Eugenie Mukeshimana, a survivor of the 1994 genocide that claimed a million lives in 100 days in Rwanda, will speak at Union Thursday afternoon.
Mukeshimana's talk, “Surviving the Rwandan Genocide” is scheduled for 1:55 p.m. in Social Sciences 104. The talk is free and open to the campus community.
Mukeshimana is engaged in a campaign to raise awareness about genocide and human rights issues through presentations and public speeches at educational institutions, conferences, interfaith groups and not-for-profit organizations.
Most recently, she was one of the panelists for the 59th Annual United Nations-DPI/NGO Conference on Human Security and Sustainable Development. In her academic and activist pursuits, Mukeshimana is particularly interested in gender-based violence against women in conflict regions and their empowerment in the post-conflict period.
She holds a B.S. degree in social work from the College of Saint Rose in Albany and lives in Maplewood, N.J., with her daughter Mystica, who was born during the genocide.
The lecture is sponsored by African Studies, the Minervas and the Political Science Department.