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SOC 120 week 9 final project Analyze a Sociological Issue

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Gender Stratification And Women in Developing Nations 1

Running head: GENDER STRATIFICATION AND WOMEN IN DEVELOPING NATIONS

Gender Stratification and Women in Developing Nations

Dawnette Dunkley

University of Phoenix

Sociology--120

Instructor: Loren Butler

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Gender Stratification and Women in Developing Nations

“Rwanda's economy has risen up from the genocide and prospered greatly on the backs of our

women.” These are the words of Agnes Matilda Kalibata, Rwanda’s minister of agriculture.

Kalibata is one of many Rwandan women who rose from the carnage of the Rwandan genocide

to become shining examples of what empowered and resilient women can do for society. The

1994 genocide responsible for the systematic killing of 800,000 Tutsis and Moderate Hutus

comes to mind whenever one thinks of the African country, Rwanda. The three main ethnic

groups; Tutsi, Hutu, and Twa has had a long history of social differences. However, even with

these strained relationships, especially between Hutu and Tutsi, these ethnic groups manage to

coexist in relative peace. Historians believe German and Belgian colonizers helped to incite

violence along ethnic lines. The assassination of then president Habyalimana sparked one of the

most intensive killing campaigns in human history, as extremist Hutus tried to annihilate the

Tutsi tribe. Though women and young girls were victims of these killings, in addition to rapes,

and mutilations; the Hutu’s targeting and mass slaughtering of Tutsi and moderate Hutu males,

made these killings both genocidal and gendercidal. Extremist Hutus murdered more than 70%

of the Tutsi male population throughout Rwanda, and today the scars of this genocide-gendercide

are evident in Rwanda’s demographic imbalance. Sociologists believe demographic imbalance

will continue to affect this country for generations. One profound effect is the seismic shift in

power for women in every aspect of this country. The purpose of this paper is to provide an

analysis of gender stratification as it relates to women in Rwanda; and it will also examine the

implications of demographic imbalance in post-genocide Rwanda. Furthermore, it will provide

information about the current roles women play in Rwanda’s economic, political, and social

development in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

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Running head: GENDER STRATIFICATION AND WOMEN IN DEVELOPING NATIONS Gender Stratification and Women in Developing Nations Dawnette Dunkley University of Phoenix Sociology--120 Instructor: Loren Butler Gender Stratification and Women in Developing Nations "Rwanda's economy has risen up from the genocide and prospered greatly on the backs of our women." These are the words of Agnes Matilda Kalibata, Rwanda's minister of agriculture. Kalibata is one of many Rwandan women who rose from the carnage of the Rwandan genocide to become shining examples of what empowered and resilient women can do for society. The 1994 genocide responsible for the systematic killing of 800,000 Tutsis and Moderate Hutus comes to mind whenever one thinks of the African country, Rwanda. The three main ethnic groups; Tutsi, Hutu, and Twa has had a long history of social differences. However, even with these strained relationships, especially between Hutu and Tutsi, these ethnic groups manage to coexist in relative peace. Historians believe German and Belgian colonizers helped to incite violence along ethnic lines. The assassination of then president Habyalimana sparked one of the most intensive killing campaigns in human history, as extremist Hutus tried to annihilate the Tutsi tribe. Though women and young girls were victims of these killings, in addition to rapes, and mutilations; the Hutu's targeting and mass slaughtering of Tutsi and moderate Hutu males, made these ...
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