FAWE Annual Report 1999

Forum for African Women ~. Educationalists (FAWE)

1999 Annual Report From Movement to Organization: FAU7E in Transition 'Facing the Challenges to Girls' Education for the 21" Century'

About FAWE The Foru m for African ~'o m en Ed ucationalists is a membe rship organization that br ings togethe r African wom en ministers in charge of national ed ucation systems , wom en vice chancellors of African universities and other senior 'wo men policy makers . It was registered in Ken ya in 1993 as a pan-African non-governmem organi zation. FAWE now has 27 full members, 3(1 associate members comprising 24 ma le and 12 female ministers of ed ucation and pe rm an ent secretaries, and 31 National C hapters. As a gro up o f influ ential African women po licy ma kers. FAWE is strategically positioned to in itiate broad pol icy changes and advocate for increasing parenta l demand for girls' ed ucation . It is FAWE'~ vision that by th e Yt.HJf 2004 , gender dispa rities in ed ucation will be signifi camlv redu ced , and more girls will ha ve access to schoo ling, will complete their studie s and will perfo rm well at alllevels FAWE's m ission is to wo rk at continental, national and locallevels. togeth er with its panners, .oward creat ing positive societ al attitudes to reinfo rce pohcies and practices that promot e eq uity for girls through the trar sfo rma tio n of educational sr.-tcrns in Africa to allow more girls to ha ve access ro school ing. co mple te th -r srucics. an d pe rfo rm well at alllevels, an d to elim inat e gender di sparit ies.

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

AAU

Assocroton 0 1 Af ric an Universitie s

ADEA

Association 101 the Development 0 ' touccncn In Africa

AGEl

African Girls' Educ atio n Initiative

Ale

African Inland C hurch

CIDA

Ca na di an Inte rnation al Development Agency

COMEDAF

Conference o f Af rk:an Ministe rso f Ed ucatio n

COREVIP

Conference o f Rec t ors. Vice Ch o nceAors a nd Presidents 01 Atnc cn untversnes

DA NIDA

DaniSh Intern a tional Development Agency

EfA

Educ a t io n For AI

FAWE

f orum for Africa n Women rdcc c to oonsts

FEMSA

Female Ed uc a f ion in Mathemotk:s a nd SCience in A friCa

lORe

Inte rnational Dev e lopment Resea rc h

IICBA

International Institu te fOI Capac ity Building in Africa

M OE

MinIStry 0 1Ed uca tion

NG O

Non-cove mrrent organiza tion

NO RAD

Nor wegian Age ncy fo r Development

O AU

o rc onzc non for Anc on Unity

Sid e

SwediSh Inte rna tio nal Development Ag e nc y

SRP

Stra tegic Resourc e Plan ning

UNESC O

Unite d Na t iOnsEd uc a tiOnal. sceonnc and C Ult ural

UNICEF

Unite d Not ons C hildren's Fund

WGFP

Wo rking Group on Female Partlcl patlo n in Edu catio n

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Executive Di rector s Mess..age T he challenges to FAWE in 1999 cent red around the managemen t of the transition that the o rganization w as going thro ugh. T here were several di mensions to the transition. One, the Work Programm e had to take a ne..... perspective to incorporate the recom mend atio ns of the 1998 Evaluatio n Report, wh ich highlighted the need for increased impact on the ground and con crete results in relat ion to access. retent ion and perform ance of girls in edu cation . The formulat ion of the Pive-Year Strategic Plan 2000-2004 was our respo nse towards improving the design , implementation. monitor ing and evaluation ofth e Work Programme, A..the first Strateg ic Plan of the organization, the Iormulario n tu rned o ut to be a major preo ccupation . It was, however, a rewarding process through which the visions, ideas. d ream s. ho pes and fears fo r girls education of the fA\VE mem bership and its partners were put on the table through the various forums o rganized to discuss the Strategic Plan. By the end of the year. when the Strat egic Plan was appro ved by the Execut ive Commincc, there was

Pro f. Penina Mlama

Executive Director

a feeling ofco nsensus on the di rect ion FAWE sho uld rake. \mtat had em erged clearly from the debate on which way forward is the fact that FAWE has to focus o n establishing a sustain able organization with its roots anchored at the Nat io nal Chapter level and at the grassroo ts where the action i... needed . Secondly, 1999 was the year of the FAWE Genera l Assembly where...cco rding to the Constitutio n. a change ofleadership is effected. A new Executive Committee was therefore ushered in, fAW E stands to gain by the opportuni ty for new ideas from the new members as well as the inclu..ion of new perspectives from a new set up of regional representation . T he first six mon ths of the work of the new Executive Comminee has witn essed as much vitality and co mm itment to girls ed ucatio n as was the casc with the previous Executive Committee. FAWEs ope ratio ns assumed a new dimension when it was given the responsibility to lead the AO EA Working G roup for Female Participat ion (WC f P). taking over from the Rockefeller Foundati on. Although. in a way. I:AWE has always played a leadi ng role in girls edu cation in Africa. the leade rship of the ~'GFP poses excitin g challenges to FAWE. The challenges were made dear at the AI>EA Biennial in Decemb er 1999. Joh ann esburg. South Africa, and the Edu cation For All sub-Sahara Africa Co nference, which was happening at the same time . In spite of such gains as increase in access to educatio n over the past decade, the gender gap in ed ucation has wide ned and is compounded by the armed co nflicts, the HIV/AI L>S pand e-mic. rhe debt burd en and poverty. All ate negatively affecting education and girls educat ion in pa rticu lar. We are. however, looking forwa rd to using

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f the o pportunity o f the leadersh ip of the WGFt' to step up our effo rts and

share experienc es and prov ide linkages between

FAWE s work an d the various efforts to wards im pro ving girls education in Africa. Finally, th e transition included the change of leadership at the Region al Secretarial. W ith the retiremen t of Dr. EJJah (";achu kia in Decem ber 1998, FAWE was en trusted in the hands ora new Executive Di rector in 1999. k is norma l with such changes Ihe Secretariat had to con tend w hh a wide ran ge of operational changes. We can proudly say. however. th at in spite of th ese form idable challenges o f transition. we d id

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education. As will he seen in rhe Ann ual Report. our act ivities towards im proving the educat ion of the girl-child in Africa went on unabated . OUf National C hapters contin ued to grow from stre ngt h to stre ngth and we have striven to keep girls ed ucatio n on the agenda. We also have nor losr sigh t of th e b et rbar I;AW E can not achie ve anythin g with out th e support and good will of our partnen;. 1999 gave us the op port unity to realize even fu rther the contin ued co m m itment o f our partners III our cause hy th eir un failing and valuable cont ribution to the d ebate at rhe 4Âˇ FAWE G eneral A'Io.-.emhly. the various forum s cn rbc f'AWE Five-Yea r Strategic Plan . ADEA WGFP mec-t ings and o rher FAW E meeti ngs. We take thi s opportunity to sincerely th an k rhem for their u nfailing suppo rt and

appeal to th em for con tinued collaboratio n in th e hu ge hut surmo u ntable task before us of mak ing sure

rbar the girl-ch ild in Africa gers a fair dcal in edu cation .

Pro fessor Penina Mlama Exrcu till~

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FAWE 1999 Annual Report In Sectio n One of thi s repo rt is a d escription o f the specific activities un de rtaken du ring 1999 under the six objectives designed for the Work Programme. Sectio n Two exam ines the achievements and impact FAWF. has made in th e im plementation of the Work Program me. Constraints are discussed in Section T hree and Section Four reviews the financing of the activities. Finally, Sectio n Five sum marizes th e way forward for FAW E s m ission int o the next millen nium in girls education.

SEGnONONE Objectives and Activities of the FAWE Work Programme The Work Program me for 1999 was designed and im pleme nt ed on the basis o f t he following six obj ectives:

To influence ed ucat io nal po licies relevan t to female ed ucation so as to increase aCCl'S.S and retention , and improve performance of girls and women in ed ucation.

