“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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FAWE Charity Gala Dinner
As we approach our 30 years of existence in Africa, FAWE launches a 16 M+ [...]
FAWE regional and chapter teams converge for advocacy strategy validation meeting
Advocacy is integral to FAWE work as enshrined the Strategic Plan for 2019-2023. Through advocacy, [...]
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FAWE Charity Gala Dinner
As we approach our 30 years of existence in Africa, FAWE launches a 16 M+ [...]
FAWE regional and chapter teams converge for advocacy strategy validation meeting
Advocacy is integral to FAWE work as enshrined the Strategic Plan for 2019-2023. Through advocacy, [...]
Girls of Malawi say yes to girls’ rights now!
On 12th October, FAWE Regional Secretariat in partnership with FAWE Malawi commemorated the International Day [...]
Funding Partners
FAWE gratefully acknowledges the following funding partners for their support to our work.
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
FAWE Charity Gala Dinner
As we approach our 30 years of existence in Africa, FAWE launches a 16 M+ campaign towards the AFRICAN GIRLS’ EDUCATION FUND (AGEF), to be part of the solution to support 16.7 million girls in [...]
FAWE regional and chapter teams converge for advocacy strategy validation meeting
Advocacy is integral to FAWE work as enshrined the Strategic Plan for 2019-2023. Through advocacy, FAWE seeks to ensure the integration of gender responsive approaches and policies in African education systems. This is in a [...]
Girls of Malawi say yes to girls’ rights now!
On 12th October, FAWE Regional Secretariat in partnership with FAWE Malawi commemorated the International Day of the girl in style by holding a day long girls’ camp in Lilongwe. The camp provided the girls with [...]
International Day for Girl Child: Our Time is Now – Our Rights, Our Future
Join us for this year's International Day of the Girl Child celebration as we discuss foundational learning. Find the link to the webinar below: Link: bit.ly/3fW6Jf6 #InternationalDayofthegirl2022
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