Veneranda Nzambazamariya

Veneranda Nzambazamariya (1958–30 January 2000) was a Rwandan women's rights activist and peacebuilder. She was a founding member of Réseau des Femmes and Pro-Femmes/Twese Hamwe, organizations that supported women's rights, peacebuilding, and reconciliation in Rwanda. In 2001, she was posthumously awarded the Millennium Peace Prize for Women by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and International Alert. Quotes On healing and reconciliation “Let yourselves be consoled, you have been sacrificed by systems it is necessary to change. Unite so as to transform problems into opportunities for action.” Veneranda Nzambazamariya, quoted in academic research on women's political representation and post-genocide Rwanda. Read the research thesis, p. 104, citing Baines, Les Femmes Aux Mille Bras: Building Peace in Rwanda, p. 220. “Like Martin Luther King, the women of Rwanda had a dream: that that nightmare will never happen again, in Rwanda and elsewhere.” Veneranda Nzambazamariya, quoted in Building a Culture of Peace for the Children of the World, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict. On unity across communities “As people in the region we cannot afford to divide ourselves.” Veneranda Nzambazamariya, as recalled in a tribute by members of the Women's Committee for Peace and Development, quoted in Veneranda Nzambazamariya, SourceWatch. External links Veneranda Nzambazamariya — Wikipedia Vénéranda Nzambazamariya — French Wikipedia Millennium Peace Prize for Women announcement — United Nations Posthumous peace prize for women’s activist — The New Humanitarian Category:1958 births Category:2000 deaths Category:Activists from Rwanda Category:Women activists