Tigermedia - Gender, Genocide, and Justice in Rwanda
Gender, Genocide, and Justice in Rwanda
Date: May 4th, 2016
Duration:
1h:35m:32s
Ms. Roxanne Krystalli, Dr. Sara E. Brown, and Ms. Samantha Lakin apply a gender lens to the events of the Rwandan genocide and issues of reparations and political representation in post-genocide Rwanda.
Ms. Krystalli, the Program Manager of the Humanitarian Evidence Program at the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University, has served as an advisor and consultant on issues related to gender and conflict for various UN agencies and international organizations.
Dr. Brown, a Stern Family Fellow at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, is completing her dissertation on women’s agency during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Ms. Samantha Lakin, a PhD student at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, has conducted research on the memorialization of genocide in Rwanda and is currently serving on the Executive Board of the Genocide Survivors Support Network supporting Rwandan survivors who live in the U.S.