News

First Lady of Chad honours FAWE Chad for its efforts to empower women First Lady of Chad honours FAWE Chad for its efforts to empower women

6 March 2012

President of Burkina Faso awards FAWE Chevalier de l’Ordre National

14 February 2012

FAWE named among Top 100 NGOs by The Global Journal

27 January 2012

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In Focus

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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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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May
Sun 20 Cameroon National Day
Fri 25 Africa Day
Mon 28 Ethiopia National Day
June
Tue 12 World Day Against Child Labour
Sat 16 International Day of the African Child
Mon 18 Seychelles National Day
Mon 25 Mozambique Independence Day
Tue 26 Somalia Independence Day
Tue 26 Madagascar National Day
Sat 30 Democratic Republic of Congo National Day
July
Sun 1 Burundi Independence Day
Sun 1 Rwanda Independence Day
Mon 2 - Mon 9 ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review on Education
Fri 6 Comoros Independence Day
Fri 6 Malawi Republic Day
Thu 26 Liberia National Day
August
Wed 1 Benin Independence Day
Sat 11 Chad Independence Day
Sun 12 International Youth Day
Wed 15 Republic of the Congo National Day
Fri 17 Gabon National Day
September
Sat 8 International Literacy Day
Wed 19 - Sat 22 5th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights
Sat 22 Mali National Day
October
Mon 1 Nigeria National Day
Tue 2 Guinea National Day
Fri 5 World Teachers’ Day
Tue 9 Uganda National Day
Wed 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Wed 24 Zambia Independence Day
November
Mon 19 World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse
Tue 20 Universal Children's Day
Sun 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Sun 25 - Mon 10 Dec 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
December
Sat 1 World AIDS Day
Mon 10 International Human Rights Day
Tue 11 Burkina Faso National Day
Wed 12 Kenya National Day
Tue 18 Niger National Day
Tue 25 Tanzania National Day
May
Wed 9 - Fri 11 World Economic Forum on Africa
April
Sun 22 - Sat 28 Global Campaign for Education Global Action Week
March
Fri 30 - Sun 1 Apr Clinton Global Initiative University 2012
Thu 8 International Women's Day
February
Mon 27 - Fri 9 Mar 56th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Sun 12 - Fri 17 ADEA Triennial 2012 - Education and Training in Africa
Fri 10 45th FAWE Executive Committee meeting
January
Wed 25 - Sun 29 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012
December, 2011
Mon 19 - Sun 1 Jan, 2012 FAWE annual holiday closure
October, 2011
Mon 24 - Thu 27 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Wed 12 - Thu 13 The twelfth meeting of the Advisory Board for the EFA Global Monitoring Report (GMR)
Mon 3 - Tue 4 Partnership Forum: IIEP Policy Forum on Gender
September, 2011
Mon 26 - Fri 30 The 3rd FAWE Uganda National Girls’ Education Week
Mon 19 - Thu 22 2011 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting
Tue 13 - Wed 14 Eastern Africa High Level Forum on Education for All
Mon 5 UNESCO African Department Thematic Conference
Mon 5 - Wed 7 FAWE Gender Responsive Pedagogy Annual Meeting
Sat 3 - Thu 8 DANIDA Women in Action Seminar
July, 2011
Thu 28 - Fri 29 8th FAWE General Assembly
May, 2011
Sun 22 - Tue 24 8th FAWE sub-Regional General Assembly
Mon 2 - Sun 8 Global Action Week on Education for All
Sun 1 International Workers Day
Sun 1 - Thu 5 55th Annual Conference of the Comparative & International Education Society (CIES)
April, 2011
Wed 27 South Africa Freedom Day
Wed 27 Sierra Leone National Day
Wed 27 Togo National Day
Mon 18 Zimbabwe Independence Day
Mon 4 Senegal National Day
March, 2011
Mon 21 Namibia Independence Day
Sun 6 Ghana Independence Day
February, 2011
Fri 18 Gambia – Republic Day
January, 2011
Wed 26 Uganda National Day
Wed 12 Zanzibar – Revolutionary Day
Sat 1 Sudan - International Independence Day

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