To b uild publ ic awareness and consens us on th e social an d economic adva ntages of female ed ucarion through adv0C3C)'.

To gather and analyse existing data to facilitate the d esign ofinrervenr ions in favour of girls ed ucation , and to mo nitor progress.

To suppo rt, do cu ment and disseminate in format ion on innovative strategies for improving and acceleratin g female part icipat ion in ed ucation.

To increase and sustain partnership s wit h govern me nt s, do nor s, NG O s and other stakeholders in ed ucat io n ro increase th eir investme nt in girls education.

To assist in the d evelopment o f capacity to accelerate and mo nito r female parti cipation in educa tion bo th at the regio nal ami at the natio nal level.

Specific activities un der each objective arc detailed below,

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To influence educatio n policies relevant to k male education M) as to increase access and retention, and imp rove performance.

Specific Activities

Expansion of Membership: rAWE streamlined and updated irs membership list and in....ired new ministers of education and vice chancellors to the membe rship, which in 1998 was 60 members. T he Fluidity of ministerial positions effected a dro p in numbers, and FAWE now has 27 full members. 36 associate members com prising 24 male and 12 female ministers of edu cation and permanent ...ecreraries in 1999. Such fluidity is a threat

the cor nin uiry required to move the girl.. education agenda forward systematically and with a lot more impact. The organization has

already taken this threat on hoard in its Strategic Plan and hopes that through high level advocacy more w omen ministers of educatio n will he appointed and stay longer in those positions. (See Annex A for a list of membe rs.)

Dinwgue and Nt'tu'o rk;1Igfor girls education: The 4 th FAWE General Assembly, which too k place on the 2 1 to 23 July 1999 ill Nairobi, Kenya, brought together the core membership, the National C hapters and the girls themselves along with donor partners and oth er stakeholders in education. The Assembly provided an opportunity for FAWE to discuss the major issues in girls educat ion . acknowledge and highlight efforts to address these issues, and chart out a way forward for the next millennium . T his was don e through a keynote addrevs by the Kenyan Minister of Education on Challenges to the Education of Gir l.s and Women in the Next Millenn ium . Thematic workshops focused on the Safety and security of girls in conflict situations and Dealing with sex ual harassment in tertiary institutions with case studies from Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania. A Girls Forum , where girls spoke with their own voices, consrirurcd one ofthe: highlights of the Assembly, Presentations hy National Chapters on their acri... iu cs addressing the education of girl..., a donors round rable underscoring the importance of the partnership. exhibition s and awards cerernonics, all formed part of the activities. The Report of the 4 th FAWE General Assembly, which is available from the Secretariat. has highlighted this important dialogue and networki ng fut girls education .

Participation ofMembers at t/,t> National Level: In preparation for the subregional meedngs (Zambia for Southern Africa 25

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General Assembl y, FAWE National C hapter members met in four

26 March; Kenya for Eastern Africa 18 to 19, March; Mali for Francophone Africa 23 to

24 March; Ghana for \'('estern Africa 29 to 30 March 1999). The purpose of the meetings was co seck ways of influencing education policy and intervent ions in favour of girls educati on . The members had an opport unity to consult and debate extensively o v er how effectively the Chapters were fulfilling the FAWE mandate as well as their national programmes on girls education . They also discu......cd and contribured to the development of the fAWE Strategic Plan, and amendme nts

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the FAW E Co nstitutio n.

Poliry G'uiikm re of tlu Forum: The Executive C om min cc nu- t several times J uring the- course o f the year: on 7 to 9 May, in Addis Ababa , Ethiop ia; on 20 and 23 Ju ly in Nairob i: And on 2 ro 3 Decembe r in johannesb urg. During th ese rneerings, rhe Committee received pro gress reports from the Secretariat on rhe implem entation of the ''''ork Programm e. ap proved the 199 8 Auditors' Repo rt, an d

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the December meeting, discussed and

approved the Five- Year Srraregic Plan 2000-2004. The form er Executive Co mmittee members co mple ted th eir term in 1999. The ne ..... Executive Co mmittee represent ing J wide range of d ifferen t African cou ntries .....as elected AI the 4 th Gen eral Assembl y for a three-year term (see Annex R).

biflumring Policy . Srrdt'tJ~ Rn ouru PLuming fo r Girls' Education: Through rhe Strategic Resour ce Plan ning (SRP) Project, FAWE has encouraged the id enri fica rion of rhe most prom ising policy cho ices for achieving Ednca rion Fur All (EFA) in general and girls' ed ucatio n in parti cular. T he

idea is to a....sisr governm ents in the cont inuo us idcmificnion of strategies for reallocariug resources in ed ucation sy!>tems to the advantage o f girls. In order to encourage more arrive involvem ent of rhc FAWE National C hapters in {he SRP process, and to forge closer links between the fAW E National C hap rers and the SR I' research reams . the FAWE Secretariat facilitated a three-day workshop from 17 to 19 l-eb rua ry, 1999 , in Nairobi . The workshop brought toget her FAWE Nat ional C hap ters and SRP National Research ers from rhe nine participating countries (Senegal, Gha na, Mali. Malawi. Uganda. Zambia. G uinea, Tanzania and Ethiopia). D uring the workshop rhe rules of the various part ies in the implementation process were discussed . T he discu ssions highlighted the challenge

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faces in ensuri ng the participation of the National C hapters in regional

progrAmmes such as SRP. Phase II o f the SRP Project was completed in Ocrober 1999. The reports are available and work is already under way to translate the finding... of the

research studies into action . A brid ging phase involving the development of country o ptions pape rs and cou ntr y act ion plans in the nine SRI) coun tries started in November 1999 and it is envisaged that this phase will be completed by June 2000. At the in terna tional level under the SRP Project , FAWE participated in the partnership meetings held at the Wu rld Bank Institute, Washingto n. D .C. . in April 1999 . Issues discussed during that meeting includ ed the need for FAWE to facilitate a co nsuha nvc process among the minist ries of

ed ucation. FAWE Nar ioual C haptcn and rhe SRP research ers. in order to ensure the effective implementation of policy options arising

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The meetings highlighted the need not only to put regio nal pr og rammes such as SRP inro operation at the national level b ut also for governments [0

take up ow ners hip of such programmes, mainsrrearn ing them in to their systems o f ed ucation.

Summary fAWE members co nt inued to pia}' a lead role in promoting girls educat ion in their co unt ries, usi ng durir strategic sen ior policy-making posit ions to in fluence educat ion policy. Thus. the creat ion of a network as envisaged in 1992 hr th e fo under members had be co me a reali ty by 199 8 with the expans ion of the membership to 60 . In th e co urse of 199 9, FAWE str eamlined and strengt hened its core membership to incl ude only serving wo me n policy makers. T he drop from 60 to 27 members in 1999 , however, req u ires furth er exam inatio n

establish the extent

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affected the strength of the FAWE ncrwork to influen ce ed ucation pol icies effectively. Orberwise , the o ngo ing dialogue ami networking on girls education ha..-c certainly raised awareness amo ng FAWE mem ber s an d other policy makers. 'In c sharing ofexper iences among FAW E members, rhe approval of the revised constitution and th e smooth turnover to a new Executive Co rnminee, are all bo un d ro ensu re good governance h lr the Foru m. The completio n o f th e SRP st udies augu rs well for policy options and strategic resource alloca t ion. especialI)' given the increased invo lvement of National C hapters and dearly defined ro les and responsibilities for rhe SRP resea rchers, th e ministri es and the C ha pters themselves.

All in all. th e activities undertake n in the year have po tential fur positive im pact on policies relevant to girls educatio n. The exten t

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To build pu b lic awareness an d co nsensus o n th e socia l and eco nomic adva ntages of female education throug h advocacy

Specific Activities

Girls Clubs: FA\'(l E sup po rted t he ' Iuseme Let us S peak Out P rng ram me for secondary school girls in Tan zani a. A 'Iuse me Festival b ringi ng together paniciparing schools took place at rhe Un iversity of Dar es Salaam in March . The festival featu red Theatre for development techn iqu es, whi ch are iln inreracrive and pa rt icipatory p rocos, enabling the girls to identify probl ems and co me up with strateg ies to resolve th em.

