FAWE is constituted of 32 National Chapters, which operate largely as autonomous legal entities registered as national NGOs across sub-Saharan Africa in Anglophone, francophone and lusophone countries.

Each chapter comes up with its own work programme with activities chosen according to the needs of the local context. As such, the activities undertaken by National Chapters differ from chapter to chapter

In addition, National chapters mobilize resources for their work programmes for various donors. There are grants at the FAWE Regional Secretariat, which the National chapters can also access through submission of proposals for some of their programmes.

The Regional Secretariat extends financial and technical support to the Chapters

Through its National Chapters, FAWE has been able to form a network of partners in education across the continent, with a recognized capacity to promote the education of girls and women at all levels.

FAWE's ultimate objective with respect to the National Chapters is to support their growth and enhance their capacity to influence policy and implement interventions to address the challenges facing the education of girls and women in their countries.

The FAWE National Chapters are perceived to be key players and strategic partners with the capacity to influence policy change at the national level, and therefore, bring about broad-based and sustainable change in favour of girls' education

National Chapters are expected to have capacities in four areas:

• Policy analysis. Capacities "to influence the formulation and adoption of education policies which involve the review of policies, collation, analysis and application of data".

• Advocacy. "Skills to build awareness and consensus through advocacy on the social and economic advantage of girls' education, including advocacy at all levels".

• Demonstration. "Capacity to undertake and support innovative demonstration and experimental programmes that promote girls' participation in education".

• Replication. "Capacity to convince stakeholders to replicate such programmes to scale".

Role of FAWE National Chapters

The principle role of the National Chapters is to identify priority education issues at national level, and conceptualize solutions to these challenges. The National Chapters are well placed to perform this task, as they have the capacity to reach the grassroots.

Structure of the FAWE National Chapters

The FAWE National Chapters are governed by a National Executive Committee elected through the Chapter's General Assembly.

The Executive Committee is responsible for developing the Chapter's Work Programme, guiding the operation of the Chapter, and developing strategies for addressing the educational issues in their country and providing technical assistance when the need arises.

The FAWE National Chapter Coordinator manages the daily operations of the National Chapters. Click here for the map of FAWE National Chapters.