The government of Rwanda is committed to Gender equality and women empowerment. The strong political will to mainstream gender into government programs/ projects is underpinned by institutional and policy frameworks that have been a key to Rwanda’s progress in addressing gender inequalities. The Rwandan Constitution of 4th June 2003 as revised in 2015 ensures equal rights between men and women and ensuring their complementarities in the national development.

This commitment is also reflected in the ratification and implementation of numerous international and regional instruments, namely Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979), Beijing Platform for Action (1995), Maputo Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (2003), Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa (2004) among others. Additionally, the Government of Rwanda endorsed, East Africa gender policy, COMESA gender policy, AU Gender Policy, Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Africa Union Agenda 2063.

The domestication of the various instruments led to the Government of Rwanda (GoR) develop the National Gender Policy in 2010.

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