Girls clubs were established in a n umber of schoo ls 10 ru n t he progrilmmc an d mon ito r the impact of th e pro ject on girls education. In an effo rt to encou rage rep lication of th is successfu l model, FAWE facilitated the parti cipati on of girls dub members from five FAWE Na tional C hapters

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(Burkina Paso. Rwanda. Namibia, Senega l and Gabon) at the Tuseme Festival. T h is was followed hy a o ne-day works hop when' rhe cluh members d eveloped project proposal s for th eir own specific activit ies. O ther C hapters rhar have launched girls d ubs an: G hana, T he Gam bia, Sierra Leon e and C had. Gi rls dubs have been established at alllevels of the education system, from primary to un iversity level. Activities un derta ken by d ubs include d iscussion grou p.~ and debates, artistic performances. counselling desks. con fidence b uildi ng, role model ling and sup port to gir ls to im prove their acad emic perfo rmance.

The Girls Forum at the .ph GmeralAssembly: Th is was the undi sputed high light o f th is trienn ial meeting. The Foru m d emo nstrated rhar the girls themselves are th e most effective advocates for their own educati o n. Through their perfor ma nces th ey arr icularcd the prob lems gi rls face: the high cosr o f education. sexual ha rassmen t. lack of safety and security of girls espec ially in conflic t situatious, tl'm age p regnanc)' and ot her reproductive health issues, and cultural att itudes and practices such as early marriage that hinder th eir full paniciparion in ed ucation. T he impact of this Forum was rremend c us and led

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on ly to greater awareness but p rovoked discussion and dcmonsrrarcd the need fo ~ irnm edia rc

action to solve some of these problems. In respons e to rbe p roblem of th e unaffordabiliry of fees . for example, 2 1 scholars hips at the undergradua te level were o ffered to girls participa tin g in rhe Porum at the un iversit ies of Ca pe "[own (UCn ami Natal in South Africa. On-th e-spot cash d on ations were given to girls in refugee situatio ns. G irls from 13 countries (Burkina Fa.so, Ethiopia, 'sudan, T he Gambia. G hana. G uinea-Conakry, Kenya, Mal i, Namibia . Rwanda, Senegal. Sierra Leon e, Tanzania and Zimbabwe} , pa rticipated in th e Foru m. Followin g this impact at the <l' h General Assembl y, a G irls Forum

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held in Decem ber 1999 during till' meeting of th e ADEA Work ing Grou p on

Female Particip ation . A com parison of the two girls forums shows th at (he former seemed to have registered more posit ive responSl'and action by society p reselH at the meet ing. T here is need

suppo n and document the im pact, o f say. how lllallY more girls such forums have scm to school,

thro ugh creating awareness and an racring mor e im med iate response from stakeholders for increased action to the ed ucatio n o f girls. FAWE will disser ni nare the video o n the Gi rls Fo rum at the Gell(:ral Assem bly to all mem ber co unt ries in 20 00.

l'art1lersiJip with tllt'Medid: Efforts have cont in ued to strengthen partnership with media experts in o rder to g:une r their sup port for ed ucaion issues in general and girls ed ucat ion in particular, as well as to add ress and change the negati ve image of women ill th e m edia. T he FAWE N ational C hapter in C had held its med ia workshop in February 1999 wh ile the Tanzan ia N ation al Chapte r held its worksho p in November.

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Th e pilot phase for th e FAWE Award for Media Excellen ce (FAM E) for female journa lists was com pleted in Kenya. Senegal. So u th Africa and G hana. Through th e award , the FAW E Na tional C hapters were able to ident ify and h ighligh t women role mod els in the med ia do main, and direct th e focus of the media in general to female ed ucation. Capaci ty building for National C hapters to enha nce th eir advocacy role contin ued th roug h the implementat ion of their com m unication strategies in Guinea, Zambia and T he Gam bia. W hile Gu inea launc hed gender sensitiza tio n activities with pre-service teachers, Za mbia and The Gambia embarked o n sensitization activities with grassroots o pinio n leaders and th e community as a

whole. Production ofAdvOl:acyMaterials: Prod uction of advocacy materials co nti nued d uring 1999. Four issues of th e FAWE magazine FAWE News were produced on th e th emes of FAWE National Chapters: Planting the seed [Vol ? N o.1! Chal/engel' to Girls' Education in the Next Mille nni um [Vol.?

No.2}., Conflict and its Effects on the Education ofGirls and W011'lm in Afr ica

nM.7 No. 3!, and Girls: Tbrir Hopes, Dreams and Plans[or the Future

[Vi)I.? No.4}. Other pu blication s completed includ e th e FAW E I lJ98 Ann ual Repo rt, f AW E 19'J8 Evaluation Report, Repo rt O il th e 1997 Tcchni-

cal Wo rk.~h op on the Im plementat io n of the Beijing Platform for Actio n, and the Report of the 1997 Dakar M inisterial Consultatio n. In addition , six vo lumes of the newsletter for the Tuseme "Let us Speak O ut" progr am me in Tanzania were prod uced as was the report of the 4 th General

Assembly FAW E cc nrribured towards the prod uction and publ ication of th e hook 'M idniKht Blossom'by a young Kenyan girl, Shila N hemi. which was launc hed bo rh in Nai rob i and at the Zim babwe Book Fair 1999.

GenderSensitization of Target Audiences: G ender sensiriza rion of ta rget aud iences con tinued th rough the use o f the FAW E tools th e ABC ofGender Analysis and the Gender Analysis Module JOr Education Policy Makers. T he French version of the Modu le:

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also co mpleted. A d raft training

module in gender plann ing was co m pleted. "Gender 7001 Kit for Educational Planners', FAWE also provided tech n ical a....sisrance

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Institute for Science and Technology for the development of th eir G ender Resou rce Ce nt re. A gende r sensiriza rion workshop fiJ r teachers and schoo l man agement of th e FAWE Rwanda Schoo l For G irls too k place in Septem ber.

Outreach to the Francophone Region: D uring 1999, PAWE co nt in ued

use its Francophon e Bureau based in Co nakry, G ui nea, for increased

outreach to French -speak ing Africa. This has been acco mpl ished through the dissemination of PAW E publications and inform ation on femal e

education in Africa in th e region . The 11m volume o f rhe Bulletin de Liaison to facilitate experience sharing amo ng Francophone Chaprers was produced in July 199 9.

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Summary

In view of all these act ivities, while mainta ining a focus on advocacy with high level policy makers during 1999, FAWE wide ned the reach of its ad vocaL)' to middle level policy makers and grassroots op inio n leaders thro ugh the implementat io n of a multi-media advocacy approach. The girls themselves were actively involved ill expressing their views on issues relating to the ir education. Prod uctio n of targeted advocacy mate rials continued d uring the cou rse of the year, aimed at creating gender awareness among education stakeholders. A review of the activities under this objective has indicated that girls are increasingly empowered in terms of the ir self-esteem and self-awareness and co nfidence. TIle scholarships awarded to 21 participants in the Gi rls Forum at the Gene ral Assembly reflects increased co mm itme nt to girls ed ucatio n. As a result of these activities, there is more coverage of female ed ucation issues in the media, as well as increased sharing of news and experiences among Francopho ne Chapters. Even tho ugh the number of girls such activit ies haw sent to school can not now he qua ntified, the impact will be cum ulative.

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To gat her and anal yse existing data to facilitate the design of intervention s in favou r of girls edu cat ion , and to mon itor progress.

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Speci fic Activities University Dtltd Profile (lJD P). During the first lIU:lTf<:r of 1999, partici pati ng universities used a common framework

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co llectio n using the UDP. Proposals have now been received from fo ur universities: Chancellor College University of M alawi, I Universir d Abdou C am mal Nasser of C uinea-Conakry, I Univcrsir du M ali, and I Universit de M ou mouni , Niger. T his is significant progress; even tho ugh FAWE started with minis ters and vice chancellors. wh ile the ministers covered a lot of gro und in girls ed ucation activities. the university group lagged beh ind fo r a lo ng tim e. Now rhar rhcy arc comi ng in, especially in the area of data collection, it is indeed laudable.

