This document is a project brief for CARE Rwanda's "Powered by Women in Rwanda" project, a 51 million NOK initiative running from 2025-2030 that aims to advance gender equality for 161,047 women and girls in Rwanda's Eastern Province (Nyagatare, Gatsibo, Ngoma, and Kirehe districts). The project addresses three main objectives: developing leadership skills for 68,520 women and girls to participate in politics and governance through mentorship programs and civil society