With Girls on MARS in Rwanda, VVOB strengthens the professional development opportunities for primary school leaders and improves the mentorship system for newly qualified teachers. Gender is the thread connecting the four modules of the programme. 

In the below videos, Father Theophile Harerimana and Mutumwinka Awunick, respectively head teachers of Groupe Scolaire Nyarubuye in Gatsibo district and the Apeki Amizero school in Kirehe district explain how their participation in the diploma course in effective school leadership helped them to make the school more gender-responsive.