The Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians was launched in 1989, Legon Ghana by sixty-nine women from various African countries and the African diaspora.
Mercy Amba Oduyoye, its lead founder, sought to establish a transformative space for African women to research, write and publish about matters of gender and religion, after realizing that the latter was often used to marginalize and justify the status of women as second citizens in the society.
