DiDe Rwanda Organisation | DIGNITY IN DETENTIONFor a long time, Rwandan society was characterized by unequal social power relations between men and women, boys and girls. These relations were translated into male‘s dominance and women’s subordination. Although the Government of Rwanda has policies and laws in place to protect women’s rights, prevailing gender and social norms and customary rules make it difficult for women to access opportunities for value addition and technological improvements. Women spend more time in unsalaried (…)
The DiDe Organization was born on April 13, 1992 in the form of an association: "Dignity in Detention", created by former ICRC delegates.
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Capacity building of Cooperative Amaliza y’ubuliza on Gender Equality and fight against Violence
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Our experts
19 October 2023For its daily activities, DiDe counts on a dedicated multidisciplinary team of:
1 Gender Inclusion Specialist
2 Psychologists
1 Sociologist
1 Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
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7.Geographic Coverage
19 October 2023Organization DiDe Rwanda works across the country, including in 8 Correctional Facilities. Currently, our program interventions cover Nyarugenge, Rulindo, Musanze, Nyabihu, Gicumbi, Nyagatare, Ngoma, Nyamagabe, Bugesera, Rwamagana, Huye, Nyamasheke and Rusizi districts .
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Key interventions:
19 October 2023Advocacy for a conducive environment through :
In correctional facilities: appropriate infrastructure, education and vocational training, specific needs for youth, female and male inmates, and under 3 years old children living with their mothers in correction facilities.
In community: children in foster families, youth, women and ex-inmates to access to different services Gender inclusion in community. Economic empowerment for community resilience Integration of (…) -
Our expertise
19 October 2023Building Institutional capacity of correctional services. Child protection Societal healing in Correctional facilities and Communities. Rehabilitation and reintegration of inmates Community Develeopment
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Core values
19 October 2023✏️ Dignity
✏️ Inclusion
✏️ Empowerment
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INTERPEACE RWANDA AND ITS LOCAL IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS (DIDE, HAGURUKA, AND PRISON FELLOWSHIP RWANDA) ORGANIZED A 5-DAY PLANNING RETREA
11 February 2023Interpeace Rwanda and its local implementing partners (DiDe, HAGURUKA, and Prison Fellowship Rwanda) organized a 5-day planning retreat from 13 November to 17th November 2023 to review the implementation of the 2nd year and plan for the next year 2024. The panning retreat held at Ma campagne Hotel, located in Rwamagana District, Estern province. The planning retreat gathered Head of organizations of Interpeace, DIDE, Haguruka and Prison Fellowship Rwanda as well as programme and financial (…)
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REINTEGRATION OF CHILDREN UNDER 3 YEARS OLD LIVING WITH THEIR MOTHERS IN PRISON INTO THE SOCIETY
7 February 2023One of the activities planned in the project is the training of psycho-social assistants who accompany children living with their mothers incarcerated in the women’s prisons of Ngoma and Nyamagabe. A total of twenty-five inmates and eight staff from the two target prisons had benefited from the training. For prisoners, those who have at least 3 years to spend in prison are selected; which will facilitate the implementation of the learning outcomes. The trainings took place on May 30 and 31, (…)
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REFRESHMENT OF THERAPEUTIC GROUPS UNDER DKU
28 January 2023With the USAID/DKU goal of increasing access to justice in Rwanda, one of planned intervention is conducting psycho-socio counseling and healing sessions for prisoners in need, focusing on recent detainees and others with different mental health problems in order to respond to one of the project objective namely Improving citizens’ knowledge of rights and expanded high-quality legal. As planned in the project implementation, DIDE psychologist will visit therapeutic groups monthly so (…)