Fellows speak at GIZ Rwanda Fast Project launch
Fellow Ines Umuhoza (Rwanda, 2022), a Gender Data & Intersectionality Advisor and Chair of the National Staff Representative Committee for GIZ Rwanda, recently participated as a panelist at the launch of the GIZ Rwanda FAST (Feminism in Action for Structural Transformation) Project.
The GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH) office for Rwanda/Burundi implements projects on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the European Union, and other commissioning authorities. During the panel discussion, Ines shared insights on how data and policies can be harnessed to achieve these goals, highlighting the importance of inclusive and intersectional approaches in policy-making.
Ines’s journey with TechWomen began 10 years ago when fellows Rita Mutabazi, Winnie Ngamije, Emma Marie Ndoringoma and Enatha Mukantwari from the first Rwandan TechWomen cohort (2013) started a mentorship program for girls in STEM at her high school. “I was among them,” Ines shared. “Eight years later, I became a TechWomen alumna as well. Today, I got to share the stage with my mentor Rita Mutabazi, not as a mentee but as a fellow tech expert.”