National Score Card: Th e FAWE National Score Card, o riginally designed by FAWE in order to collect data on education with focus on girls ed ucarion. was revised and made more user-friendly. Duri ng 1999, a simplified version was developed and sent out

all Natio nal C hapters to

complete. Those C hapters that have completed the Score Cud to-date are": Burkina Fasc, Benin, Bur und i, T he Gambi a, Gui nea, Ghana, Kenya, Mali. Malawi. Na mibia, Nige r, Rwanda, Seychelles, Senegal, Swaziland, Tanzania. C had, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The information gleaned from the FAWE Nat ional Score Cards will help form the basis ofrhe point of de partu re for the Strategic Plan imple me ntation.

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D.,tllbau of Educational Polirin and Plans. In th e second quarter of

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FAWE unde rtoo k a maj or exercise of collecting and anal ysing data on

the status of girls ed ucat io n at the regional level. Policy documents and plan s from all 31 African countries with FAWE National Chapters .....ert collected and are available at

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Resource Cent re of the Secretariat. An analysis of rhe plans yielded a report on th e tr ends in education acro ss the

tour subregions. O n the basis o f this siru arion analysis, rhe Secrerariar

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able to develop proposals to translate t he 1999 Wo t k Programme into

concrete activities o n the critical issues affecting girls education in Africa. This database is a valuable resource for gui ding prog,ramme pla nn ing at th e regional and national levels over th e ncxr five yean.

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are Seychelles. Tanza nia. Ti lt, G ambia, Sierra Leone. Cameroon and Senegal, b ringing the number of FAWE Ch apters on lint'

14. Sierra Leone,

Chana and Uganda have received funds from I:A'X'E 10 ass ist in the de velopment o f their resou rce cen tres.

NOIt -Fomllll Education Rt'fit'orrh: In t he

proCe!i ~ of gath ering

and anal ysing da ra and informarinn on key issues Oil girls educuio n, FAW E collabo-

rated with th e Inremarional Development Research Cenrrc (l O RC) in in itia l ing

research p rcjcc r on non -fo rmal ed ucat ion ill Ethiopia and

"l anzania. W ith t he dawn of the millen nium at hand an d Education For All (E fA ) th ro ugh rhc formal system of education . still a dis ran r dr eam, it is necessary

beyond ,h~

explore alt ernative systt'm~ of delivery for improving girls participation. T he aim of th e project is encapsulat ed in irs title: Moving

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Explmdillg l.~.lmi'lg ()pportunitin for Alilrgi1ldliud POpukliiom.

Summary Il uri ng the m ilt'-(' of rhc ycar, ~AWE continued to play the rule of custo d ian and analyst ofco n tinent-wide data n n lh t' status of girls education in Africa. as r eounmended in the I ()')H External Eval uation rtVorl. T his

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possible 111 rough t he use or tools developed hy FAWE such as th e FAWE

Na tional Scon- Cud and the University Data Profile. T Ill' FA\VE Resource Cem rc im proved irs capacity as a deposito ry J.nJ disrriburion po int for informati on and d ata o n girls education. while developi ng reso urce and documentation centres

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the National Chapters level.

To support , document and disseminate information

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innovative stra tegies for improving and accelerating fe-

male parti cipation in edu cation Specific Activities Experi mentation dTld Demo nstration Gran ts: FA\VE s programme on experimentation, demonstration and innovation has

identified outstanding examples of how small amounts of financial support can produce de monstrable results ill the accclerarion of the education of girls and women in Africa. In the procc,!,s of this year s activities under the grams programme, the Techni cal Co mmi ttee approved 8 out of 15 proposals conside red during its meeting on 9 to 11 June 1999. At the committees second meeting for 1999 on 9 to 10 Novembe r, another 23 proposals out of 69 were approved for funding . T his consrirutcs a significant increase in the num ber of grants provided by FAWE com pared with previous years. (Tech nical Committee members arc listed in Ann ex C). Th e grants awarded are detailed in Anncx D.

FA WE Cmtreof Excellence in Kajia4 Kmya still under I construction.

Documenting ond Rew arding SlIcu ssfu' lnnooations: FAWE National Chapters admin istered the Agarhc Uwiliugiyimana Award in tell cou nt ries

dur ing 1999. By July, lÂˇight count ries had com pleted the process: Zam bia, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, Kenya and Ethiopia. Benin and M alawi arc in the initial stages of the process.

FA WE Centres of Excellence: A novel pro ject for FAWE ill 1')99 was the creation of three

e m /res

of Excellemr aimed at demonst ratin g how to

provide quality educa tion for girls while improving their access, retention and performan ce. T he idea of the centres of excellence was moo ted as a result of the realization that there is need to de monstrate, in an effective. tangible manner, the step'!' that need to he taken to address critical issues in girls ed ucation . Lessons learnt over the past few years ofFA\VE s experience show tha t the problem s are inrer-rel.ued and therefore requ ire a holistic rather than a piecemeal approach. T he purpose of this programme is therefore to put together an int ervention package that consolidates th e most effective strategies for solving the problems in girls education. Activities included the developm ent of guidelines for the creation of the centres the main regional project proposal, and count ry specific proposals for ru ral girls in Rwanda (FAWE Rwanda Demonstration School for Girls), Tanzan ia (Mg ugu Secondary School) and Kenya (Ale Gi rls Kajiado). The FAWE Rwanda School for Girls opened in October 1999 and was officially launched by the Vice President H. E. Paul Kagame on 14 Decembe r. Ge nder sensitization of the reachers and managem ent was held. Preparatory activities for the o pening of the centres in Tanzania and Kenya were undertaken.

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HUNl1ry Sr"mu: With support from UNE.5CO, FAWE laun ched a bur sary scheme progralTlllH" with 10 National C hapters -

Hriopia, G hana,

Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, Tan zania, Zambia and Zi mbabwe. G uide lines were developed for the scheme in order to ensu re that the bursaries benefit the most needy girls in these count ries. Summary FAWE has always believed that it is importan t to demon strate what works under what circumstan ces. In 1(199, FA\'(!£ co ntinued to support innovative ideas and projects that show potent ial for improvin g and promoting girls access. perfonnancc and reremion. This was ach ieved th rough the cont inuatio n of th e Experimentation an d Demon stration G rants Program me and the Agatbc Uwilingiyim ana Award. T he Centres of Excellence and the bursary scheme were further srages toward conso lidat ing and institu rionalising the search h.)r excellence. 5.

To increase and sustain partnerships with governments, donors. NCOs and other stakeholders in educa tion, 10 increase rheir invesrmenr in girls education

Specific Activities

Parmrnbips "'it" Gooemmmts: Thro ugh the Nat iona l Chap ters. FAWE is ab le

work closely with l;lwl·rnmc.'/lts, especiall y ministries of ed uca-

tion . to influence programmes and policies in favour of girls ed ucation, Governmems have displayed strung .'> uppon for FAWE at rhe nationa l level in the implementatio n of the SltP project and ot her activities carried

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by the National C hapters (FAW E s panl1t'rs arc listed in Annex E).

Ptlrtnn'JlJip with Agmcin: Unde r its O bserver srarus. FAWE has had a close relation ship with OAU as a nu-mber of rhc Steering Co mmittee for the (>AU Decade for Education 1997 · 2006. FAWE also part icipated in the C O M EDAF 1 meeti ng organized by the O rganinuio n for African Unity (O AU) in Harare, Z imbabwe. on 15 to 19 March 1999 .

Partnenbips with Universities: FAWE university-based members play their role in prornc ring female participation at the tert iary level. The panll ership was reinforced through part icipation in the Conference of Rectors, Vice Chancellors and President s uf African Universities (C O REVIP) held on I to 4 February 1999 in Arusha. Tanzania . Contacts made during this meet ing resulted in gend er sensitization and project proposal writing activities with uni versities in Zimbabwe and Rwanda.

