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First Lady of Chad honours FAWE Chad for its efforts to empower women
Her Excellency the First Lady of the Republic of Chad Madame Hinda Déby Itno has honoured FAWE Chad and four other organisations for their efforts to enhance education and empowerment for Chadian girls and women. The First Lady presented Ms Naimo Perside Beguy and Ms Anastasie Dewa, respectively Chairperson and National Chapter Coordinator of FAWE Chad, with a statuette of an African woman at a gala evening reception organised on 3 March 2012 to celebrate Chadian women.
6 March 2012
President of Burkina Faso awards FAWE Chevalier de l’Ordre National
FAWE Vice Chairperson Hon. Marie Lydia Toto Raharimalala receives the Chevalier de l’Ordre National from His Excellency Blaise Compaore, President of the Republic of Burkina FasoHis Excellency Blaise Compaore, President of the Republic of Burkina Faso, has presented FAWE with the prestigious Chevalier de l’Ordre National (Knight of the National Order) in recognition of the organisation’s work in promoting gender equality in education in Africa.
14 February 2012
FAWE named among Top 100 NGOs by The Global Journal
FAWE has been ranked 49th out of the world’s Top 100 NGOs by The Global Journal. Selected from a long list of 1,000 possible NGOs from across the world, the organisation also ranks fourth out of the seven African NGOs included in the Top 100 ranking.
27 January 2012
Earning 20/20 for education – FAWE to mark 20th anniversary with major advocacy campaign
In 2012, FAWE will celebrate 20 years of enhancing girls’ and women’s education in Africa. To mark the occasion, FAWE will organise a major advocacy campaign across sub-Saharan Africa that seeks to reinvigorate action on quality education for all Africans – both female and male.
6 January 2012
FAWE’s gender-responsive pedagogy to be integrated in teacher training in Zanzibar
FAWE has concluded an agreement with Oxfam Canada to support the introduction of FAWE’s Gender-Responsive Pedagogy (GRP) model in teacher training in Zanzibar from 2012 and help strengthen the technical capacity of Ministry of Education (MoE) of Zanzibar in mainstreaming GRP in teacher education.The integration of GRP in pre-service teacher training aims to provide trainee teachers with the knowledge and understanding to effectively respond to the learning needs of both girls and boys, and to advance gender-responsive teaching and learning.
5 January 2012
FAWE to focus on research and scaling up of gender-responsive interventions in 2012
FAWE has defined a strategic focus for 2012 that will include influencing the integration of gender into education policy in sub-Saharan Africa, supporting advocacy through research, and scaling up gender-responsive interventions that can produce measurable outcomes in quality education for African girls and women.Accordingly, in the coming year, FAWE will direct its policy advocacy efforts towards education policy reviews and translation of policy into practice in several African countries.
3 January 2012
FAWE will host a two-day strategic planning workshop at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Centre in Italy – the place of its birth in September1992 – to consolidate a new strategic plan that will chart a new course for the organisation 20 years after it was founded.The workshop, to be held from 24 to 28 September 2012, will enable a team comprising FAWE management, strategic and funding partners, and beneficiaries to reflect on FAWE’s contribution to gender and education in Africa over the last 20 years and review its 2013-2017 Strategic Plan in line with emerging needs and challenges in the education sector.
7 December 2011
FAWE to assess school re-entry policies and girls’ empowerment in Southern Africa
FAWE will investigate the effectiveness of school re-entry policies for adolescent mothers in six Southern African countries in 2012 as part of its efforts to improve life opportunities for young girls. FAWE’s research has shown that teenage girls continue to drop out of school due to pregnancy, with many of them not returning to school after childbirth.
5 December 2011
Friends of FAWE hosts first US benefit event in support of girls’ education in Africa
FAWE’s US-based affiliate Friends of FAWE (FoF) hosted its first benefit event in New York, US, on 29 November 2011 as part of its mandate to increase awareness, develop partnerships and raise funds to support FAWE’s work of educating girls and women across sub-Saharan.Hosted by television news personality Cheryl Wills of NY1 News, the event brought together a number of leading figures in education, human rights and international relations, including guest speaker Dr. Changu Mannathoko, UNICEF Senior Education Policy Advisor; Her Excellency Ambassador Dr. Josephine Ojiambo, Kenya’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations; and Hon.
