Pro-Femmes Twese Hamwe

Pro-Femmes Twese Hamwe is a national women's organisation in Rwanda founded in 1993 that is recognised internationally for its contributions to rebuilding society after the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

The organisation received the 1996 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence "for their outstanding contributions in rehabilitating families and communities devastated by mass violence, through their activities fostering a climate of peace based on tolerance and non-violence."[1] They received the inaugural Gruber Prize for Women’s Rights in 2003.

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  1. ^ "UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence (2009)". UNESCO. 2009. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001858/185859e.pdf. 

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