FAWE | Southern Africa

Who we are

FAWE is a pan-African Non-Governmental Organisation working in 32 African countries to empower girls and women through gender-responsive education.…

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Our history

Our work in context

Our strategic objectives

Our activities

FAWE’s work is to encourage governments, international organisations and local communities to enact policies and provide positive learning environments that treat girls and boys equally. …

National Chapter/Regions

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Central Africa and Indian Ocean

East Africa & Indian Ocean

Southern Africa

West Africa

Funding & Support

Funding and support

We mobilise financial, human and material resources for our programmes from various sources at the global, regional and national levels. …

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Resource Centre

Reflecting on gender and education research in Africa 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…

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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.