30 November 2011
FAWE develops tracking system to measure gender equality in higher education
FAWE has developed an electronic tracking system to monitor progress towards gender equality in African institutions of higher education. The African Women in Academia Tracking System (AWATS) is a component of FAWE’s African Women in Institutions of Higher Education project launched in eight African universities in 2009 to improve women’s participation and experiences in higher education.
4 November 2011
FAWE calls on Commonwealth leaders to ensure greater gender equality in development efforts
FAWE Executive Director Ms Oley Dibba-Wadda urged Commonwealth leaders to strategise on ways to ensure greater gender equality in their efforts to meet the objectives of development frameworks such as the Beijing Platform for Action, the Commonwealth Plan of Action and the Millennium Development Goals. Speaking at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in Perth, Australia, from 28 to 30 October 2011, Ms Dibba-Wadda called on leaders to prioritise quality education and gender equality in their implementation of international development agreements.
31 October 2011
FAWE contributes to ADEA Youth Forum on strategies to enhance education
FAWE delegation at ADEA Youth ForumFAWE was one of the partners called upon by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) to help coordinate its Youth Consultation Forum organised in Rabat, Morocco from 19 to 21 October 2011. The meeting aimed to give African youth a forum to evaluate existing education and training systems and the impact on their employability and careers, and to express their views on how existing education systems can be reformed to respond to their professional needs as well as to enhance Africa’s sustainable economic development.
24 October 2011
FAWE shares perspectives on gender equality in learning at UNESCO-IIEP policy forum
FAWE shares perspectives on gender equality in learning at UNESCO-IIEP policy forumUNESCO’s International Institute for Education Planning (IIEP) invited FAWE’s perspectives on gender equality in education at the Gender Policy Forum in Paris, France, from 3 to 4 October 2011. Organised under the theme ‘Gender Equality in Education: Looking beyond Parity’, the event set out to provide decision-makers, educational planners, researchers and practitioners with an opportunity to share experiences and lessons learnt on promoting gender equality in education at classroom and institutional levels.
7 October 2011
FAWE calls for proposals to conduct research on gender and education in Africa
FAWE has announced a call for proposals from research institutions for its Strengthening Gender Research to Improve Girls’ and Women’s Education in Africa Initiative. The initiative, which is supported by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), promotes girls and women’s education through the integration of gender into education policy and practice in sub-Saharan Africa. Grants are awarded to provide support to institutions and research centres working in the areas of gender, education, or policy advocacy.
29 September 2011
Clinton Global Initiative acknowledges FAWE’s work in enhancing education quality
President Clinton presents FAWE Executive Director Oley Dibba-Wadda with a merit awardFormer US President Bill Clinton has applauded FAWE’s achievements in addressing challenges in education. Speaking at the 7th Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting held in New York, USA, from 19 to 22 September 2011, President Clinton praised FAWE’s dedication to girls’ and women’s education and presented a certificate of recognition to FAWE Executive Director Ms Oley Dibba-Wadda.
22 September 2011
Clinton Global Initiative to recognise FAWE’s work to improve the quality of teaching and learning
Courtesy Nancy Wong for FAWEThe Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) has selected FAWE as one of several organisations and individuals who will be recognised for their commitments to action on various development issues at the 7th CGI Annual Meeting in New York, US, on 22 September 2011.FAWE Executive Director Ms Oley Dibba-Wadda will join other CGI members on stage at an event where FAWE’s Gender-Responsive Pedagogy (GRP) model will be presented as an exemplary approach to addressing challenges in education.
21 September 2011
Hon. Aicha Bah Diallo heads FAWE’s new Executive Committee
Hon. Aicha Bah Diallo, FAWE ChairpersonHon.
1 August 2011
FAWE’s 8th General Assembly deliberates on strategies for sustainability
Ministers of Education and government representatives from 17 African countries came together with FAWE’s strategic and funding partners and members to strategise on FAWE’s future direction during the organisation’s 8th General Assembly meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, from 28 to 29 July 2011. The meeting centred on strategies for FAWE’s sustainability in the new funding environment.
29 July 2011
Stimulating dialogue on gender and education in Africa – FAWE launches new African research series
Gender equality in education is a primary concern of the World Declaration on Education for All. Yet a significant number of girls who enter primary, secondary or higher education do not succeed in completing their studies.
28 July 2011
FAWE Executive Director to become 10x10 Global Champion on girls’ education
The 10x10 campaign has invited FAWE Executive Director Ms Oley Dibba-Wadda to be a Global Champion for its 10-country campaign on promoting girls’ education. 10x10 is a film and global social action campaign that seeks to demonstrate that investing in girls in the developing world will transform lives and entire societies.
