Rwanda Women's Network

What Rwanda Women's Network does

Rwanda Women's Network is a non-profit organization founded in 1997 by Mary V. Balikungeri in Kigali, Rwanda, focused on gender equality and women's empowerment across three programmatic pillars: Healing, Empowering, and Transforming. Its core deliverable is community-based service delivery rather than a technology product, comprising 24 women safe spaces across 12 districts where victims and survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) access counseling, healthcare, and legal-rights awareness. The organization addresses 3,800+ GBV cases per year and delivers healthcare to 30,000+ patients annually through healthcare partnerships.

The organization operates four programs: Gender Based Violence Prevention and Support; Socio-Economic Transformation (financial education for 450+ women, income-generating activities for 450+ women, 5+ self-initiated business ventures); Advocacy and Women Leadership (178+ trained change agents including 92 women engaged in public policy monitoring and advocacy); and Stories of Change content. Community delivery is executed by 112+ registered male agents of change and the wider change-agent network, with no proprietary technology platform, mobile app, or API services.

The business model is grant-funded, reliant on a small set of international institutional donors including DFID UK Aid, Hivos, Kvinna till Kvinna, Norwegian People's Aid, and Global Fund for Women. Services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries, who are women victims and survivors of GBV, women in Rwanda broadly, and men engaged as allies. The 2030 Strategy Plan targets geographic expansion from 12 to all 30 districts in Rwanda. The organization operates with approximately 20 employees from headquarters at KG 504, Gacuriro, Kigali.

Name

Rwanda Women's Network

Legal name

Rwanda Women's Network

Website

https://rwandawomennetwork.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rwanda Women's Network is a Rwandan non-profit founded in 1997 that operates 24 women safe spaces across 12 districts, delivering gender-based violence support, healthcare, financial education, and advocacy programs to women victims and survivors in Rwanda.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women's Empowerment & Gender Equality Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Protection, Child Protection & Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Response (BPAGAAAG), Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Services (BPAGAEAD)

Keywords

• Gender-based violence prevention
• Women's empowerment programs
• Community safe spaces
• Gender equality advocacy
• Financial education for women

Headquarters

HQ city

Kigali

HQ country

Rwanda

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donor Funding and Grants: Relies on international donor funding from organizations such as DFID UK Aid, Hivos, Kvinna till Kvinna, Norwegian People Aid, and Global Fund for Women to sustain operations and programs targeting gender equality and GBV prevention in Rwanda.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Rwanda Women's Network is a non-profit organization that delivers community-based programs supporting women victims and survivors of gender-based violence in Rwanda. It operates 24 women safe spaces across 12 districts, providing GBV prevention and response, healthcare access (30k+ patients per year), financial education, income-generating activities, and leadership advocacy to enable women's socio-economic transformation.

Product overview

Rwanda Women's Network operates as a non-profit organization offering a suite of interconnected social programs rather than a technology product. The core offerings include three main programmatic pillars: Gender Based Violence Prevention and Support (providing safe spaces and healthcare), Socio-Economic Transformation (financial education and income-generating activities), and Advocacy and Women Leadership (leadership development and policy advocacy). These programs are supported by Stories of Change content that documents impact. The organization does not offer a technology platform, software product, or API-based services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gender Based Violence Prevention and Support A program providing 24 women safe spaces across 12 districts for victims and survivors of gender-based violence to seek help, access healthcare (30,000+ patients per year), and become aware of their legal and financial rights. Addresses over 3,800 GBV cases per year.
• Socio-Economic Transformation A program focused on financial education (450+ women per year), income-generating activities (450+ women supported), and supporting women-initiated business ventures (5+ successful businesses), with 112+ men registered as agents of change.
• Advocacy and Women Leadership A program enabling women to take leadership roles and act as equal decision makers in their communities, including training 178+ change agents (92 women) involved in public policy monitoring and advocacy.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3800+ GBV cases addressed per year
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Hope for Rwanda: Local Rwandan NGO focused on community development and women's welfare. Comparable as a national-level Rwandan peer addressing similar gender equality and community empowerment themes.

Others

• Global Fund for Women: One of RWN's key funders, Global Fund for Women is a major international women's rights grantmaker. Comparable as an ecosystem player funding women's rights organizations globally, including RWN itself.
• Kvinna till Kvinna: Swedish women's rights organization funding women's organizations in conflict-affected regions, including RWN. Comparable as a key RWN funder and ecosystem peer supporting women's empowerment in the same geographies.

Direct peers

• Women for Women International: NGO supporting women survivors of war and conflict through economic empowerment, healthcare access, and rights awareness. Closely comparable to RWN's integrated healing-empowering-transforming model serving women in post-conflict settings.
• Equality Now: International human rights organization working to end violence and discrimination against women and girls globally. Comparable as a similarly mission-aligned organization working on legal rights, GBV response, and women's empowerment.
• African Women's Development Fund: Pan-African grantmaking fund supporting women's rights organizations across Africa. Comparable as a regional peer operating in the same geography and supporting similar women's empowerment and GBV programming.

Emerging players

• Girl Effect: International NGO using media and digital tools to empower girls and address gender inequality. Comparable as an adjacent organization in the gender empowerment space with a different delivery model (digital vs. community-based).

Broad incumbents

• UN Women: UN entity dedicated to gender equality and women's empowerment, with active programming in Rwanda. Comparable as a major funder/implementer of gender equality and GBV initiatives overlapping with RWN's mission.
• Plan International: Global NGO focused on children's rights and girls' equality with extensive East Africa operations. Comparable as a larger incumbent with overlapping gender equality, GBV prevention, and youth empowerment programs in RWN's operating geography.
• CARE International: Global humanitarian organization with longstanding women's empowerment and GBV programs in Rwanda and across Africa. Comparable as a similarly mission-driven NGO working on gender equality, GBV response, and women's economic empowerment in the same operating geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rwanda-women-s-network

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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