FAWE produces a number of short films on issues related to girls’ education in Africa and on our work in support of gender equality in education.
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H.E First Lady of Rwanda Mme Jeannette Kagame
04:26
H.E First Lady of Rwanda Mme Jeannette Kagame conveys a goodwill message to the 8th FAWE General Assembly, July 2011
Download H.E First Lady of Rwanda Mme Jeannette Kagame:
Windows Media - High res (94.13 MB)
H.E. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia
06:52
H.E. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia conveys a goodwill message to the 7th FAWE General Assembly, July 2008.
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4:29
Basic Education Expert
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Department of Culture, Education and Research
Download Ms. Marjan Kroon:
Windows Media - Low res (17.92 MB) | High res (35.80 MB)
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2:48
FAWE Chairperson & Advisor to the Director General, UNESCO Education Division.
Download Hon. Aicha Bah Diallo:
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4:29
Senior Advisor
Department of Education and Research, Norad
Download Ms. Anne Wetlsen:
Windows Media - Low res (11.86 MB) | High res (23.76 MB)
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FAWE 7th General Assembly and 15 years celebration
13:57
For 15 years, FAWE has worked to support girls and women across sub-Saharan Africa to acquire education for development.
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Windows Media - Low res (56.85 MB) | High res (111.18 MB)
Apple Quicktime - Low res (57.79 MB) | High res (112.72 MB)
Fighting poverty - keeping girls in school in Uganda (full film)
4:03
In many developing countries, one of the key barriers to girls’ education is poverty. Poor girls struggle to complete primary, let alone attend secondary school or university. Financial hardship often forces girls out of school and into challenging and sometimes dangerous life situations. Through its scholarship programme, FAWE Uganda supports disadvantaged girls through a full cycle of primary and secondary education and, in some cases, through tertiary education too. These are testimonies of just a few of the young Ugandans who have benefited from this support.
Download Fighting poverty - keeping girls in school in Uganda (full film):
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Fighting poverty - keeping girls in school in Uganda - Lukia Nanyonjo
0:39
“I am now in Senior 2 and I want to be a doctor. FAWE has being paying my school fees from Senior 2 until now.” Lukia Nanyonjo is one of the young girls who has benefited from FAWE Uganda's bursary programme. The programme supports disadvantaged girls through a full cycle of primary, secondary or tertiary education.
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Windows Media - Low res (4.42 MB) | High res (5.05 MB)
Apple Quicktime - Low res (2.34 MB) | High res (4.47 MB)
Fighting poverty - keeping girls in school in Uganda - Lilian Nagawa
1:04
"I don't know where I would have been by now if I hadn't got a scholarship because I didn't have a mum and I didn't have a dad now, and surely there was no one to take care of me." Lilian Nagawa is one of the young girls who has benefited from FAWE Uganda's bursary programme. The programme supports disadvantaged girls through a full cycle of primary, secondary or tertiary education.
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Windows Media - Low res (8.14 MB) | High res (8.86 MB)
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Fighting poverty - keeping girls in school in Uganda - Jackie Kaija
1:14
“FAWE was my ray of hope during my secondary education when I was finding it hard to raise school fees. FAWE came and gave me a scholarship from Senior 6 up to Form 6.” Jackie Kaija is one of the young girls who has benefited from FAWE Uganda's bursary programme. The programme supports disadvantaged girls through a full cycle of primary, secondary or tertiary education.
Download Fighting poverty - keeping girls in school in Uganda - Jackie Kaija:
Windows Media - Low res (9.80 MB) | High res (10.57 MB)
Apple Quicktime - Low res (4.62 MB) | High res (8.85 MB)
Fighting poverty - keeping girls in school in Uganda - Martha Muhwezi
0:53
"If girls don’t know of the available opportunities, the available organisations to provide them support, then the most likely event is many of them will drop out of school, they will not access education. Many of them will go into early marriages, many of them will become HIV/ AIDS positive because of the vulnerability and the sort of activities they engage in for survival.”
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Windows Media - Low res (6.60 MB) | High res (7.29 MB)
Apple Quicktime - Low res (3.26 MB) | High res (6.29 MB)
6:10
‘We always admired children who were better than us and had people to take care of them. But at the end of the day,we needed money. That was the most important thing.’ Grace was in primary school in Uganda when she lost her both her parents and was left to fend for herself and her six siblings. To support the family, she began selling roast chicken after school while her brother made bricks for sale.
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4:32
'He was our neighbour. He didn't say anything. He just dragged me into the bush and held my mouth beacuse I was screaming.'
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6:45
Win, the diminutive of the name of Winfridah, in English also means the act of overcoming a test
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4:21
'I hate being married because I want to continue with my education. I would like to finish primary school, secondary schooland then university so I can be a teacher or the representative of a big office in the country. I would like to help children since I also needed help as a child. I have faith that being here I will be a wonderful person.'
Download Rebecca's Story:
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Apple Quicktime - Low res (16.69 MB) | High res (32.55 MB)