4.8.1. Gender and Family Promotion
The Government of Rwanda is committed to ensuring equal rights between Rwandans and between men and women without prejudice to the principles of gender equality in national development. This is reflected in the Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda of 4th June, 2003 revised in December, 2015 preamble 9, 10 and article 9. Gender is mainstreamed throughout the interventions in all sectors as well as logical framework.
There is a high percentage of teenage pregnancy and motherhood (8%) in Ruhango district compared to the national level (7%). In order to reduce teenage pregnancy and motherhood, programs and strategies to promote positive sexual behaviors such as abstinence and condom use will be promoted. (Source: RDHS 2014/2015)
Ruhango district will also focus on one of the three important commitments made by the country in the context of “He for She” campaign, which is bridging the gender digital divide and attain parity in ICT access, usage and innovation by 2020.
Both men and women benefit or suffer from the availability and/or quality of some infrastructure services such as domestic energy, improved drinking water, and transport. Addressing problems related to these services will be more profitable for women due to their traditional roles.
Under the three pillars of NST1, gender is mainstreamed into Ruhango DDS to achieve equitable and sustainable development. Refer to logical framework.
4.8.2. Disability and social inclusion
Interventions addressing inequalities between the general population and people with disabilities have been addressed in this DDS under social protection sector and also are elaborated within the logical framework
4.8.3. HIV/AIDS and Non-communicable diseases
According to RDHS, 2014/2015, the district has a high HIV prevalence among women (5%) and among men (4.6%) compared to the national level (3.6% and 2.2% among women and men respectively). The district will take measures and strategies to prevent new HIV infections such as community mobilization on sexual behavior change by condom use, abstinence, fidelity and to address HIV positive men and women needs including access to treatment.
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Also according to RDHS 2014-2015, the prevalence of HIV among youth is 1.9% for both men and women at national level and slightly higher among women at about 2.4% compared to 1.4%
in men in Ruhango district. Youth friendly HIV preventive and treatment interventions such as prevention campaigns using mobile video units, road shows, and radio and television talk shows will be used.
4.8.4. Youth, Women, Sport and Culture
As described in NSTI and adhering to SDG5, Ruhango district DDS has mainstreamed gender into all sectors as elaborated in the logical framework. Other key interventions are described below in relation to youth, women, sports and culture.
4.8.5. Capacity Development
Ruhango district will identify organizational and individual capacity gaps to be fixed. In this regard, the district has put in place some priorities embedded under sectors such as Private sector development and Youth empowerment, Agriculture, Justice, through trainings and coaching
The district will offer trainings to semi-skilled & unskilled youth, women and PWDs will under Massive short term vocational training (all sectors). The district will provide to apprentices and short-term vocational trainee startup toolkits for Self-employment (all sectors).
The district will mobilize and coach MSMEs and Businessmen to access the financial institutions (all sectors) including cooperatives that carry out activities in different businesses.
A number of interventions in Agriculture sector such as capacity development of farmers through farmer field schools (FFS) groups will strive to build capacity development by improving professionalization of livestock farmers in order to increase the quality, production and productivity of their output.
In terms of enhancing peace and security, the district will strengthen capacity of security organs for effective discharge of their functions so that they can continue to play a constructive role in development programs and projects where required.
In social protection, the district will continue to provide formal skills training to extremely poor individuals and to give TVET training to PwDs
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There are various challenges in this cross cutting area such as -Low level of skills especially in planning and M&E, -Limited skills in human and resources management and Low skills in technical areas and ICT.
A number of mitigations and implementation strategies will be looked upon; for example;
Capacity building on project planning, monitoring and evaluation. Impact assessment and result chain management, data capture, analysis and management.
4.8.6. Environment and climate change
Environment and climate have a vast number of challenges like a long dry season (from June to November every year) and floods. The mitigation strategies need to be highlighted in the strategic framework chapter. For this reason, it will be given special attention through continued afforestation and re-a forestation, rain water harvesting, erosion control, limiting the use of chemical fertilisers, protection of lakes and rivers, disaster management master plan, protection of institutions against thunder and lightning among others. The semi-arid nature of Ruhango include the following challenges: Limited alternative sources of energy to biomass usage, -Limited knowledge and skills on environmental health,-Continued flooding of Nyabarongo and Akagera rivers and lakes and Very strong winds, lightning and thunder. But they will easily be implemented through; Development of disaster management master plan., -Develop alternative energy sources like use of biogas and stoves and other low energy saving systems, -Demarcation of disaster zones and Development of disaster management master plan and Installing Lightning control copper rods.
4.8.7. Disaster Management
Ruhango district has experienced torrential rains caused unprecedented landslides especially in Bweramana sector that killed some people and destroying houses hectares of land. The government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Disaster and Preparedness (MIDIMAR) continue to support the district in setting disaster risk reduction and it has taken some shape through working with the district to build disaster risk reduction into its development planning, from the village to the district level. The Government of Rwanda has put disaster management among the Cross cutting areas for NST I and committed to implement the SFDRR 2015-2030. The DDMPs, Disaster Management Policy and law have been identified as key points for the District
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Development Strategy. The strategy aims at regular monitoring, policy and strategy development in DDS.
Key interventions:
The district will train women and youth cooperatives on sewing, pedicure, manicure, hair treatment as well hand craft (carpentry, welding, basketwork, drawing, images in wood, stone, clay).
Construct and equip youth transit center.
Engage and train youth to and from IWAWA on carpentry, welding, sewing, basketwork, drawing, images in wood, stone, clay
Support skilled women and youth to access jobs in Tiles Factory
Construct sports pitches in all sectors
Avail sport materials such as volley ball, basket ball, foot ball, tennis and sport wear in all sectors
Rehabilitation of KABAGALI, BYIMANA and Mbuye memorial Genocide sites