“It’s FAWE’s Silver Jubilee this Year! Twenty-five year ago, five women ministers took action by entreating FAWE to drive the vision of promoting equity and equality in the education of the girl child in Africa.
Professor Christine Dranzoa
Who We Are
The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) is a pan-African Non-Government Organisation founded in 1992 by five women ministers of education to promote girls’ and women’s education in sub-Saharan Africa in line with Education for All. The organisation’s members include female ministers of education, university vice-chancellors, education policy-makers, researchers, gender specialists and human rights activists.
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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Guest Article: Share2Teach – Breaking down barriers to learning and building bridges towards a connected world through OER
By Prof. Dorothy Laubscher and Dr. Chantelle Bosch The UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and [...]
Inspiring Inclusion One Classroom at a Time
By Martha Muhwezi Executive Director, FAWE Africa In the quest towards ensuring education for all, [...]
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Guest Article: Share2Teach – Breaking down barriers to learning and building bridges towards a connected world through OER
By Prof. Dorothy Laubscher and Dr. Chantelle Bosch The UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and [...]
Inspiring Inclusion One Classroom at a Time
By Martha Muhwezi Executive Director, FAWE Africa In the quest towards ensuring education for all, [...]
FAWE Webinar: International Women’s Day
FAWE will host a webinar to commemorate International Women’s Day 2024 on 8 March 2024 under the theme Invest [...]
FAWE’s Impact
Our work has improved the academic and social development of both girls and boys in our countries of operation. Through our advocacy work and our various programmes, we have worked towards achieving gender equality and equity in education in sub-Saharan Africa here Download our 15-year anniversary booklet.
Following are some of the outcomes of our efforts
Our Centres of Excellence were initiated in 1999 and have led to increased rates of girls’ enrolment, performance, retention, completion of school. FAWE’s COEs have also experienced greater participation by girls in classroom processes, more girls in school committees and leadership roles, reduction in teenage pregnancies and higher gender awareness among boys in mixed COEs.
Our Approach
In order to accomplish our mission of ‘promoting gender equity and equality in education in Africa’ FAWE uses a four-pronged approach:
Recent Activities
We run projects in over 30 countries in 5 continents
Guest Article: Share2Teach – Breaking down barriers to learning and building bridges towards a connected world through OER
By Prof. Dorothy Laubscher and Dr. Chantelle Bosch The UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and Open Educational Resources (OER) was established at the North-West University in 2019. The Chair, now under the leadership of Prof [...]
Inspiring Inclusion One Classroom at a Time
By Martha Muhwezi Executive Director, FAWE Africa In the quest towards ensuring education for all, we often focus more on churning out a great number of students who have completed their education. Quality education comes [...]
FAWE Webinar: International Women’s Day
FAWE will host a webinar to commemorate International Women’s Day 2024 on 8 March 2024 under the theme Invest in Women: Accelerate progress. The webinar will bring together representatives from the Ministries of Education, gender and Social Services, the Education [...]
“Talking about sexual health is taboo in many African households”
Youth activist Cecelia (21) from Malawi noticed at a young age that sexual health, relationships and rights are hardly talked about in her country. When she herself had questions, no one was there to answer [...]