The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) is a pan-African non-governmental organization founded in 1992 by five women ministers of education to promote girls’ and women's education in sub-Saharan Africa by making sure they have access to schools and are able to complete their studies and fulfill their potential, in line with UNESCO's Education For All movement. The organisation's members include ministers of education, university vice-chancellors, education policy-makers, researchers, gender specialists and human rights activists.
forum, african, women, educationalists, fawe, african, governmental, organization, founded, 1992, five, women, ministers, education, promote, girls, women, education, saharan, africa, making, sure, they, have, access, schools, able, complete, their, studies, f. The Forum for African Women Educationalists FAWE is a pan African non governmental organization founded in 1992 by five women ministers of education to promote girls and women s education in sub Saharan Africa by making sure they have access to schools and are able to complete their studies and fulfill their potential in line with UNESCO s Education For All movement The organisation s members include ministers of education university vice chancellors education policy makers researchers gender specialists and human rights activists It has its secretariat in Nairobi Currently it has 34 national chapters in 33 countries including Benin Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Liberia Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Tanzania Uganda and Togo among others It is an International Partner Office for the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program and a partner organization of the Association of African Women for Research and Development Key individual members include Penina Mlama Executive Director Esi Sutherland Addy Executive Board member Charles Ndungu Former Research Assistant Graca Machel Former Board member Aicha Bah Diallo Founding PresidentSee also editFemmes Africa Solidarite Christiana Thorpe founder of Sierra Leone branch N Dri Therese Assie Lumumba Fay Chung cofounder Nasima Badsha a founder member of the South African branch of the Forum for African Women Educationalists 1 Gladys Kalema Zikusoka Judith Ngalande LunguExternal links editFAWE Forum for African Women Educationalists of Zambia Forum for African Women Educationalists Rwanda Chapter Forum for African Women Educationalists Uganda Forum for African Women Educationalists Eswatini Chapter Archived 2019 09 13 at the Wayback Machine nbsp This article about an organization in Africa is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an education organization is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Forum for African Women Educationalists amp oldid 1220894072, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
