Aloisea Inyumba (28 December 1964 – 6 December 2012) was a Rwandan politician, was a highly influential Rwandan politician and patriot who played a pivotal role in the liberation, post-genocide reconstruction, and advancement of women in Rwanda. She was widely respected for her humility,iron will,and deep commitment to national unity.
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Aloisea Inyumba said There’s no way you can talk about development, about transformation of society, unless the biggest part of your population is involved.
When people talk about changing a country, they’re talking about the beneficiaries. And who are the beneficiaries? The women. We can’t just have peace delivered to us on a plate; we have to be active participants. The message today in our country is this: women have to be agents of peace. Much as we want to benefit from this process, we also want to be a part of it.
We need to look into our history, to examine the political, economic, social, and cultural causes of our conflict, which we are trying to expose to the general public, the women, the youth in the schools.
Inyumba noted that community needs transcend ethnic divides in rebuilding the nation, and that women uniquely understand peace due to bearing the brunt of conflicts. These statements from 2001 and 2002 are documented via all Africa, Wikiquote, and Inclusive Security.
So I think what's important is to stick to our principles; be honest, be active, be articulate. Women at the grassroot are a force you know this is a positive force.
During the war, we knew we were fighting a bad regime, a dictatorial regime. But we didn’t know that the level of destruction, the level of hatred, the level of badness had gone to that level.
I think that’s why we women are more responsive as leaders, because we’re there. These are not things we read about or watch on video. It’s our daily life. I understand issues of children, of health, even legal reform and access to land—we’re the ones tilling the land.
You can’t look at peace in isolation of our survival. You have to bring people together for a purpose. It’s not reconciliation for its own sake; it’s reconciliation for the betterment of our people.
Everything we are doing is a new experiment. We are trying to think, How can we be honest with ourselves and what can we do to get ourselves out of this crisis?