30 June 2011
Advocating for gender equality in African education - who will pay?
Today, a challenge has arisen to FAWE’s ability to advocate for the empowerment of Africa’s female population through education. Increasingly, FAWE’s traditional funding partners are turning their attention from education to other social sectors.
25 July 2011
FAWE joins the Brookings Institution in calling for renewed global action on education
The Brookings Institution invited FAWE Executive Director Ms Oley Dibba-Wadda to give a keynote address and participate in a panel discussion at the launch of the Global Compact on Learning: Taking Action on Education in Developing Countries report in Washington DC, USA, on 15 June 2011. The report, which was developed by the Center for Universal Education at Brookings with input from FAWE and other partners, calls for global cooperation and action on education in developing countries.
15 June 2011
FAWE and singer Angelique Kidjo launch Friends of FAWE USA
FAWE Executive Director Oley Dibba-Wadda and singer Angelique KidjoFAWE partnered with Benin singer Angelique Kidjo to unveil its new US-based affiliate, Friends of FAWE (FoF), in New York, USA, on 14 June 2011. Friends of FAWE’s objective is to raise awareness, establish partnerships and raise funds in the US to support FAWE’s work of educating girls and women across sub-Saharan Africa and transforming their lives.
14 June 2011
Benin singer Angelique Kidjo to support Friends of FAWE
Angelique Kidjo and FAWE Executive Director Oley Dibba-WaddaFAWE will introduce its US-based affiliate Friends of FAWE at an event supported by Benin-born Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Angelique Kidjo in New York, USA on 14 June 2011.Friends of FAWE, a 501(c)(3) organisation, was established in the US in late 2010 to increase awareness, develop partnerships and raise funding to support FAWE’s work of educating girls and women across sub-Saharan Africa and transforming their lives.
14 June 2011
FAWE announces the establishment of Friends of FAWE, its new US-based affiliate. Friends of FAWE (FoF) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organisation dedicated to supporting the work of FAWE.
1 June 2011
FAWE’s gender-responsive schools improve learning experiences for African girls
Gender-responsive schools provide conducive environments for girls to learn and excel. Image courtesy Nancy Wong.
18 February 2011
FAWE-WASRO joins partner agencies in giving visibility to education issues at World Social Forum
FAWE’s West Africa sub-Regional Office (FAWE-WASRO) has joined Plan and other partner organisations of the Inter-Agency Group on Education for West and Central Africa in organising a series of activities to highlight challenges in African education at the World Social Forum being held in Dakar, Senegal from 6 to 11 February 2011.
7 February 2011
Grace Nanyonga and UNESCO representatives in Paris, France, 2 February 2011 Grace Nanyonga, a former beneficiary of FAWE’s bursary programme in Uganda, was invited to represent FAWE at the ‘Women, Africa, Human Development’ event hosted by the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee Joint Programmatic Commission (JPC) on Human Rights in Paris, France, on 2 February 2011.
2 February 2011
Madeleine Maka Kaba becomes National Chapter Coordinator of FAWE Guinea
Ms Madeleine Maka Kaba has been named National Chapter Coordinator of FAWE Guinea, taking over from Ms Hadja Ramatoulaye Diallo.
2 February 2011
FAWE contributes to Packard Foundation/UNESCO consultation on reduction of secondary school drop-out
FAWE presented perspectives on achieving lower drop-out rates for secondary schoolgirls in Africa at a consultative meeting on girls’ education in Africa organised by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation Regional Office and UNESCO in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 5 January 2011.
20 January 2011
FAWE and CODESRIA launch phase II of FAWE-Norad gender and education research initiative
FAWE has partnered with the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) to launch phase II of an initiative that aims to support gender research by African women to enhance girls’ education in sub-Saharan Africa and facilitate the integration of gender into education policy and practice in the region.FAWE and CODESRIA are hosting a workshop in Dakar, Senegal, from 17 to 18 January 2011 to provide an opportunity for research teams working in Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria and Rwanda to exchange research and gender expertise.
17 January 2011
FAWE is pleased to invite applications from qualified consultants/organisations to assess the impact of the Africa Education Initiative (AEI) project implemented between May 2007 and June 2008.
