Judith Kanakuze was born September 19 , 1959 , in Rusizi District , Rwanda . She studied demography in college and graduated with a bachelor 's degree . Kanakuze worked as a schoolteacher for two years beginning in 1980 and later became a nutritionist . She served as National Supervisor of Rwanda Nutritional Centres for four years beginning in 1986 , after which she coordinated a household energy saving project with SNV Netherlands Development Organisation . In 1992 , she officiated studies and research with the Ministry of Public Works . During this time , Kanakuze represented women and children in the Arusha Accords . She also led a feminist organization , Twese Hamne ( Pro-Femmes ) . She lived through the 1994 Rwandan genocide , in which most of her extended Tutsi family was murdered in a Kibuye church in west Rwanda , where they had gone for sanctuary
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Judith Kanakuze