Godeliève Mukasarasi

Godeliève Mukasarasi
Born1959
Gitarama, Muhanga District, Rwanda
NationalityRwandan
OccupationSocial Worker
Known forWork with genocide survivors
AwardsJohn Humphrey Freedom Award (2004)

Godeliève Mukasarasi (born 1959) is a Rwandan social worker, genocide survivor, and rural development activist.[1] She created the organization Sevota to support widowed women and their children after the genocide.[2] In 2018 she was given an International Women of Courage award for her work.

Background and activism

Mukasarasi was born in Gitarama, Muhanga District, where she went on to work as a social worker.[1] Following the 1994 Rwandan genocide, she founded a group called SEVOTA, a support group to help widows and orphans to further their socio-economic rights.[1] The organization emphasizes creation of "safe spaces" for survivor dialogues and physical recreation for children, and is based in the Taba commune.[1][3]

In 1996, her husband, Emmanuel Rudasingwa, and daughter were killed by an armed band.[1] In her testimony to human rights investigators, Mukasarasi attributed the attack to Hutus recently returned from Zaire, in retaliation for her husband's conversations with representatives of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.[4] Mukasarasi was intimidated, but she found four people who were willing to testify. She was given an International Women of Courage Award in 2018 for this and other work.[5]

Godelieve Mukasarasi with Melania Trump at the 2018 International Women of Courage Award
2018 International Women of Courage

Recognition

Mukasarasi's work has won other national and international awards. In October 1996, she was given the Prize for Women's Creativity in Rural Life from the Women's World Summit Foundation,[6] and she has also received the Nzambazamariya Vénéranda Award, a Rwandan prize for an individual promoting a positive image for women. In 2004, she was awarded the John Humphrey Freedom Award of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, which came with a cash grant of C$30,000 and allowed Mukasarasi to go on a speaking tour of Canadian cities to promote her work.[7] Kathleen Mahoney, the chairperson of the centre's board, stated in a press release that “through her courage, her enthusiasm and her unwavering commitment, [Mukasarasi] has succeeded in gaining the trust of victims of rape and sexual violence, particularly women who contracted HIV-AIDS, as well as in breaking the silence and in helping these women obtain justice."[1]

Odina Desrochers praised Mukasarasi in the House of Commons of Canada on behalf of the Bloc Québécois for her "key role in breaking the silence and documenting crimes of sexual violence for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda."[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Godeliève Mukasarasi (Rwanda)". International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Sevota – Org". Archived from the original on 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  3. ^ "Visions of Rwanda Photo Project". United Nations. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  4. ^ Connie Walsh (July 1997). "WITNESS PROTECTION, GENDER AND THE ICTR". Coalition for Women's Human Rights in Conflict Situations. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  5. ^ "The 2018 International Women of Courage Award Recipients | U.S. Embassy in Chad". U.S. Embassy in Chad. 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  6. ^ "WWSF Prize for Women's Creativity in Rural Life ©" (PDF). Women's World Summit Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  7. ^ "John Humphrey Award". International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development. 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  8. ^ Odina Desrochers. "Odina Desrochers on John Humphrey Freedom Award". openparliament.ca. Retrieved 17 April 2011.

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