14 January 2011
FAWE to engage with financial partners on strategies for 2011
FAWE has invited partners from some 20 donor agencies to review its strategic direction and planned programme activities for 2011 at the 9th FAWE Donors’ Consortium Meeting (DCM) to be held in Mahe, Seychelles from 3 to 4 March 2011.The DCM is an annual meeting at which FAWE’s donors from bilateral and multilateral agencies come together with the FAWE Executive Committee (EC) to discuss FAWE’s programme implementation and strategic planning.
13 January 2011
FAWE welcomes Oley Dibba-Wadda as new Executive Director
Ms Oley Dibba-Wadda, FAWE Executive Director FAWE has welcomed Ms Oley Dibba-Wadda as its new Executive Director, effective 1 January 2011.Ms Dibba-Wadda will head FAWE’s Regional Secretariat (RS) based in Nairobi, Kenya, oversee the management of all FAWE programmes, and ensure that FAWE achieves its objectives.
6 January 2011
Workshop on Governance for FAWE Chairpersons
For three days (17th to 19th November 2010), the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) is holding a workshop on Governance at the Jacaranda Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop has brought together Chairpersons of the FAWE National Executive Committees from: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe and the FAWE Regional Secretariat staff.FAWE is present in 33 African countries where its National Chapters (NCs), which are the implementing arms of the organisation, work to promote gender-responsive education policies and practices to empower girls and women. Each NC is registered as an independent national non-governmental organisation (NGO) but must have a constitution that is in line with the constitution of FAWE at continental level. A chapter is also bound to FAWE through the use of the name “FAWE” and through a charter.
18 November 2010
FAWE and Higher Education:Uganda
For the past 2 years, the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) Regional Secretariat has initiated deeper focus on girls' and higher education. After 17 years of advocating policy changes and demonstrating interventions that could reduce gender imparity in enrolment for girls and boys, FAWE had noticed that there had been an improvement in girls’ enrolment even though much more was needed to be done in order to maintain the improved enrolment throughout the entire cycle. We did nevertheless make progress. For example in 2009, FAWE COEs (Centres of Excellence) recorded positive results for girls’ access, retention, performance and transition in many countries. In Gambia, FAWE contributed to the increase of the number of girls enrolled (24% in 2003 to 70% in 2009).
8 November 2010
FAWE Contributes to 2010 UNGEI E4 Conference in Dakar
FAWE Executive Director, Dr. Codou Diaw, contributed to UNGEI's E4 Conference on 19th May 2010 as a discussant on the plenary session entitled Quality Education for Equality. As keynote speaker for the session, Mr Albert Motivans, Head, Education Indicators and Data Analysis, UNESCO Institute of Statistics presented the latest global quantitative education data available and analysed its interlinkages with educational quality using a gender perspective, with particular reference to Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The panel was chaired by Mr. Gianfranco Rotigliano, UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa.
20 May 2010
FAWE Meets US Ambassador to Guinea
The US Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Guinea, Patricia N. Moller received members of FAWE Guinea accompanied by FAWE's Communication and Advocacy Officer, Mrs. Fatoumata Thiam Diallo. FAWE Guinea's Chairperson, Hadja Albertine Fadiga, National Coordinator, Hadja Ramatoulaye Diallo as well as Teasurer, Hadja Passy Kourouma formed the delegation.
19 May 2010
"Breaking the Silence on Girls' Menstruation" Campaign in Kigali
FAWE Rwanda, in association with RAUW (Rwanda Association of University Women), NDA (New Dawn Associates), SHE (Sustainable Health Enterprises) and Plan Rwanda, organized a very special and original event on 26th March from 1:30 to 3:00 pm at the ‘petit stade’ to encourage girls to take hold of their menstruation period in school.
26 March 2010
FAWE at 54th Session of CSW (Commission on the Status of Women)
FAWE Executive Director, Dr. Codou Diaw, was one of the panellists at the fifty-fourth session of CSW held on 4th March 2010.
4 March 2010
Norad extends partnership with FAWE to strengthen gender research in African education
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) has extended its support to FAWE’s research initiative for the strengthening of gender research to improve girls’ and women’s education in Africa. Norad will support the second phase of the initiative from 2010 to 2011.
14 December 2009
FAWE Southern Sudan Holds COE Vision Workshop
In an effort to help address the situation of girls’ education in Southern Sudan, one of FAWE-Southern Sudan's (FAWE-SS) strategic interventions is to work with the Ministry of Education (MOE) and other stakeholders in Eastern Equatorial State to transform an ordinary school into a gender-responsive school. Commonly known as a Centre of Excellence (COE), a gender-responsive school is one in which the academic, social, and physical environment and its surrounding community take into account the specific needs of both girls and boys so that they can excel in their education.