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Parmersbips with Education Agmcies: UN IC EF has been a lead partner, especially at the nat ion allevel. and has sup po rted a number of N atioual Chap ters in the implemenrarion of th eir intervent io n pro gram mes (Za m bia. Tanzania. Uganda, Rwanda and T he Cambia). FAWE also panicipares in the UNICEF-led African G irls Education Initiative (AG El) program m e, PlA. N International has assisted various member cou ntries acriviries, as well as those o f the Francophone Bureau. UN I {( :R suppo rted the estab lishm ent of th e fAWE Rwanda Scho ol filr G irls. Through the newly-established U0JESCO l nrcm aric nall nstirure for C apacity Build ing in Africa ( JIC BA), based in Add is Ababa . Ethiopia , FA\VE had the oppo rtu nity to conrribure towa rds capacity buildi ng for women in education as a member of the He BA Interim Board . FAWE members joined a Wo rld Rank tour in BJ.nglJdl~h and Indi a in Apri l 1999 . which pve FAWE th e opportunity to study the Asian experience in prornoring girls ed ucatio n. FA\X'Es part icipatio n in all these meet ings has not on ly strengthened and sustained the linkages with im emarional o rganizations but has increasingly improved the: awaren ess of girls ed ucatio n i ~sues and increased partners commitment to girJ:, ed ucatio n. Collaboration wirh NGO$: Hell', FAW E co mpiled and dissernin ared the report on the Technical Workshop on the implementatio n of th e Bei jing Platfor m for Action . In add ition , FAW E co mpiled a r('p0ft of its own activities to imp lemen t the Beijing Platfor m for Action. FAW E also panicipared in th e developm ent of the African Ikijing+5 webvite, and in an Abanru for D evelopment wo rkshop nn po licy advocacy for the promotion of women);access to information and communicarion rechnologies. In add ition. FAWE was represented at the ADEA -World Hank organ ized Subregional Workshop on Co mmu nication for Educa rion in Africa. Th rough irs par ricipa rion . FAWE was acco rded an opportun ity to share its experiences, and those of journ alists in Africa . 0 11 the issue of repo rting

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ed ucat io n issues in Africa. 11)')1) has been a y("..u of assessm en t of Education f or All and

I:AWE parti cipated in the EfA NCO and Sub-Sahara n Africa Conferen ce held in johannesburg on 1 to 10 December 1999 . Parm n-J!Jip $ with Donore The moral and fina ncial suppo rt and commi tment to girls education by th e d onors was demon strated by rhe various consulraeions and d ialo gu e that FAWE bad wirh irs dono r partners, In particular, th e dono rs gave an input to FAWE on rhe 1998 Externa l Evaluatio n Report and the formulation of the Five 'rearStrategic Plan 2000-2004 . The do nors roundrablc ,n the G eneral Assembly provided useful info rmation and srraregies for fundraising to ens ure susrainability of fAW E s program mes, using th e fund raising packages develo ped afte r cclleclion o f the Education Master Plans o f all th e N ational C hapters. FA\'(' E s don ors have d emons rrared their con tin ued in terest and perso nal co m mit ment to the welfare of rhe Forum and to girls ed ucation - and

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co nti n ues to he gratefu l for rhe cooperat io n .

l.nlfkrslJip oft/Ie ADF.Al1X0rking Croup on Female Participation: A major development was that fAWE was appointed to lead the Working Group tin Female Participation (W <;FP) in association with N O IZAD. In this new role, FAWE invited mi nisters o f educat ion, directors of planning o f selected regionally represented coun tries, and prominent ed ucationalists to the Steeri ng Com m ittee of the Wnrki ng Gro up. The W GFP meeting

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was held on 4 December 1999, prior to th e A[)F.A Bienni al and I:FA assessment me etings. At thi s meeting FAWE took stock of its act ivities. t hose o f th e Strateg ic Resource Planning project, fe male Education in M at hem at ics and Science in Africa (FEMSA), and the act ivities of th e NCO Alliance since the last Bien nial in 1997.

T he d ebate and att empts

find solut io ns

rhc 5:Ift·ly and security of girls as well as issues on girls

reproduct ive health . were also taken a step furt her d ur ing th e cou rse of this meeti ng. \'<1thin th e cont ext o f th e AD EA Working G roup o n lemale Participa tion (WG FP), FA'WE pa rticipat ed in th e Fem ale Educat ion in Math ematics and Science in Africa (F EMSA ) don o rs co nso rtium in O slo ( 17 to 18 january, 1999)0As P'"! ufFEMS A Pha se II acrivines. five cou nt ries held t heir nanonal seminars " C\ Wi, M alawi. Senegal. Zambia and Tanza nia). A FEMSA Tech nical Co mmi ttee: was co nsriu ncd in ItJtJtJ and me r in Feb ruar y, May and November. The agenda for th e meetings included the review of th e count ry reports.

Aho under the ADEA WG fP activities. FAWE Natio nal C hapters in Ghana. Ugan da and Za mbia continued Communi ty Action fo r Girls Education -

t he Allian ceT he Allian ce p rogrammes p rovided several small grants

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to host

the NGO Alliance for

commu nity based o rga nizatio ns

to suppo rt pro jects and progra m mes for girls ed uca tio n in those countries. FA\'G' F. also participated in an Allian ce meeting which was held in

Lusaka. Zambia, in O ctobe r 1999 to map our furu re act ivit ies fo r th e next mill en nium . Association for

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Deve lop ment of Edvonion in Africa (A DE4): 'X'ithin t he ADEA frame work. FAWE particip ated in t he AD E.A sroc kraking

exercise coveri ng fA\X!E act ivit ies in eigh t cou nt ries. In r o llabo rannn with ADEA. FA\X'£. was able to document and share examp les of inn ovati ve projects funded in Western and Easte rn Africa, includ ing Ma li, Burkin a Paso, Sierra Leo ne. G han a. Eth iopia, Uganda , °ElI11..1nia an d Ken ya. FAWE also part icipated in the AOF.A stoc ktaking repo ni ng meet ings held in Botswana

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1999. Partnerships with Comm unitin: At t he national level, f AWE National C hapters have been involved in program mes in partn ership with communiry-based organizations. parent s, reache rs an d co m mu n ity lead ers. Sum mary

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Du e to the nature of th e FAWE mem bershi p, FAW E has th e advantage of being able to forge partn erships with various players in ed uca tion at all levels. (-'AW E has a unique opportuni ty to influence a wide rang e of ed ucat ion policy mak ers and implement crs including govcrnments , univ ersities

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and research insrin uic ns. donors, N(;()s. co m mu nirics. am] other ed ucators . D urin g 1999. FAWE therefore. sought to defin e and identify the most advantageou s partnerships in imple menting its rnandare. 6.

To a!l>!I>i1i1 in the development of capacity

accelerate and monitor female pa rticipa t io n in education both a t

reg ional and at the

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Nat ional CIN'plns Aaioities: FAW E Nationa l C hapters arc crucial for identifying priority issues 0 11 the gro und. gene rati ng new ideas 0 11 how to tackle problems. disseminating relevant information un best practices in girls education . and ad vocating for girls educat ion at the local and naricnallevels. (Refer to Annt"X F fur a map (If Naeional Chaprers.) \'(.'i rhin th is framew o rk. FAWE Natio nal C hapters und ertook a num ber of activities: Y

Advocacy pcog,"mme'

Collat ion of data and information o n gender dispar ities in ed ucation and disseminating ir in order to co n tribute to policy reform in favour of

bu ild consensus o n the advan tages of gid, ed ucation and

bell' place the issue at the top of the national agenda .

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Experimental intervention pro jects to "'1'100', rcsr and replicate innovative strategies fin expand ing girls access to education.

