Rwanda: Social worker wins award for dedicating her life to women

After the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Godelieve Mukasarasi returned to her village from a refugee camp with one goal in mind - to pick up where she left off months earlier. The social worker's house was destroyed. Some of her family members were killed. But her objective was to help others in her situation. She was in Canada recently to accept the John Humphrey Freedom Award, presented by the Montreal-based human-rights group Rights and Democracy. She said it was the genocide in Rwanda that prompted her to focus on the promotion of women's rights and the rights of women in such conflicts.