This all-women’s college is training Rwanda’s future leaders
Clip: 11/24/2017 | 7mVideo has Closed Captions
This college is trying to break a cycle of violence by empowering women through education.
The first all-female college in Rwanda is making strides in empowering women from all backgrounds to become the nation’s next business leaders, part of an effort to leave behind an image of a violent country, wracked by genocide. At the Akilah Institute, students prepare for well-paying jobs and financial independence and learn gender equality. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.
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This all-women’s college is training Rwanda’s future leaders
Clip: 11/24/2017 | 7mVideo has Closed Captions
The first all-female college in Rwanda is making strides in empowering women from all backgrounds to become the nation’s next business leaders, part of an effort to leave behind an image of a violent country, wracked by genocide. At the Akilah Institute, students prepare for well-paying jobs and financial independence and learn gender equality. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.
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