Regional programmes coordi nated thro ugh the FAWE Secretariat: Srraregic Resource Planni ng for G irls Edu cation to explore relevant po licy options for govctll mmts aimed at increasing girls panicipalion . Agarhe Uwingiliyimana Award for inno vators 10 identify innovari....C' and successful innovation . FAWE Award for Media Excellence (FAME) awarded to wom en journali sts for excellence in reponing and highligh ting issues related 10

ed ucatio n.

During 1999. Na tional C hap ters undertook a variety o f activi ties to promote girls educatio n. The following are illust rative exam ples: In The Cam hia, FAWE girls clubs have been set up in

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schoo ls. Activities in the girls clubs include discussion and debates, fund raising

activities to sup po rt needy girls and sensitiza tion o n girls edu catio n. Another activity hy the FAWE Ga mbia Chapter consists of the Ed ucatio n Le vy

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fi.u girls bursaries. ded ucfl'd at source from salaries of all civil servants and C,ambiam abro:ld. Ir i ~ a nove] app roac h ro fund ing girls ed ucation in The Ga mbia. FAWE Eth iopi a C hapte r conducted a G irls Men ror ing Programme

encou rage yo ung rural female srudc nrs to pursue further ed ucation. T he girls

beco me a source of informa tion to the ir friends. neighbours and the commun ity at an early stage. In this program llle, girls wen: contacted and paired with mento rs across a range of professions. (This was a joint effor t of US Peace Corps and FAWE Erhiopia.) In Swaziland. the FAWE C buprcr o rganized a program me where girls arc nnac hcd til wo rkplaces til help them get acq uaint ed with hands-o n science and techn ology. T he workplaces incl ude Swa/.ib nd

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and Telcco m rnn nicarion, Swa/.ilanJ Elccrriciry Board, The Raleigh Firkin Memorial

H ospital. and I lorn Balyl and Panners firm of architecrs. So me 1S fcmale students

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en rolled for the project .

FAW E Uganda addressed the gap between rural and urban education th rough a link program mc. T his project involved: Y

' Iwin ning be st performi ng schools (Cayaza H igh School and Kampala Parents Schoo l) with one secon dary and two primary schools in Nebb i ami Kalangala (rhe worst pnformi ng dist ricts ill PtE, 0 and A levels).

Excha nge o f test p"pcrs.

Exchange visits between reachers, stude nts and pupils.

Run ning of seminars in relevant fi elds.

The project is suppo rted by the World Rank s Ugand a O ffice and more suppo rt is solicited to increase the exchange. Burkina Ia sos AFED (the local FAWE C hapter) has been involved in a demo nstratio n project for non -formal ed ucation for om-of-school girls, advocacy at various levels includin g girls themselves lead ing to the formation o f girls d ubs, gender sensitization o f media practition ers, and a study on girls status in school s in conjunction with the Uni versity of Burkina Paso. T h rough the Agarhe Uwili ngiyimana Award, AFED successfully identifi ed and reward ed Mo thers Associations in Burkina Paso that have helped im prove girls access to schoo l. AFED has set up counselling co mm iuees in schools aimed at increasin g girls self-esteem, confidence and academ ic perfo rmance.

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The I;AW E Gh ana Cha pte r has carr ied o m an extensive advocacy prog ramme reachi ng to the gras.m>ots th rough focal points at the d istrict level who include quee n mother s, religiu m leaders, especially from the Mus lim faith , and other traditional leaden . Th e formation of FA~ Jun ior C lubs for girls. tor which a guidebook

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has greatly enhanced its advocacy work . Through the FAWE Award for Media Excellence

(FAME) the Cha pter iden tified and rewarded female journalists for their role in promoting female edu cation . wh ile the AbiriwTecnagc Mothers Centre was among the winners identif ied through the Agathc Uwilingiyimana Award , FAWE Ghana operates a scholarship scheme for girls, The

rAWE documentation and information cen tre. which is sup po rted hy four com muniry libraries at the district level, serves as a focal point for dissemination. FAWE Guinea C hapter has und ertaken a ncn -formal cd ucnic n pro ject for you ng girls who art" peddlers and hawkers in Conakry to train them in reading, writing and arithmetic. T he girls are also train ed in light cooking and in hygiene ro enabl e them to perform their tradin g activiti es in a safer man ner. FAWE Cuiuca has also undertaken career cou nsell ing fur girls, in a hid to attract girls ro take science-based careers. A major asIX-C1 o f the Cha pters activities is Ill'lwor king and partnership with agencies includ ing USAII >, UN IC EI; and Plan lnrernar ional Gu inea in sensh izaric n uctivi11('1>.

In Sil"cca Leone the National C hapter expanded the FAWE School for G irls. which has a total of 336 girls to dat e. The school compound is used for literacy pmgramlTll's for women in rhe late afternoo n, as well as classes for disadvantaged girls to enab le them In

lake p ublic exami nations and ret urn

the formal educat ion system.

Tlu- Ft\'\('E Sierra Leone Chapter Skills Train ing Ce nt re carers fo r pregn ant girls who are often victims of the war, as well as girl mothers and other displaced girls and young women. 'In c cent re o ffers tech nical skills includi ng aueom echanics. commercial and home econo mics, and basic incomegenerating activities. In addition . the FAWE Sierra Leo ne C hapter started co unselling desks for girls and wom en. which have ccntribured to impro ving girls selfconfidence. The co unselling desks also offers trauma counselling for rape victims and provide medical, legal and social advice.

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be acco rded both the necessary rook and the conducive en viron ment requ ired 10 effectively impl emen t the FAW E mandate. Conseq uent ly, strengthening the C hapters becamea critical und ertaking duri ng the year. A Nat io nal Cha pters Unit was created with in the Programme Sectio n of the

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I;AWE Secrerariar and programme su ppo rt for capacity and. :m engthe n iug of Narional C hapters was undertak en . The following C hap ters received financial suppurt

establish secretaria ts: Burun~ i . Chad. Came roo n, Kenya. Swaz iland . N amibia. Malawi, Zi mbabwe. Senega l. So uth Afr ica and

Ethiopia.

By the end of Ju ne 1999, National C hapters in Sierra Leone. Ghana an d Za mbia we're fully operation al and had succeeded in mobilizing external reso urces for thei r ann ual wo rk programmes. National Chapters ill Tanzan ia, Uga nda. Chad. Kenya, Mali, Bur kina l-aso. Senegal an d Cu ilR'a all had an office, a fu ll-t ime coo rd inaror and a work pla n. wh ich they wert"duly implementing. Na t ional C ha pters in Ethiopia. Nam ibia. Zimbabwe Mozambique, Swaziland, Nigeria , Cameroon , Benin .Liberia and The Gambia had newly appointed coordinators and nati on al secretar iats thai were not yet adequately equipped but had work plans tha t th ey .....ere impleme nt ing. N ational Chap ters in Madagascar Z.anzibar, Malawi. Burundi. N igeria, C re d Ivoire. Togo and Guinea -Bissau had not yet recei ved seed money from FAWE technical suppu rt

set up a secreta riat and st ill req uired addit ion al

be operational

G lpl/city /1uiMing for Upcoming Female A cademicians: WhikÂˇ capacity buildi ng and enhanceme nt is need ed for National C hapters. it was also realize d th at capacit y at th e level of the universit ies needed artent iun . T he quali ty of the p roject proposals received for th e expe rinw n rmion and d emonstration grants reflected thi s need . Pan of th e problem o f low female participation in universities in Africa. particularly at the decisionmaking levels. has

do with inadequate skills in proj ect proposal writing, research an d publishing needed to earn promotions like their male

co un terpans. A p rogramme for training upcoming fem ale academ icians in gender sen sirizarion .IIlJ proposal wr iting was insti rured . Subsequently, a wo rksh op for Easter n and So uthe rn African cou ntries was held ar th e Africa Un iversity in Zimbabwe o n 2 1 to 25 j une 1999 whi le t he workshop for We!olern and Ccm ral Africa took place at th e Un iversity u f Abd ou M c urnouni in N iamey. N iger. A total 01'48 pa rtic ipants from 25 countries parti cipated . The im pact of these workshops will he followed as pan of the mon ito ring process in 2000 and beyond .

