06
Mar

On Thursday 06th of March 2020 at Nobleza Hotel, Kicukiro in Kigali City, women working at Rwanda Energy Group together with the Management of REG celebrated the International Women’s Day. 

This celebration was themed “Transformational change, women at the Forefront”.

Addressing participants that attended this celebration, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Infrastructure, Eng. Patricie Uwase shared her experience as a woman who is an engineer and is also in the high-level leadership of the country. 

Eng. Patricie urged women to exploit opportunities that were put in place by Government of Rwanda to strive for positions of leadership across sectors. 

“There is evidence that women are doing a good job, not because they are pushed, but because they are capable” she said.  

The CEO of REG, Eng. Ron Weiss, said that women are greatly supporting the company's development despite many responsibilities they have at home. “We really appreciate the efforts that you’re always making to support the company” he said. 

The CEO also called upon women at REG to join management positions as their number is still low at the management level.  “There are many researches that are proving that if you have a significant number of women in management, the performance of the company is much better” he added.  

He also reiterated that REG is about to build a new hydropower plant where staff will only be women. 

“Once completed, Nyabarongo II Hydropower Plant will be fully operated by women. This decision is already creating the change that is needed in the company” he said, adding that women are capable like men, to not only compete for jobs in the energy sector but also strive for high positions in the sector. 

Among REG targets for the current year, the CEO mentioned that REG will increase the number of women employees and also build a special room for breast-feeding for mothers working at REG.