The US Embassy will screen the documentary film Ladies First at the National Library on Monday, in honour of Women’s History Month.

The film, which profiles women on the forefront of change, will be screened at 4.30 pm and is free and open to the public.

A release from the embassy said that ten years after the bloody genocide that killed an estimated 800,000 people in 100 days in Rwanda, the women are the ones who are leading their country’s healing process and taking their society forward into a different future.

The release said the women are playing a remarkable role in politics and are also emerging as prominent figures in the business sector. The film reportedly reveals the challenges facing the women and their country as they struggle to build a sustainable peace.