C103, Hesburgh Center for International Studies

<em>This event is part of the Kroc Institute’s series on intersectionality and justice as a beneficial framework and methodology paired with peace studies. The series is led by <a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/faculty-and-staff/ashley-bohrer/"><strong>Ashley Bohrer</strong></a>, assistant professor of gender and peace studies, and features a variety of guest presenters who address the potential of intersectional analysis to transform timely global conversations and issues.</em><br>Since the new millennium, Rwanda has been celebrated as a prosperous country with the highest number of women (61% in 2018) in its Parliament. Yet, President Paul Kagame has been winning Rwandan elections since 2003, and in 2024 was elected to a fourth term with 99.15% vote. Led by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), the government has been criticized as an authoritarian state for its repression of political dissidents. <a href="https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/39566-xianan-jin"><strong>Dr. Xianan Jin</strong></a>, lecturer in politics at the University of Exeter, will discuss her book project, "Selective Capital in Women’s Political Participation: Neoliberal Authoritarianism in Rwanda," which investigates the paradox between liberal political inclusion of women and oppressive state control.<br>Originally published at <a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/news-events/events/2025/04/08/selective-capital-in-womens-political-participation-neoliberal-authoritarianism-in-rwanda/">kroc.nd.edu</a>.<br><br><a href="https://events.nd.edu/events/2025/04/08/selective-capital-in-womens-political-participation-neoliberal-authoritarianism-in-rwanda/">https://events.nd.edu/events/2025/04/08/selective-capital-in-womens-political-participation-neoliberal-authoritarianism-in-rwanda/</a>