Rwanda on Tuesday began its annual commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis – a period of remembrance for the victims and reflection on the legacy of the killings. For survivor Godelieve Mukasarasi, that past has shaped more than three decades of work helping women who were raped during the genocide, and children born of sexual violence, to rebuild their lives.
More than 800,000 people, mainly ethnic Tutsis, were killed in about 100 days after the assassination of president Juvénal Habyarimana on 6 April 1994, which followed years of ethnic tension. The genocide has left deep scars across Rwanda, destroying families, communities and social bonds.
