THE GAMBIA
FAWE Gambia contact details
Coordinator: Mrs. Yadicon Njie-Eribo
Chair: Mrs. Emily Foon-Sarr
Address:FAWE Gambia Chapter (FAWEGAM)
Teachers Union Complex,
Kanifing South
BANJUL, The Gambia
Tel/fax. (220)-4397646 / 220 4397266 / 9929811
Email: fawegam@hotmail.com; yadineribo@hotmail.com; emilysarr@yahoo.com
Backgrond:
Population (millions) 1.7
Population Growth Rate (%) 2.7
HIV Prevalence Rate, ages 15-49 (%) 2.0
Human Development Index (HDI) Rank: 151/169
Education status:
Primary Net Enrollment Rate (%)
M/F 69
M 67
F 71
Primary Completion Rate (%)
M/F …
M …
F …
Secondary Net Enrollment Rate (%)
M/F 84
M 84
F 84
Vocational and Technical (% of secondary enrolment) (%)
M/F …
M …
F …
Tertiary Gross Enrollment Ratio (%)
M/F 6.4
M 7.0
F 5.8
Adult Literacy Rate (%)
M/F 45
M 57
F 34
Financing of education
Public Education Spending (% of Government Spending) …
Source: World Bank Education Statistics. Last updated April 2008
FAWE Action on the ground
Policy Advocacy
• Active member of the EFA National movement
• Trained in gender analysis and mainstreaming
• Member of Gender Expert Network that advices government on gender policy issues
• Participated in launch of National Policy for advancement of Gambian Women
Community Advocacy
• Capacity building programmes for NGOs.
• FAWE award for Media Excellence by female journalists
• Produces a Chapter newsletter, Voice of FAWEGAM
Interventions
Combating Poverty
• A well-established bursary scheme which supported needy schools
•Improving girls' academic performance
•Creating Girls' clubs in schools
• Mentoring by engaging professional women mentors in schools
• Take Our Daughters to Work Programme
• Mothers' clubs - Counseling girls, provision of mosquito repellent nets, school
grounds maintenance
• Launched Scholarship Directory and Career Resource Manual
• Voice of FAWEGAM, a newsletter that carries girls' voices
• Centre of Excellence at Sambang Upper Basic School, The Gambia
• Launched manual on Gambian Women in SMT " Run science clinics
• Established science clubs in schools
The Gambia
Contact us
FAWE Regional Secretariat
FAWE House
Chania Avenue, Off Wood Avenue
Kilimani
PO Box 21394-00505
Ngong Road
Nairobi
Kenya
Telephone: +254 20 387 3131 / 387 3351
Fax: +254 20 3874150
Email: fawe@fawe.org
www.fawe.org