FAWE | Forum for African Women Educationalists

Our Vision

A world in which all African girls have access to education, perform well and complete their studies, and gender disparities in education are eliminated.

Our Mission

To promote gender equity and equality in education in Africa by fostering positive policies, practices and attitudes towards girls’ education.

Voices

Giving young women a second chance – the FAWE technical skills programme Giving young women a second chance – the FAWE technical skills programme
Education helps the most vulnerable people transform their lives. Twenty-four year old Estelle Bangura from Sierra Leone is living proof of this.

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From the Executive

Hon. Aicha Bah Diallo, FAWE Chairperson & Advisor to the Director-General UNESCO Education Hon. Aicha Bah Diallo, FAWE Chairperson & Advisor to the Director-General UNESCO Education
Globally, there are still seventy-five million children who do not have access to education. Two thirds are girls. Of these seventy-five million children, 45% are in Africa, south of the Sahara. So it is important that FAWE continue to…

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In Focus

Empowering African girls and women for life
A key concern of the African education sector today is ensuring that education programmes equip young Africans with the ideal combination of knowledge and practical skills for the transition to productive adult life. With the gross enrolment ratio in tertiary education at just six percent in sub-Saharan Africa1, it is clear that the majority of young people joining the labour force do so immediately after secondary education.