Espérance Nyirasafari

Espérance Nyirasafari

Espérance Nyirasafari is a lawyer and politician in Rwanda, who serves as one of two Vice Presidents of the Senate of Rwanda, effective 17 October 2019. She was appointed to the Senate by the President of Rwanda, on 22 September 2019.

Before that, she served as the cabinet minister at the Ministry of Sports and Culture, from 18 October 2018, until 22 September 2019. Prior to that, from 5 October 2016 until 18 October 2018, she was the Minister of Gender and Family Promotion (Migeprof).

Quotes

• WHAT WE SOW IN OUR CHILDREN AS A FAMILY IS WHAT WE REAP AS A NATION
  • childre[NYIRASAFARI] MIGEPROF

• If anything, this pandemic has demonstrated that complacence is never a good thing. As Rwanda Parliament, and the country as whole, which we have witnessed in the past 27 years since the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, the world community has to be ready to change and adapt.
  • [|Assembly speech ] Inter parliament union (June 2021)
• The prevailing situation of women across the continent includes economic exclusion, low level of representation in decision-making organs; sexual and gender based violence, poor access to justice, school dropouts, cultural norms, among others.
  • [|Opening remarks] sonke news (May 25, 2018)

• The engagement of men and boys for gender equality and women’s rights promotion is really fundamental and needed. We need men to challenge gender stereotypes, to share equitably in family and household responsibilities, to be positive role models in their communities and their families.
  • [|Opening Remarks ] sonke news (May 25, 2018)

• responsible and positive parenting is key to stable families and nations; “we cannot talk about sustainable development of our country when we still have unstable families, whereby children rights are not observed and protected.
  • [|Minister Nyirasafari] MIGEPROF
• “What we sow in our children as a family is what we reap as a nation.”
• “We cannot talk about sustainable development of our country when we still have unstable families, whereby children’s rights are not observed and protected.
• “Gender equality is a human right. Women are entitled to live in dignity and in freedom from want and fear, without discrimination.”
  • Gender equality is a human right – celebrating Women’s day UNFRAP Rwanda ( 10 March 2017 )
• “We must ensure that the rights of women and girls are protected and that perpetrators of violence are held accountable.”
  • [PHOTOS]: Rwanda's approach against gender violence unshakable, Senate President Rwanda National Police ( 25 November 2017 )
• “Gender equality is a human right. Women are entitled to live in dignity and in freedom from want and fear, without discrimination.”
  • Gender equality is a human right – celebrating Women’s day UNFRAPRwanda (10 March 2017 )
• My focus will be on voting for and supporting initiatives aligned with NST2, which targets the advancement of all sectors within the country.
  • Nyirasafari, a former Minister of Sports and Culture and Minister of Gender and Family Promotion, told the 30-member Electoral College (The New Times Rwanda , Wednesday, September 04, 2024)
• Therefore, it is a great joy to host the assembly when the world is recovering from the Covid-19 .
  • https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/194536/News/rwanda-to-host-inter-parliamentary-union-assembly (The New Times Rwanda , Friday, March 25, 2022)
• The Government of Rwanda has a solid foundation that every Rwandan should build on by fighting barriers to development like GBV and child abuse .
  • https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/136488/News/minister-nyirasafari-inaugurates-houses-constructed-for-gbv-child-abuse-victims ( The New Times Rwanda , December 23, 2016)
• You should all own efforts to ensure conflict-free households and crime-free communities; families and communities that strive for the rights of everyone including children and women; this is what Umugoroba w’Ababyeyi is about .
  • https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/144098/News/umugoroba-waababyeyi-will-make-communities-safer-says-nyirasafari ( The New Times Rwanda , Monday, September 11, 2017)
• Of the 95 children, only 38 were adopted. The government had to take another 24 out of the orphanages and rent four houses for them, where they live and receive specialised care because of the magnitude of their disabilities. There are 33 other children with disabilities who are still living in orphanages. Should they all not get adoptive families, the government will continue to look after them .
  • https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/139856/News/orphanage-phase-out-government-to-adopt-children-with-acute-disabilities ( The New Times Rwanda , Wednesday, April 19, 2017)
• addressing this inclusiveness gap is vital in creating a helpful atmosphere that is free from stigma for physically impaired children to grow into responsible citizens able to provide for themselves..
  • Espérance Nyirasafari, Gender and Family Promotion minister, told(The New Times Rwanda , December 08, 2017 )
• Children are pillars of the country’s future and they need inspiration. The Government commits to put more efforts to ensure the protection of all children. The more we work together to protect our children, the faster the country develops .
  • https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/141604/News/govt-reaffirms-efforts-to-protect-childrenas-rights ( The New Times Rwanda , Tuesday, June 20, 2017 )
• “We cannot talk about sustainable development of our country when we still have unstable families, whereby children’s rights are not observed and protected.”
• “What we sow in our children as a family is what we reap as a nation.”
• It is everyone’s responsibility to ensure efficient protection and promotion of the rights of children.
  • Govt reaffirms efforts to protect children’s rights.The New Times Rwanda ( September 19, 2026 )
• Before this forum was established, there were things that men were allowed to do that women were not.
  • Rwanda Women Parliamentarians Lead Push For Gender Equality KT Press (October 6,2026)