Summary National C hapters are in various stages of dcvcloprnenr, as reflected above. Most of them will continue

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assistance. FAWE ha s mapped our in its Five-Year Srraregic Plan mcc han isir ns to develop skills at the national level in programme planning. monitor ing an d evalua tion. Fi nancial managl'm enr skills, an d fund raising. Gender awarene...s skills will also he included so th at C hapters are ab le to analyse the status o f girls education in th eir co unt ries.

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Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWEl Summary of Achievements January - December, 1999 Objective 1

To influence educational policies relevant to female education so as to increase access and retention, and improve performanc e of girls and women in education Sp ecifi c Activity

Expected outcome

Indicators of success

Expansion of membership

Increased number of members who arc in a position to influence poli cy Stream lining of membership categories

Membership list was updated in line with membership categories The increase in the membership has been slow due to the fluidity of minist eri al posts

Raised awareness amo ngs t policy Sharing of experiences and networkin g amongst members Good governance of the Forum

Awareness raised among FA\VE members and other policy makers High level of experience sharing and net working amo ngs t members A pprova l (If the revised Cons titu tion Election of the new Executive Committee

Par ticipation of members at the na tiona l level

National Chapters actively influencing educational policy and programmes in favour of girls

Active FAWE Na tional Cha p ters Good will between the FAWE National Chapters and Ministri es of Education

Policy gui dance of the Forum

Policy guidance in the implementation of the work programm e

Increased rate of implementation of the work programme Meeting of till' Execu tive Committee as sched uled

Dia logue and networking on girls' education

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Influencing policy through Strategic Resource Planning (SRP)

Strategic reallocation of resources for fema le ed ucation at the nationallevel

SRP studies comp leted Policy options identified for stra tegic reallocation of resources

Increased involvement of Na tiona l Cha pters in the SRP process

Clea rly defin ed roles and responsibilities for FAWE Na tional Cha pters, SRI' researchers and mini stries o f education

Objective 2 To b uil d publ ic awa reness and consens us on th e soci al and economic adva ntages of female education Ihrough advocacy Specific Activit)'

Expected outcome

Indicators

Gi rls' Clubs

Empowerment of girls

Increased self-estee m and self-awareness o f girls Gi rls' clubs formed in nine countries Project proposal for specific activi ties in five countries

Girls' Forum

Raised awareness on girls' education Empowerment of girls

Girls awaren ess raised Girls views exp ressed Awareness o f pol icy make rs raised on female edu cation issues lncn-ascd commitment to girls' education Scholarships awa rd ed to 21 parti cipants in the Girl s' Forum

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Partnership wit h the media

Increased and better cove rage of fem ale edu cation issu es in the media

lrnpruved image of women in the media

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Med ia prize awarded in four countries to fem ale jou rn alists Media workshop held in one cou ntry and p reparatory activ ities co m pleted in on e cou ntry Female roll' models in the medi a identified

Impl emen tat ion of com munication stra tegh-s

Increa sed awarenes s of ta rge t audiences on the importan ce of female ed uca tion

Sens itization activi ties un d ertaken in three countries w ith ta rget aud iences>tea chers, communi ty and opinion leaders

Production of advocacy materials

Increased awareness on fema le ed uca tion issu es

N u mber an d quality of publications produced

Gender sensitization of target

Target a ud iences se ns itized

Publications di sseminated to target audien ces, e.g ., use of ABC of Gender Analysis for p re-se rvice teacher tra ining in Guinea

au diences

Development of new tool s for gender sensi tiza tio n a nd ana lysis undertaken Technical assistance provid ed (o r the developmen t of a ge nde r rcsourc.... centre O utreach to the Francophone region

Wider outreach in the Francophone regIOn Increased sharing among Francophone Chapters, e.g., through the Bulletin de

liaison

Publications disseminated in the francophone region FAWE represented in sub-reg iona l forums Bulletin de liaison produced

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Objective 3 To gather and analyse existing data to facilitate the d esign of interve n tions in favour of girls' education, and to monitor progress Specific Activity

Exp ected outcome

Ind icators

University data profile

Availability of gender di saggrcgah..-d da ta to guide interventions at the tertiary level

Framework for project p roposal developed and disseminated to uni versities Proposals received from four unive rsities

National Score Card

Documented trends and statistics on female edu cation in Africa

Na tional Score Ca rd collected from 20 co un tries

Database of ed uca tiona l poli cies and plans

Availability of up-to-date information on educa tion policy

Policies collected from 31 cou ntries in sub-Saha ran Africa Trends analysed and documented

FAWE websi te

Better com munica tion and increased outreach usin g new tech nologies

Ft\WE website maintained and six additiona l FAWE Nationa l Chap ters have access to email, bringing the tota l to 14

Non-formal ed ucation rese arch

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Inform ation on key issues and programme in the non -formal ed ucation sector

RCSCclCCh project initiated in Ethiopi a and Tanzania

Objective 4 To support, document and dissemina te in formation on in novative strategies for improving and accelerating female participation in education

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Specific Activity

Expected outcome

Experimentation and Demonstra tion G rants

Su ppo rt and identification of innovations 31 dem onstrati on projects sup po rted and best pract ice in increasing fema le throug h the dem onstration gran ts participatio n in ed ucation programme

Aga the Uwil ingiyima na Award

Iden tification, an d reward ing of innovators provid ing female ed u cation effectively

Eight innovative p rojects identi fied th rou gh the Aga the Uwilingiy imana Award

FAWE Cent res of Excelle nce

Demonstration of a holistic a p proa ch to providing qua lity ed ucation for girls

Two Centres of Excellence initiated Centre in Rwand a operational

Indicators

O bjective 5 To increase and sus ta in partn erships with govern men ts, don ors, NGOs and other stakeholders in ed ucation to in crease their in vestm ent in gi rls' education

Specific Activity

Expecte d outcom e

Indicators

Partnership with govern ments

Improved policy environme nt for girls' ed ucation Co mmitment from govern ments

Dialogu e, consu ltations and interaction with govern ments and education policy makers Parti cipation on internation al forums ,e.g., OAU meetings

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Par tnership with universities

Colla boration in university programmes that promottÂˇ gender equity

Techni cal ass istance provided for settin g lip a gender resource centre, Rwanda Cullaborafivc efforts to train women acad em icians in proposal writing, Zimbabwe

Partnership with donors

Increased funding for FAWE Commi tment of donors to investing in female ed ucation

Dialogue and consultations held with donors Increased financial commitment to FAWE

Par tnership with education agencies

Collabo ration in programme

Partnership with ADEA and

Increased donor comm itment to femal e education

ADEAWGFP

Dialogue, consultat ion and networking implementation \vith various agencies programmes, c.g. , Collaborative Participation in internati onal forums and with U I;:'')CO in the collabo ration in networking Culture of Peace initiative. an d with UN ICEF and the World Bank at the national leve l Lead ership role (If the WGFP given to FAWE

Active participation in FElv1SA and the Allian ce and ADEA Stocktaking exe rcise Partnership with I\:GOs

In crea sed co m mi tment of NGCh to

support female educa tion Collaboration in programming

Pa rtnership with communiti l' S

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Production ,111d dissemination of report on the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action. A11t.'1ll1.1I1Cl'ilt the Beijing plus 5 Africa conference. Collaboration in the development to the Beijing + 5 website

Increased comm unity involvement in the Nat iona l Cha pter activities carried out p rovision of girls' edu cation wit h comm unities throug h mobi lization and sensi tiza tion

Objective 6 To assist in th e development of capacity to accelerate and monitor female participation in edu cation both at the regional and at th e national level

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Speci fic Activ ities

Expe cted outcome

Indi cators

Strengthen ing of Na tional Chapters

Increased mobiliza tion of resources fo r female educa tion Influen ce on ed ucation po licy in favour of gi rls

N ational Cha p ters able to mobilize extensive fu nd ing for their annual wo rk

plans Na tional Cha pte rs wit h an nual work p lans and impl em enting act ivities Chapters w ith new ly ap poi nted full-time coord inato rs Na tional Cha pters w ith fun ction a l secreta riats

