About FAWE
Promoting access and retention and improving the quality of education for girls
The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) is a membership-based pan-African Non-Governmental Organisation that operates through 34 National Chapters in sub-Saharan Africa to promote girls’ and women’s education. FAWE’s vision, mission and goal are all resolute on the well-being of girls’ education. In order to accomplish its mission of ‘promoting gender equity and equality in education in Africa’ FAWE uses a holistic four-pronged approach.
FAWE is a non-political, voluntary, charitable, non-sectarian, not-for-profit organisation and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ideology, colour, nationality or religious persuasion. However, its target beneficiaries and constituency are primarily girls and women.
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Our Vision
A just and inclusive Society in which
all African girls and women have access to
quality education and training to achieve their
full potential.
Our Mission
To promote gender responsive
policies, practices and attitudes and foster
innovations that will provide opportunities
for African girls and women to prosper in all
realms of their lives.
Our Goal
Empower girls and women through
quality education and training to give them
necessary skills, competencies and values to be
productive members of their societies.
Our Values
Professionalism, Integrity, Accountability, Results oriented, Respect for human rights, Diversity.
A Holistic Approach
FAWE’s work is to encourage governments, international organisations and local communities to enact policies and provide positive learning environments that treat girls and boys equally. We use a four-pronged holistic approach to transform girls’ education and to achieve gender equity and equality in education across Africa.