# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/judith-kanakuze
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:43:05.017Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/judith-kanakuze"
name: "Judith Kanakuze"
slug: "judith-kanakuze"
description: "Judith Kanakuze was a Rwandan politician and women's rights activist best known for passing legislation against gender-based violence, including Rwanda's first legal definition of rape, and contributing constitutional gender quotas that required women's representation in governmental bodies. She worked in multiple fields, including nutrition and civil service, before becoming a prominent leader of women after the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which she lost most of her extended family. Kanakuze founded the early women's organization Réseau des Femmes and represented women's interests at the Arusha Accords and on Rwanda's committee to establish a constitution. The gender quotas that required women to compose at least 30 percent of governmental bodies subsequently quickly spurred women's participation to exceed the quotas in parliament. She was elected to Parliament in 2003 and reelected in 2008. During her terms, she presided over the Rwanda Women Parliamentary Forum."
tagline: "Rwandan politician and feminist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1a/Judith_Kanakuze.png"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-09-19"
deathDate: "2010-02-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump