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Rwandan genocide, 30 years on: Omitting women’s memories encourages incomplete understanding of violence

  • Written by Anneliese M. Schenk-Day, PhD student of the sociology of mass violence, The Ohio State University
Rwandan genocide, 30 years on: Omitting women’s memories encourages incomplete understanding of violenceCommemorating the victims of Rwanda's 1994 genocide at a memorial in Kigali.Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images

The eruption of violence that Rwanda experienced beginning on the evening of April 6, 1994, continues to haunt the central African nation 30 years on – it has also changed the country’s gender dynamics.

The genocide resulted...

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