Veneranda Nzambazamariya

Veneranda Nzambazamariya (died 30 January 2000) was a women's leader in Rwanda. She was posthumously awarded the Millennium Peace Prize for Women.[1]

Quotes

Let yourselves be consoled, you have been sacrificed by systems it is necessary to change. Unite so as to transform problems into opportunities for action.

— Veneranda Nzambazamariya[2]

References
  1. "2001 Peace Prize Recipients - Biography - Veneranda Nzambazamariya". United Nations. 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-10-31. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. Baines, Erin K. (2005). "Chapter 11: Les femmes aux milles bras: Building Peace in Rwanda". In Mazurana, Dyan; Raven-Roberts, Angela; Parpart, Jane (eds.). Gender, Conflict, and Peacekeeping. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 220. ISBN 9780742581326.


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