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The Rwanda National Police

Preventing Gender Based Violence

One Stop Center is operated by the National Police to address cases of gender-based violence

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Safe routes and hours
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Facilities and Services that assist women

Each village elects 3 volunteers to act as Community Health Workers for the general population - a binome comprising of a man and a woman for general diseases and a woman as assistant maternal to follow antenatal care.

This acts as the first line of defense, addressing 80% of the burden of disease through home-based care.

Isange One Stop Center has been inaugurated in July 2009, the first of its kind in Rwanda and has managed to fill a gap in responding to and preventing GBV.

Isange is a Kinyarwanda word that means “Feel at home” is a specialized free-of-charge referral center where survivors of Gender Based Violence can find comprehensive services such as: medical care; psycho-social support; police and legal support, and collection of legal evidence.

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Social services in Rwanda

1. Security
The government of Rwanda has put in place various strategies to further combat Gender Based Violence (GBV) and child abuse including the scaling up of the Isange One Stop Centre to all district hospitals across the country since 2017.
Isange One Stop Centre started in July 2009 at Kacyiru Police Hospital (KPH) as a pilot project to provide free psycho-socio, medical and legal services to adult and child survivors of gender based violence and child abuse.
 

The Rwanda National Police (RNP) has been at the forefront in the fight against GBV and child abuse. Many awareness campaigns are frequently organized by the Rwanda National Police in partnership with the Ministries of Family and Gender Promotion, Health and Justice to further loop the general public to prevent the vice.

Rwandans have been called upon to stand up against gender based violence and child abuse which are still among the common crimes committed in communities.

Hotlines to call on in a case of: 

Emergency: 112

Abuse by police officer: 3511

Gender based violence: 3512:  

Child help line: 116:  

Anti-corruption: 997

2. Health

According to Article 41 of the Rwanda Constitution ,amended in 2015, health is a Human Right.

“All citizens have rights and duties relating to health. The State has the duty of mobilizing the population for activities aimed at promoting good health and to assist in the implementation of these activities. All citizens have the right of equal access to public services in accordance with their competence and abilities.”

Contacts

Ministry of Health
KN 3 Rd, Kigali
info@moh.gov.rw

Rwanda Biomedical Center 114/1110
In case of emergency

SAMU/Ambulances 912