The Centre for Gender Studies (CGS) is one of the Academic Centres within the College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS). It was founded in March 2009 to support the Government of Rwanda’s objective of promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment.The main aim of the Centre is to train gender experts and practitioners, to stimulate research and documentation in gender fields, and to build the networks and partnerships needed to promote community gender awareness at the local, national, regional and international levels.