The Rwandan Government officially launched, on May 17th this year, a national...

The Rwandan Government officially launched, on May 17th this year, a national action plan on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) for the period 2009-2012. The development of this action plan started with a baseline study which highlighted tremendous contribution that Rwandan women have made to peace, security, justice and reconciliation since the genocide of 1994, together with current challenges facing women in conflict management. This process was carried out in a very participatory way. Our country has a national steering committee chaired by the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion, with the participation of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security, the private sector, civil society and United Nations agencies. I would say that the process in my country has been very participatory and very engaged.