Volume 32, Issue 2, September 2017, Pages 317–328
Justine HITIMANA1
1 Commission Nationale de lutte contre le génocide (CNLG), Kigali, Rwanda
Original language: French
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The 1994 Genocide committed against Tutsi took more than one million victims in only one hundred days. This study deals with Hutu extremist women participation in genocide. These women came from all segments of Rwandan society: teachers, peasant women, young women, students, religious and even mothers. This study analyses the extent of the cruelty committed by Hutu extremist women against the Tutsi during the genocide. These women even killed their children and their families. After the Genocide, several among these Hutu extremist women were guilty of crimes of genocide including sexual abuse against the Tutsi. The findings of this research work highlight the barbarity of Hutu extremist women throughout the 1994 Genocide committed against the Tutsi.
Author Keywords: Genocide, Tutsi, Hutu, Hutu extremist women.
Justine HITIMANA1
1 Commission Nationale de lutte contre le génocide (CNLG), Kigali, Rwanda
Original language: French
Copyright © 2017 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The 1994 Genocide committed against Tutsi took more than one million victims in only one hundred days. This study deals with Hutu extremist women participation in genocide. These women came from all segments of Rwandan society: teachers, peasant women, young women, students, religious and even mothers. This study analyses the extent of the cruelty committed by Hutu extremist women against the Tutsi during the genocide. These women even killed their children and their families. After the Genocide, several among these Hutu extremist women were guilty of crimes of genocide including sexual abuse against the Tutsi. The findings of this research work highlight the barbarity of Hutu extremist women throughout the 1994 Genocide committed against the Tutsi.
Author Keywords: Genocide, Tutsi, Hutu, Hutu extremist women.
How to Cite this Article
Justine HITIMANA, “La monstruosité au féminin pendant le génocide commis contre les Tutsi en 1994 au Rwanda : Un cas unique dans le monde,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 317–328, September 2017.
