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Empowering African girls and women for life 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…

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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.

Milestones

2008

  • FAWE awarded Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership.

2007

  • Gender-Responsive Pedagogy model adopted in teacher training colleges in Ethiopia, Senegal and Tanzania.
  • 4 FAWE NCs created – Angola, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo and Southern Sudan.

2006

  • 1 FAWE NC created – Somalia.

2005

  • Gender-Responsive Pedagogy model introduced.

2004

  • Re-entry policy for adolescent mothers adopted.

2002

  • FAWE House officially opened in Nairobi.

2001

  • 1 FAWE NC created – Comoros.

1999

  • Bursary programme introduced.
  • Centres of Excellence introduced.
  • Tuseme officially adopted by Tanzania Ministry of Education and Culture.

1998

  • 6 FAWE NCs created – Burundi, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia  and Togo.

1997

  • 3 FAWE NCs created – Rwanda and The Gambia.

1996

  • Tuseme youth empowerment model introduced.
  • HIV/AIDS programme introduced.
  • 4 FAWE NCs created – Benin, Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania.

1995

  • Science, Mathematics&Technology model introduced (FEMSA).
  • 4 FAWE NCs created – Mali, Sierra Leone and Zanzibar.

1994

  • 8 FAWE NCs created – Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
  • FAWE awarded UNESCO Comenius Medal for its contribution in the field of educational innovation in Africa.
  • FAWE creates Agathe Uwilingiyimana prize for innovators in female education.

1993

  • FAWE registered as international NGO, Kenya.
  • 3 FAWE NCs created – Ghana, Malawi, Seychelles

1992

  • FAWE created by African women policy-makers in education.
  • Associations existing in Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Madagascar join FAWE as National Chapters (NCs)

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