16 March 2010
FAWE Madagascar holds workshop to establish first Centre of Excellence
FAWE Madagascar held an extensive workshop from 16 to 19 November 2009 to establish the first Centre of Excellence (COE) in the country at Imerintsiatosika High School. This brings to eight the number of COEs established in 2009, in line with FAWE’s goal for the year.
20 November 2009
FAWE Zanzibar to establish first Centre of Excellence
FAWE Zanzibar has begun preparations to establish its first Centre of Excellence (COE) in line with FAWE’s strategy to establish eight new COEs this year.
5 November 2009
FAWE joins Clinton Global Initiative in supporting investment in girls
FAWE’s Executive Director Dr Codou Diaw will join participants in the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting actively investing in girls’ education, health and social development to share strategies and identify new investments that need to be made to further enhance life chances for girls.
22 September 2009
FAWE gender in higher education focal point appointed Minister of Women’s Affairs of Cameroon
Professor Marie Therese Obama who serves as the focal point for FAWE’s gender in higher education initiative at Université de Yaounde I in Cameroon has been appointed Minister for the Women and Family Affairs of Cameroon.
21 September 2009
FAWE actions to enhance girls’ education show strong results in the first half of 2009
Steps taken by FAWE to support girls’ and women’s education in the first half of 2009 have produced significant results that confirm the organisation’s influential role in transforming African education for greater gender-responsiveness.
28 August 2009
FAWE Uganda mobilises business community to support girls’ education
FAWE Uganda organised Girls’ Education Week from 8 to 14 August 2009 to mobilise support among the local business community to support girls’ education in the country.
14 August 2009
FAWE and DANIDA partner to empower out-of-school girls in conflict-affected states
DANIDA Chief Advisor Ms Toni Michelsen (Left) and FAWE Executive Director Dr Codou Diaw at the signing of the grant agreement in Johannesburg, South Africa, 27 July 2009FAWE has signed an agreement with the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) to economically empower out-of-school girls in three conflict-affected states (CAFS) in Africa.
27 July 2009
FAWE to contribute to University of Cambridge gender research project
FAWE has been approached by the Centre for Commonwealth Education (CCE) of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education in the United Kingdom to partner with it on a gender research project to be piloted in Kenya and Uganda from September 2009.
22 June 2009
FAWE partners with COMED to build capacity in communicating for education and development
FAWE has been invited to partner with the ADEA Working Group on Communication for Education and Development (COMED) to develop a toolkit to build the capacity of African journalists and communication officers to communicate on education for development.
25 May 2009
Université Cheikh Anta Diop to host FAWE regional office in Senegal
Senegal’s Université Cheikh Anta Diop has agreed to host FAWE’s West Africa Sub-Regional Office (FAWE-WASRO) at its Gender and Scientific Research Laboratory, the gender research unit established and directed by FAWE Executive Committee member Dr Fatou Sarr.
8 May 2009
FAWE National Chapters celebrate Global Action Week on Education
Over 160 million adults in sub-Saharan Africa are unable to read and write. Of these, over 60 percent are women. Some 75 million African children do not go to school. Fifty-five percent of them are girls.
20 April 2009
FAWE joins Plan International advisory group on key strategies for primary education
FAWE Executive Director Dr Codou Diaw will be part of an advisory group on primary education attending a workshop on primary education hosted by Plan International in Bristol, UK, from 6 to 9 April 2009.
6 April 2009
FAWE partners with Norad to strengthen gender research in African education
FAWE has launched a research initiative geared towards strengthening gender research to improve girls’ and women’s education in Africa.
6 April 2009
Togo to establish first FAWE Centre of Excellence
FAWE Togo, in collaboration with the Togo Ministry of Education (MOE), has taken steps to establish the first FAWE Centre of Excellence (COE), or gender-responsive school, in the country.
3 April 2009
FAWE joins women leaders in Liberia empowerment, leadership colloquium
FAWE Chairperson Hon. Simone de Comarmond and FAWE Executive Director Dr Codou Diaw are in Monrovia, Liberia, attending the International Colloquium on Women’s Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security.
