Solina Nyirahabimana

Solina Nyirahabimana is a Rwandan womendiplomat and politician who has served as the Minister of State in Charge of Constitution and Legal Affairs since 2020. She was previously appointed cabinet Minister of Gender and Family Promotion in the Rwandan cabinet on 18 October 2018.

Quotes

• We’ve known it from the beginning that equality and women’s empowerment is the true way for sustainable development.
  • on women empowerment

• We need everyone in our society to be contributing towards the rebuilding of Rwanda. Not just 50 percent of society. And we need to include everyone in the opportunities.
  • On rebuilding Rwanda

• When you don’t understand women, you can’t serve them.
  • on women
• A safe family means a safe country.
  • The news time (May 24, 2019)
• Corruption is the enemy of the country and development. We should join our efforts to combat corruption. The residents, as main partners, should report it in different ways, and there is an approach to ensure the protection of the whistle-blowers. We should tackle corruption, and punish its culprits,
  • https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/3508/news/featured/featured---anti-corruption-day-ombudsman-steps-up-graft-fight The New Times, (December 11, 2022)

• “The family we want to build, is the one that is free from Genocide ideology, starting from families, because a family is the foundation of our lives and the country.”
  • https://www.migeprof.gov.rw/news-detail/nyanza-commemoration-of-women-and-children-massacred-in-the-1994-genocide-against-tutsi-1?utm_source
• “We should educate our children about the Rwandan history that lead to the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi so that what happened, should never happen again.”
  • https://www.migeprof.gov.rw/news-detail/nyanza-commemoration-of-women-and-children-massacred-in-the-1994-genocide-against-tutsi-1?utm_source
• “The achievements recorded by the National Women's Council is a great sign that women play a vital role to accelerate the country's holistic development & family promotion in particular.”
  • https://www.migeprof.gov.rw/news-detail/mutimawurugo-performance-contracts-to-focus-on-addressing-family-issues-2?utm_source
• “Our youth have potential to pursue their dreams, to serve a country. Let us keep working together to protect them from early pregnancy.”
  • https://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/12/c_138464718.htm?utm_source
• “Gender equality means enjoying equal rights and equal opportunities at all levels be it political, economic, medical, education and at decision making level, at household without any oppression based on whether you’re a male or female whatsoever.”
  • http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Solina_Nyirahabimana&action=edit&wvprov=sticky-header
• “One of the fundamental & guiding principles in Rwanda, as enshrined in article 10 of the Rwandan Constitution is ‘the constant quest for solution through dialogue & consensus’.”
  • https://www.minijust.gov.rw/news-detail/access-to-justice-and-technology-and-the-inaugural-commonwealth-legal-debate?utm_source