"Imagine it was your mother": Restoring our Mothers' Dignity

Through media I will use include radio and TV program in form of debate, giving open microphone to the audience to discuss about this issue and challenge everyone to come up with a smooth solution. I will also use Facebook and Twitter to raise awareness, posters of vendors’ true stories in their own words in short to be discussed in full in our program. I will organize with poetry events that use to happen every month to get one with the theme: “Imagine it was your mother” framing women challenges as street vendors. After the poetry event, I will make a short documentary featuring street vendors’ challenges in Rwanda, mostly in Kigali city, what they go through, possible alternatives to quit street vending as illegal business in Rwanda and some testimonies of those who have been able to do so; and it will feature women’s rights and the way authorities should treat them with respect for their dignity. This video will be shared on YouTube and screened in public places where street vendors use to hawk.

How to Get Involved

To support us on this work, share your ideas with these hashtags:

#ImagineItWasYourMother

#UbubyeyiSiUkubyaraGusa (which means "being a parent is not giving birth only")