DOT Rwanda Gender Analysis
Bodhi undertook a baseline study to define the current gender context in Rwanda concerning digital income generation opportunities (digital jobs and digitally‐enabled businesses) and establish baseline indicators for the DOT Rwanda’s transformative four‐year initiative, the Digital Skills for Employability (DSE) programme. The programme is implemented through a consortium of partners led by DOT Rwanda, in collaboration with Intango Technical Secondary School (TSS), Igire Rwanda Organization (IRO), Knowledge LAB (kLab), and SOLVIT Africa, together referred to as the DSE Consortium. DSE aims at enrolling 10,885 young people over 4 years and achieve a 91 percent graduation rate, with an emphasis on young women, youth disabilities, refugees, and rural youth. Bodhi conducted a gender analysis to inform the implementation of the DSE programme, delivering a consolidated program-wide Gender Analysis and Strategy report with pathway-specific focuses and actionable recommendations for creating a safe, respectful, and empowering environment for all participants. Bodhi adopted a gender-responsive, disability-inclusive, and participatory approach and ensured that the study was positioned as integral to social transformation, power was shifted to participants, and collective and context‑driven knowledge were valued.