6 March 2009
FAWE to mark International Women’s Day with special focus on Zimbabwe
As countries around the world prepare to celebrate recent achievements in women’s rights and gender equality at global level and to press for greater progress on International Women’s Day on 8 March, FAWE, along with other organisations involved in the Gender is My Agenda Campaign (GIMAC), is focusing on the situation of women in Zimbabwe.
3 March 2009
FAWE initiative promotes women’s access and professional development in higher education
FAWE has been selected by the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers (NYRAG) as one of the 30 stories to be featured on its 30th anniversary celebration website FAWE has launched a two-year initiative on African women in higher education in Africa with the objective of enabling access, professional development and promotion of women in higher education through gender-responsive research, innovative advocacy strategies and leadership training.
20 February 2009
NYRAG’s “30 Grants in 30 Days” celebrates FAWE’s work
FAWE has been selected by the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers (NYRAG) as one of the 30 stories to be featured on its 30th anniversary celebration website www.philanthropystories.org.
2 February 2009
FAWE mourns Comoros member Jeanine Samuel
FAWE Comoros has announced the sudden death of one of its members, Ms Jeanine Samuel Ernest Mlanao, who passed away on 27 January.
28 January 2009
FAWE attends high-level African Union meetings
FAWE Chairperson Ms Simone de Comarmond and FAWE Executive Director Dr Codou Diaw are in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, attending the 12th African Union Summit of Heads of States and Government. The theme of the Summit is Infrastructure and Development in Africa.
26 January 2009
Aïcha Bah Diallo to head Guinea education ministry
Ms Aïcha Bah Diallo, Vice-Chairperson of the FAWE Executive Committee, has been named Minister of Pre-University, Technical, Professional and Civic Education of Guinea.
16 January 2009
Sakena Yacoobi to receive fourth annual Kravis Prize in Leadership
Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, founder and director of the Afghan Learning Institute, has been announced as the recipient of the 2009 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership for her outstanding record in providing an estimated 3650,000 women and children with access to education and healthcare every year.
15 January 2009
Christiana Thorpe is 2008 African of the Year runner up
Dr Christiana Thorpe of Sierra Leone was nominated as second runner up in the 2008 African of Year award organised by Nigeria’s Daily Trust newspaper.
15 January 2009
FAWE prepares for Executive Committee and Donors’ Consortium meetings
FAWE will hold its 38th Executive Committee meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, from 23 to 24 February 2009 and its 7th Donors’ Consortium Meeting (DCM), also in Nairobi, from 26 to 27 February.
5 January 2009
FAWE to heighten focus on positive factors for girls’ schooling in 2009
10 years ago, FAWE launched its Centre of Excellence (COE) model to create a fair and conducive learning environment for both girls and boys in Africa. Today, FAWE plans to scale up and replicate best practices for girls’ schooling emerging from the COE model. FAWE will establish new COEs in at least 10 countries this year while continuing to provide support to its 12 existing COEs and three newly established ones.
5 January 2009
FAWE reviews successes of 2008 and charts it course for 2009
At a retreat held for its Regional Secretariat staff from 1 to 5 December 2008, FAWE reviewed progress made in the past year in the implementation of its Strategic Plan and issued its mission statement for 2009.
8 December 2008
Jan Amos Comenius Medal awarded to former ADEA Executive Secretary
Former Executive Secretary of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Mr Mamadou Ndoye was awarded the Jan Amos Comenius Medal at the International Conference on Education in Geneva, Switzerland, on 26 November 2008.
28 November 2008
FAWE takes part in International Conference on Education on inclusive education
FAWE Executive Director Dr Codou Diaw was a panellist in the final debate of the 48th Session of the International Conference on Education held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 24 to 28 November 2008.
27 November 2008
FAWE urges inclusive education for the visually impaired
FAWE Executive Director Dr Codou Diaw gave the keynote speech at the 4th Women’s Forum of the African Union of the Blind (AFUB) held in Casablanca, Morocco, from 23 to 25 November 2008.
25 November 2008
FAWE urges gender-responsiveness in African training and skills development
FAWE Executive Director Dr Codou Diaw spoke on education, training, skills development, and ICTs at the Sixth ECA-AU African Development Forum (ADF-VI) held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 19 to 21 November 2008.
21 November 2008
UNGEI Global Advisory Committee makes recommendations on strategies for EFA
The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) held the second of this year’s bi-annual meetings of its Global Advisory Committee (GAC) on 12 November in Paris, France.
