Last year, Rwanda revised its penal code to expand access to safe abortion services, demonstrating commitment to comply with the 2003 Maputo Protocol that calls for expansion of women’s rights in Africa. FILE PHOTO | AFP
Gender-rights activists in Rwanda are calling for the decriminalisation of abortion, after President Paul Kagame pardoned 367 women jailed for abortion and infanticide.
“We are celebrating this victory—it is something to applaud the president about,” Annette Natukunda, a gender equality activist, told The EastAfrican.
