Kigali, 21 October, 2023 / 8:50 pm (ACI Africa).
Members of the Institute of Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) in Rwanda are enrolling girls in “technical professions” in an effort to break gender barriers in the landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa.
In a Wednesday, October 18 report, Salesians officials highlight the initiative being realized at Don Bosco Gatenga in Rwanda’s Archdiocese of Kigali under the Gender Matters for Green Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) project.
The aim of the initiative, they says, is “to increase the number of girls studying technical professions by removing the barriers that can hinder access to the courses”, including plumbing and electricity.
“To help with this, Salesians have also held an awareness-raising campaign in the surrounding community to encourage girls to enroll in technical courses,” SDB officials say.
They add that the first batch of students under the Gender Matters for Green TVET project are completing their studies and have been provided with toolkits for use in the different fields they will be working in.
