The Government of Kenya, the Canadian Government in collaboration with the Office of Special envoy of Chairperson for African Union Commission of Women Peace & Security, and the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) are convening a one day conference focusing on girls and women’s access to education in conflict and post conflict situations in Africa.

Conference objectives

The overall objective of this conference is to track girls and women education progress despite conflict situations in Africa. Ensuring that all African girls and women achieve transformative education despite conflict situation will guarantee sustainable development, transform lives and livelihoods and assure continental socio economic development is achieved as envisioned in Agenda 2063.

Other objectives:

1. Find out the education status of girls and women in conflict and post conflict situations in Africa.

2.To find out what measures countries hosting girls and women from conflict /post conflict countries are taking towards ensuring their attainment of an education would guarantee them sustainable livelihoods in the wake of structural change presented by the conflict.

3. Identify challenges, opportunities, innovative practices from various countries, civil society organizations and academia working in education in conflict with a view of ensuring cross learning and upscale of best practices.

4. Review existing implementation mechanisms by governments, CSOs and education stakeholders to harmonize execution, strengthen synergy and alignment to regional, continental and global educational frameworks

The outcome of these deliberations will lead to formulation of policies for the continental position paper on girls and women education in conflict. These recommendation will be tabled at African Union next Ordinary Session for endorsement and will inform the framework that the Office of Special envoy of chairperson for African Union Commission of Women Peace & Security will adopt towards advocacy on education for girls and women, and will also be adopted by GIMAC as a working document. The outcome document will also be presented at the Women Deliver conference in Canada in June 2019 as the African position on education for girls and women in conflict situations.

Participation

There will be representation from Government of Kenya, Government of Canada, the African Union, all 33 countries were FAWE has presence, selected government representation from countries who are or have been faced directly or indirectly by conflict within the past decade, the civil society under GIMAC, the academia and experts in education in emergencies.

Venue

The conference shall be held at Windsor Golf and Country Hotel in Nairobi Kenya, on 22nd May 2019.

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Concept Note: Tracking Education of girls and women in conflict and post conflict situations in Africa (in English)

Note conceptuelle: Suivi de l’éducation des filles et des femmes dans les situations de conflit et de post-conflit en Afrique

Concept Note: Tracking Education of girls and women in conflict and post conflict situations in Africa (in Arabic)

Outcome documents:

Conference outcome statement

Joint Communique on Education for Women and Girls in Conflict and post conflict situations in Africa

FAWE is pushing for a paradigm shift from access to quality and inclusion in education to ensure that girls and women develop enabling skills and competencies to drive the development agenda.

FAWE will therefore be launching her 2019-2023 Strategic Plan in Dakar, Senegal on Monday 29th July 2019.

The event will be hosted by H. E. Macky SALL, President of the Republic of Senegal.

More details will be posted here.

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FAWE Strategic Plan 2019-2023