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

Faith Meitiaki, Kenya Faith Meitiaki, Kenya
I have a message that I would like to direct to parents, community, governments, everyone: to invest in girls. We are victims of so many things – violence, poverty. They can be part of the solution to the problems, the change we are looking for.

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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

Reflecting on gender and education research in Africa
For the past 19 years, FAWE’s policy advocacy and programme work have been informed by data on education trends in Africa. At FAWE, we recognise that reliable, topical data on gender in African education can only be generated through continuous research.

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5,775 boys benefited from FAWE bursaries in 2008
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