Fawe Burkina Faso contact details
Coordinatrice: Madame LAMIZANA / SANFO Absétou
Présidente: Mme Elisabeth Tiemtore
Address: FAWE Burkina Faso, 06 BP 9109
Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso
Tel. (226) 50 366268;
Fax (226) 50 366268;
Email: afed@cenatrin.bf;elisabetiem@yahoo.com, sanfo_a@yahoo.fr
NC Mobile: (226) 788-376-42
Background:
Population (millions) 15.2
Population Growth Rate (%) 3.4
HIV Prevalence Rate, ages 15-49 (%) 1.2
Human Development Index (HDI) Rank: 161/169
Education status:
Primary Net Enrollment Rate (%)
M/F 63
M 67
F 59
Primary Completion Rate (%)
M/F 53
M 52
F 55
Secondary Net Enrollment Rate (%)
M/F 49
M 52
F 45
Vocational and Technical (% of secondary enrolment) (%)
M/F 7.2
M 0.1
F 0.1
Tertiary Gross Enrollment Ratio (%)
M/F 9.5
M 9.4
F 7.6
Adult Literacy Rate (%)
M/F 26
M …
F 49
Financing of education
Public Education Spending (% of Government Spending) …
Source: World Bank Education Statistics. Last updated April 2008
FAWE’S Action on the ground
Policy Advocacy
• Conducted national campaign for EFA
• Collaborates with MoE on accelerating EFA
• With NGOs plan implementation of 10 years basis education development plan
• Trained 15 chapter Executive Committee members on gender and education
Community Advocacy
• Celebrate International Women’s Day
• Organize girls’ education day
• Sensitisation of traditional chiefs and religious leaders
• FAWE Award for media Excellence – 2001
• Gender sensitisation of teachers
• Chapter newsletter on girls’ issues – Info Clubs AFED
Interventions
- FAWE regional pilot programme on HIV/AIDS
- Vocational training for out-of school adolescent girls (159 girls in 2001
- Training Centre for NFE literacy classes for 9-15 year old girls
- Centre of Excellence at Dipeo Primary School, Burkina Faso
- Mainstreaming of FEMSA best practices
- Interschool competitions on SMT subjects
- Uniform and school bags for 200 poor girls
- Bursaries for girls (53 girls in 2001)
- Monitor girls’ activities
- Mothers’ clubs in different districts