Biography 
A senator in Rwanda’s Parliament, Aloisea Inyumba is a member of the Senate’s Committee on Political Affairs and Good Governance. There she is responsible for monitoring the implementation of decentralization programs, the adherence of political parties to the fundamental laws of the nation, and the implementation of Gacaca, a participatory justice mechanism being used to address crimes of genocide. Until 2004, Senator Inyumba served as governor of Kigali-Ngali Province, responsible for policy coordination and implementation at the provincial level. She is a former commissioner and the executive secretary of Rwanda’s Unity and Reconciliation Commission, where she organized and oversaw national public debates promoting reconciliation between Hutus and Tutsis in post-genocide Rwanda. Immediately following the 1994 genocide, Senator Inyumba was the first Minister of Family, Gender, and Social Affairs. She managed the aftermath of the genocide by overseeing the burial of the dead, the resettlement of refugees, and by directing a national adoption campaign that reduced the number of genocide orphans in Rwanda from 500,000 to 4,000. She later helped to establish a national women’s network to adjudicate family and property issues resulting from the genocide that exist today, and she continues to play an important role in representing women’s voices to local government throughout Rwanda. Senator Inyumba holds an Honors Degree (1988) in Social Work and Social Administration from Makerere University in Uganda, and an honorary doctorate from La Roche College in the United States. She serves as a member of the board of directors of Women for Women International, the Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace, and Ruhuka, a non-governmental organization that provides trauma counseling. (11.2006)
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Boston Women Help Build Rwandan Girls School
By Bella English, Boston Globe
March 30, 2008
Southie Nun Works Rwanda Miracle
By Christine McConville, Boston Herald
February 26, 2008
Women in Leadership
Africa Journal, Voice of America
March 1, 2007
People Tipped On Global Women Summit
By Eleneus Akanga, allAfrica.com
February 15, 2007
21 Leaders for the 21st Century 2007
by Irene Lew, Women's eNews
January 1, 2007