Jacqueline Murekatete

Jacqueline Murekatete is a human rights activist, survivor of the Rwandan Genocide and founder of the NGO Jacqueline’s Human Rights Corner. Aged nine Murekatete lost the majority of her family during the genocide,^[1] she was granted asylum in 1995 in the US,^[2] where she was brought up by her uncle.^[3] Murekatete began to tell her story after David Gewirtzman, a survivor of The Holocaust, spoke of his experiences at her school.^[4][5]

Murekatete's NGO Jacqueline’s Human Rights Corner was created under the umbrella of Miracle Corners of the World. The group dedicates its time in educating people on genocide, and to raise funds for survivors of the genocide in Rwanda.^[6]

Murekatete was honoured by New York University in 2011 with the Distinguished Young Alumna Award,^[6] and she was one of the grant recipients and award winner of the 2010 VH1 Do Something Awards.^[7][8] She is also a recipient of the Global Peace and Tolerance Award from the United Nations.^[9]

References

1. Urban Walker 2006, p. 107.
2. Brown 2004.
3. Huang 2012.
4. Singer 2008, p. 4.
5. Birkne 2005.
6. NYU 2011.
7. Salamone 2010.
8. DoSomething.org.
9. Sambira 2013.

Bibliography

• Birkner, Gabrielle (4 April 2005). "David Gewirtzman United By Horror". The Jewish Week. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
• Brown, Jeffrey (9 April 2004). "Remembering the Past". PBS. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
• "Meet Do Something Award Winner Jacqueline Murekatete". Do Something. 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
• Huang, Nancy (18 April 2012). "Jacqueline Murekatete, 27". Time Out. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
• "Jacqueline Murekatete (CAS '07) chosen for Distinguished Young Alumna Award". New York University. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
• Sambira, Jocelyne (5 April 2013). "Rwanda genocide survivors struggle to rebuild their lives". Africa Renewal. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
• Salamone, Gina (18 July 2010). "Jacqueline Murekatete, survivor of 1994 Rwandan Genocide, to be honored for activism by VH1". New York Daily News. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
• Singer, Alan J. (2008). Social Studies for Secondary Schools: Teaching to Learn, Learning to Teach (3rd ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-0805864465.
• Urban Walker, Margaret (2006). Moral Repair: Reconstructing Moral Relations After Wrongdoing. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521009256.