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In Nyamasheke, adolescents and women with disabilities faced numerous challenges accessing sexual and reproductive health services and information. Throughout much of history, societies have often misconstrued and misrepresented deaf individuals, emphasizing their limitations rather than their capabilities. And this was worse in the Nyamasheke district, where some cultural beliefs still regarded the deaf as sexually […]

Deaf girls are among vulnerable people who, most of the times fall in the trap of forced sex, rape, resulting to unwanted pregnancies and Sexual Transmitted Illnesses (STIs). The main reason is that they lack information from the community on sexual reproductive health as service providers are not also informed. Testimony of Donatille Mukarutamu, a […]

When Jean Paul Nshimiyimana used to spend time with Deaf children, girls and boys at school, he could adapt himself to learn their behaviours in order to support them with the necessary skills as a teacher. Nshimiyimana doubles as a parent and the teacher as he adopted a deaf child girl a couple of years […]

Teachers and parents of deaf young girls and other girl children with disabilities in Musanze district benefited from the training on family planning, Sexual Reproductive Health as well as Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) to equip them with the skills to help their children. The training that took place in Musanze district, Northern province of Rwanda […]

Deaf young girls, single mothers and girls with different disabilities in Musanze district were trained on Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) concepts, Sexual Reproductive Health and how to seek health, justice and legal support once becoming victims. The training that was organized by the three organization namely Rwanda National Association of Deaf Women (RNADW “UMUCYO”), […]