17 November 2008
FAWE calls for targeted funding for female education in areas affected by conflict
FAWE Executive Director Dr Codou Diaw participated in UNICEF’s ‘Beyond School Books’ podcast series on education in emergencies on 28 October 2008.
30 October 2008
FAWE Chairperson is elected Chair of the Commonwealth Foundation
FAWE Chairperson Hon. Simone de Comarmond has been elected Chairperson of the Commonwealth Foundation, the intergovernmental body mandated to work with civil society organisations to promote democracy, sustainable development and inter-cultural understanding across the Commonwealth.
13 October 2008
FAWE joins international women leaders’ discussion on women’s health and MDGs
FAWE participated in the International Women Leaders’ Initiative for Reproductive Health organised by the Council of Women World Leaders, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in New York, US, from 30 September to 1 October 2008
3 October 2008
President Clinton announces $30m initiative to educate African businesswomen
Former US President Bill Clinton announced a $30 million commitment by members of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) to ‘empower women in developing countries with business education.’ FAWE will be actively involved in this commitment.
29 September 2008
CGI female education commitments parallel FAWE strategic focus
A number of new commitments announced at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) annual meeting in New York, US, in September 2008 are directly in line with FAWE’s newest areas of intervention as stated in its 2008-2012 Strategic Plan.
29 September 2008
FAWE contributes to Clinton Global Initiative education discussions
Dr Christiana Thorpe, Chief Electoral Commissioner of Sierra Leone and Founding Chairperson of FAWE Sierra Leone, and Dr Codou Diaw, Executive Director of FAWE, were active participants in the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) annual meeting held in New York, US, in September 2008.
29 September 2008
‘Class of 2015’ launch: FAWE urges transformation of African education
FAWE Executive Director Dr Codou Diaw made a statement at the launch of the Global Campaign for Education ‘Class of 2015: Education for All’ in New York, US, on 25 September 2008.
26 September 2008
FAWE calls for empowerment through education at Africa Women’s Forum
FAWE Executive Director Dr Codou Diaw was a panellist at the Africa Women’s Forum organised by UNIFEM as a side event to the High Level Meeting on Africa’s development needs held in New York, US, on 22 September.
24 September 2008
FAWE elects new Executive Committee
FAWE elected new members to its Executive Committee at the organisation's 7th General Assembly held in Nairobi, Kenya from 30 to 31 July 2008.
11 August 2008
FAWE’s 7th General Assembly and Executive Committee elections, 2008
FAWE will host its 7th General Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, from 30 to 31 July. The theme of the event is ‘Advancing girls’ education: scaling up FAWE’s successful models’ and it will focus on strategies to achieve the replication and mainstreaming of FAWE’s successful models for girls’ schooling in education systems across Sub-Saharan Africa.
25 June 2008
FAWE to attend UNGEI regional meeting on gender equality in education
As a member of the UNGEI Global Advisory Committee (GAC), FAWE will attend the Asia-Pacific Technical Meeting on Equity, Gender and Quality in Education in Asia-Pacific to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 11 to 12 June.
6 June 2008
FAWE National Chapters lay the groundwork for 7th General Assembly
FAWE’s 35 National Chapters will participate in sub-regional assemblies as part of their preparation for the 7th FAWE General Assembly to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 30 to 31 July.
2 June 2008
FAWE’s 7th General Assembly to focus on scaling up models for girls’ education
The Forum for African Women Educationalists will host its 7th General Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, from 30 to 31 July. The theme of the General Assembly is ‘Advancing girls’ education: scaling up FAWE’s successful models’, and the presentation of FAWE’s 2008-2012 Strategic Plan will highlight how the organisation aims to leverage its strengths to achieve the replication and mainstreaming of its successful models for girls’ education in education systems across Sub Saharan Africa.
14 May 2008
FAWE to foreground educating girls in post-conflict areas at ADEA Biennale
Of the 77 million children reported by UNESCO to be out of school around the world in 2006, 57 percent are girls and 39 million – more than half – live in Conflict-Affected Fragile States (CAFS).
25 April 2008
The 2008 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership celebrates FAWE’s achievements
In recognition of its outstanding achievements and impact in obtaining access to education for over 12 million girls and women across sub-Saharan Africa, FAWE was awarded the 2008 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership. The Kravis Prize, which carries a $250,000 award, honours extraordinary accomplishment and bold, visionary leadership in the non-profit sector.
14 April 2008