By Swanee Hunt Foreword by Jimmy Carter
When Rwandan women came together to help rescue their country after genocide, they created a model for sustainable peace and security worldwide.
In the spring of 1994, the tiny African nation of Rwanda was ripped apart by a rampage that left nearly a million dead. Neighbors attacked neighbors. Family members turned against their own. As chaos cracked open the culture, women surged into the breach. After the violence subsided—drawn by the necessity of protecting their families—they carved out unlikely new roles for themselves as visionary pioneers creating stability and reconciliation in genocide’s wake. Today, more than 60 percent of the seats in Rw