A Historic Step Toward Justice for GBV Survivors in Bugesera District, Rwanda.
Yesterday, 3rd June 2026, Life Changing Endeavor Organization (LCEO) convened the Justice Without Barriers Stakeholder Consultative Meeting at the Bugesera District Hall — a foundational milestone in our evidence-based advocacy journey to remove the systemic barriers that GBV survivors face while navigating the justice system and accessing psychosocial support.
The meeting was chaired by the Vice Mayor in charge of Social Affairs, a powerful statement of district-level commitment to this cause. The room brought together an extraordinary coalition:
Bugesera District leadership — Vice Mayor, Director of Good Governance, Gender & Family Promotion, Child Protection Officer
Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB)
Rwanda National Police
Isange One Stop Center / MAJ Unit
Women led organizations
Sector & Cell leaders from Nyamata and Gashora
School representatives and Centre de Santé teams
Inshuti z’Umuryango and community health workersThis meeting was not a formality. It was a research dialogue — structured, facilitated, and grounded in the lived realities of survivors and the frontline professionals who serve them every day.
Participants engaged with remarkable depth and honesty, collectively identifying the most critical barriers preventing GBV survivors from accessing justice and support — barriers rooted in lack of information, transport challenges, cultural stigma, legal complexity, and gaps in community protection.
The recommendations made in that room will directly inform LCEO’s advocacy report — and that report will shape the policy, institutional, and community-level changes we advocate for at district and national level.
Justice Without Barriers is implemented by LCEO in partnership with FAWE Rwanda, supported by the Women & Girls Fund — an initiative funded by the The Scottish Government and delivered through Ecorys UK.To every participant who showed up, spoke honestly, and committed to action — thank you. Your voice is the evidence. And the evidence will drive the change.
The advocacy starts now.
