FAWE Strategic Plan Launch
H.E Macky SALL, president of the Republic of Senegal will on 8th February, 2020 officially launch the FAWE’s new strategic plan 2019 – 2023 at the Committee of Ten (C10) on Education Science and […]
Call for applications for the Scholars Entrepreneurship Fund for Tertiary Scholars and Alumni under the FAWE-Mastercard Foundation Programme
FAWE invites applications for grants to support scholar’s entrepreneurship initiatives under the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Entrepreneurship Fund (SEF) that will be implemented from March 2020 to March 2021. The SEF aims at nurturing creative […]
Call for Papers: International Girls’ Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Learning Conference (IGSLC)
The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) in partnership with Dubai Cares designed and implemented through FAWE Uganda (FAWEU) a 3-year project aimed at “Promoting Science, […]
Fighting teaching practices that reinforce gender bias in school
In 1995 at the World Conference on Women in Beijing, countries unanimously adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – the most progressive blueprint ever for advancing the rights of […]
IDG 2019: What African girls have tolerated way too long
Today as we mark the International Day of the Girl under the theme “Girl Force: Unscripted and unstoppable”, I reflect on the hurdles the girl child has overcome, some of which continue to prevail […]
AUC, African Ministers, CSOs devise continental Common Position on Education for Women and girls in conflict and post conflict situations
African Ministers of Education, Gender and Foreign Affairs, African Union Commision Representatives and Civil Society Organisations on 22nd May 2019 convened in Nairobi, Kenya to develop Africa’s Common Position on Education for women and […]
Senegal’s President SALL to launch FAWE’s new Strategic Plan
H.E. Macky Sall, President Of the Republic of Senegal is scheduled to launch the new FAWE Strategic Plan 2019-2023 in the third quarter of 2019.
The President who will host the event in Dakar, Senegal, […]
Conference: Addressing education of girls and women in conflict and post conflict situations in Africa
Conflict directly derails education, yet it is education that is a catalysis towards renascence of Africa.
There is need to deliberate, understand and exchange ideas on policies, legislation, plans, financing and monitoring reforms within the […]
Partner update: UNESCO launches the call for nominations for the 2019 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education
On 8 March 2019 during the International Women’s Day, UNESCO launched the call for nominations for the 2019 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education.
The UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education rewards outstanding […]
Burundi: Institutionalization of the school aunt and father – FAWE Burundi’s campaign against sexual violence and pregnancy in schools
The wisdom and tenderness of the school aunt and father will overcome the scourge
Sexual violence and early pregnancy in schools is a sad reality in Burundi. According to testimonials collected during awareness and training […]