in this story (nicknamed Charles) had been imprisoned for a long period without trial, and had been accused of defilement. Instead of being tried in the place where the alleged crime was committed, Kayove (so people could testify about the offense) he was tried in the former Nyamyumba District He was sentenced him to 25 years of imprisonment, and given a fine equal to RF 2,500,000. A member of Haguruka met Charles’ wife