Rwanda’s Formal Private Sector and LGBT Employees: “Progressive but not protective”?

This research seeks to explore the situation of LGBT1 employees in the Rwandan formal private sector labour force. LGBT employees continue to be victims of undocumented discrimination at workplace due to lack of implementation anti-discrimination policies. Although Rwanda’s legal frame work provides a favourable working environment, societal attitudes and organizational cultural system present a challenge to LGBT employees in the formal private sector since sexuality issues are considered as taboo or private matter. Therefore, the research will provide insights on the lived antecedents of LGBT employees in their workplaces and will analyse the connection between perceived discrimination and existing policies in organizations in order to deconstruct these puzzles. This research will finally conclude with suggestions and recommendations to which will go beyond the policy practice not only in the organization but also to a journey that will embrace diversity and visibility of LGBT people towards tolerance to all.