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About Fawe Sénégal
FAWE Senegal is a Non-Government Organisation founded to promote girls’ and women’s education in Senegal in line with Education for All. The organisation’s members include female ministers of education, university vice-chancellors, education policy-makers, researchers, gender specialists and human rights activists. Our target beneficiaries and constituency are primarily girls and women
Our Goal
- Access to Education: Ensure that girls have the same opportunities to access education at all levels.
- Quality of Education: Providing high-quality education that meets the needs of girls and prepares them for the workforce.
- School Retention: Reduce the school dropout rate among girls by eliminating obstacles to their education.
- Young Women Empowerment: Provide skills development programs to help young women become independent and influential in their communities.
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Our Projects
Policy Advocacy
• Signed an agreement with Ministry of Education to jointly support efforts to promote girls’ education
• Trained in gender analysis and mainstreaming
• Trained a core country team to ensure gender mainstreaming in EFA National Action Plans
Interventions
• Provision of books, bags and other learning materials for girls to improve their academei perfomance
• Workshop to establish girls’ clubs of excellence
• Centre of Excellence at Diourbel Senegal
•Girls’ empowerment throughTuseme clubs
•Workshops to sensitise youth on HIV/AIDS and STDs
Community Advocacy
• Trained journalists
• Established a project on media coverage of education