Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) Nairobi, Kenya: FAWE is a pan-African non-governmental network active in 33 countries to promote girls’ and women’s education in sub-Saharan Africa. FAWE is a unique form of collaboration among African elites, national authorities, local communities and international organizations. It works with a wide range of organizations, governmental and nongovernmental, to achieve equity and equality in education through targeted programs.
It has contributed significantly to the major change in attitudes and practice towards girls’ education in Africa this century, influencing governments to reform policies that hinder girls’ access.
FAWE achievements include establishing specific partnerships through memoranda of understanding with 14 ministries; achieving the mainstreaming of gender-responsive practices in national education policies in 17 countries; empowering youth, particularly girls, to identify and address gender concerns; developing the Gender-Responsive School or Centre of Excellence model in 10 countries; initiated the Gender-Responsive Pedagogy teacher training model in 12 countries; and helped demystify science, mathematics and technology for girls improving their participation and performance in 14 countries.