THE CIRCLE RWANDA
Her voice. Her dignity.
Our shared future.
Bringing faith, research and community together to advance the rights of women and build a more inclusive Rwanda.
1989The pan-African Circle begins
2021Rwanda Chapter founded in Huye
2023Registered as an NGO
One circle.A shared purpose. ↗
GROUNDED IN COMMUNITYGET TO KNOW US
Creating space.
Changing perspectives.
The Circle is a Pan-African association of women researching, publishing and engaging with communities on gender, religion and theology.
Our Rwanda Chapter began in Huye with fifteen women in 2021. We investigate how religion and gender shape women’s lives, and how they can become sources of empowerment.
More about the Circle ↗HOW OUR WORK CONNECTS
From women’s experiences
to shared understanding.
Circle Rwanda brings women’s experiences into conversations about faith, gender and community life. We connect research with dialogue and practical programs so that knowledge can support dignity, equal opportunity and participation.
Listen to lived experience
Women’s experiences help identify the questions that matter in families, faith communities and wider society.
Research and share knowledge
Research and publication make women’s perspectives visible and give communities evidence to discuss.
Bring learning into community life
Our programs connect this learning with dialogue, advocacy and opportunities for communities to reflect together.
OUR WORK
Four programs.
One vision of equality.
01 / PROGRAM
Hope & Trauma Healing
Spaces for hope, healing and renewed possibility.
Discover the program ↗
02 / PROGRAM
Advocacy
Advancing equality through dialogue and community engagement.
Discover the program ↗03 / PROGRAM
Research
Women’s perspectives at the heart of knowledge and change.
Discover the program ↗04 / PROGRAM
Make Way Program
Working together to address barriers to rights and inclusion.
Discover the program ↗WHAT HOLDS US TOGETHER
Our values spell CIRCLE.
CComplementarity
IInclusivity
RResearch & publication
CCommunity engagement
LLife affirming
EEmpowerment
FROM OUR COMMUNITY
Stories of change.
WORKING TOGETHER
THERE IS A PLACE FOR YOU IN THE CIRCLE