Capaci ty bu ilding in proposal writing

Increased cap acity for funds mob ilizati on 48 women aca demicians train ed for FAWE National Cha pters Capacity for proposal wri ting and develop ment

Development of a Five-Year Strategic Plan

More efficient planning and management of FAWE Program mes

Five-Year Strategic Plan pro duced with in pu ts from the FAWE Execu tive Com mittee, Membership , Na tional Cha pters, Donors Disse minated and sha red wit h Partners and Donors

Fu nd raisi ng Com mittee

Increased finan cial base for FAWE Activities More effective fun d raising

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Strengthening of the FAWE Secreta riat

Improved efficien cy and increa sed ca pacity to fu lfil the wo rk progra mmL'

FAWE National Cha pters' Unit crea ted within the Programm es Department Financia l ma nageme nt train ing undertaken for manage rs Editorial a nd p ublishi ng cou rse Secn-ta ria t a nd Ad mi nistra tive skills enhancement C(Hl r!:'L"S u nd ertaken Proposal w riting and development for

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SECTIO N THREE

SECTION Constraints to t ilt" Implementation of th e \'(-'ork Program me

rA\V Es achievements were no t gained wit hout encoun tering a variery ofconstraints along the way. During 19?9, f AW E cnnri nued to grapple with the issue ofcreat ing a susta ina ble base for the Porum especially raking info account the Forums transition from a movemen t (0 an organization. T he" ract tha t the organization ha d grown to j I National Chapters had implications tor the growth o f the work programme. The growth of t he work programme in ru m has both human and financial resource impl ication... rha r could nor he adequately met in the )'e'ar.

Inadequate Human Ca pacity Lack o f adeq uate human capaci ty J.\ th e Fo ru m s wo rk r rogu mme increased in swpe constra ined both the regional Secretariat and th e Na tio nal C ha p ters. This largely accou nred for no n-cornplc rion of some of the activities detailed in the m atrix of the J')t)l) work programme. NOI u nrelated to (hi ... co nstra int. is th e inefficient use of stan-in plan -. T Ill: wo rk planning ~ptt:m wac insr innio nalized bur slaff still needed to plan and implement the work program me in ;l. more harmonio us manlier. Staff th us contin ued to expe rience overw ork in the lirsl P;lrt "I'dit' ye;'lt. Consultants were thus co mr nission cd d uring the co urse of the yc-J.r tt l add ress the problem of inadequate hu man resources (See Annex G fo r the staffi ng of the Secreta riat , and Annex H for a selected list o f co nsu ltants commissio ned hy FAWE in 1 ~ 99 . ) At the level of the rnern bership. the por cmia l for influ encing educat ional pol icy p ro~ ramm es in favou r of gi rl\ cduc.uion remains under exploited . Skills for carrying our gender sensitiza tio n and ad vocacy by members. especia lly ar h igh levels, neede d d evelo ping. T he (,Il.lnging nat ional polirical and eco no mic environme nts, wh ich mem be rs wen: rn help influe nce sign ifican tly. h;'l \'(," deterior at ed . The im pacts of th ese crises o n girls education have und ermined the effective work of bo rh rhl" regiorl.ll b \\'('[ and the National CI IJ. ~uen.

Financial Su srainability In the field of ed ucation. short- term pla nni ng can and does h inder ach ievement of de -ired im pact . Short-term commir me nr of do nor funding affects FA\VE s abili ty to formulate and imp lement long-rerrn pla ns. A review o f rhc ob jectives and ach ievements d uring 1999 shows th at impact in te rms of how man y girls had access to schooling an d successfully completed it. \US difficult to meas ure within the pe riod of a single year. O wing to inad eq uate fund ing, resou rces to facili rarc the execut ion and im plementatio n of all rhe acti vities in the \'('ork Programme were largel y inadequate. Inadeq uate resou rce mobilizat ion at the regional level to ensure rha r activi ties by Na tio na l C ha pte rs arc im plemen ted on tim e. signifi cantly affected the o utcomes of the FAWE objectives. Dono r fund s have. in !'101m.' cases, been slow in co mi ng. Late di shurscmen r of funds. some of which were received at the e nd nf th e year called for readjustm ent or pmtpon cmcm of some act ivit ies of th e wo rk p rogramme.

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Summary The most significant constraints at both the Secretariat level and the partnership lc....-el can be summarized as follows: V Inadequate resource mobilization at the nanonallevel and at the regionallevel, which affects, the long-term susraiuabil iry of the I-AW E s activities in Africa. V C hanging national politica l and economical environments, which in Mi me cases have dereriorared to the level of wars and armed conflicts and rhus hinde red the effective work ofl--AWE National Cha pters. Y Short -tcrru comm itment of donor funding, wh ich affects FAW E s ability to do long-term planning.

Lack of adequate human capacity

Untapped potential of rbe FAWE membership in influencing educationa l ~HJl iC)' and progra mmes in favour of girls education.

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the regional and narionallevels.

These consrrainrs were further compounded by global factors Ihal arc negauvcly effecting girls education and at the same rime emerging as challenges for FA\'(fE. T Ill' devastating impact of I IIV/A IDS in terms of infection of children. the increasing nu mber of orphaned childre n including school gOl'rs and disproportionate deat h rail' amo ng reachers are alarming global phenom ena. Ende mic povert)' ill the African continent is largely making it mo re difficult for governments and parents in particula r to give girls ed ucation the priority ir deserves. T his endemic poverr)' has also resulted in trafficking of girls ttlr domestic labour and sex trade. T he i nstabili ry of political .~Y!i I l" mS ill Africa. the disrup tive i mpa(f of armed co nflict and refugees. and pou r communications infrasrrucrure ill the conrinenr, are all exrema licics having significant negal ive illlp,ld on the education of girls. In roponse 10 these consrrainrs. FAWE spent a considerable part of 1999 fonuul.ning the 1..ve-Yea r Strategic Plan 2000-2(KJ4, ro map the wa)· forward.

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SECTION FOUR

SECT ION Financing of FA\VE Activities

FA\"'E could not have carried our all it.'> acri..·jrie.'i at the Regional and National C hapter level without th e nL'Ccssa.ry finan cial resources.

A review ofFAWE .s income and expe nd iture i... show n in th e rab ies below, FA'X'I·: Accounts arc audited by Pear M arwick (K PM G); the results are ind icanrd in ;1 sCp U ;tIC do cu me nt that is available o n rt'qucsL For its o perations in 1999, th e total budget for FAWE activities for all six objecti ves of th e work progT3mme was US54 .9'lO.OOO. By th e dose of th e year; FA'\('E had raised a roral of USS4 368.757. The expe ndi t ure agai nst thi s amo u nt was scaled hack to US$l ,83 7,JOj because US$2.064 ,724 that had been committed ar the beginning of the year was received fro m the donor; in Dec ember and had (0 he forwa rded to 2000.

FAWE .. income mainly comes from governmen ts and govern me nt agencies. foun datio ns. corporat ions and other sources. Covemmenr and Government Agencies includ es the Royal Norwegian Mini ... tf)· of Foreign Affairs; Foundat ions includes The Rockefeller Fou ndation and [he Ca rnegie Corpcnuion (see list of FAWE donors in Annex I). The cnego ry Orher Sou rce includes private sect or com pa nies based in Kenya and FAWEs fund raisin g d rives for the C irls Bursa ry Scheme .

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INCOME Government & (;overnmcnt Agencies Foundations & Corporations O ther Sources TOTAL

US$ 2,478.737 1.80')..l85 80.635 4.368.7'7

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EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE Influencing educational policies 50.J,4ll Building public awareness and consensus on ad vantages of female education 175 ,1?4 Garhering and an aly..ing existing clara 141,060 Expcrimemarion and de monstration 413,?46 Buildin g & strengthe ning partnershi ps 187 ,33 I Dev of region al & national capacity TO mon ito r girls edu cation 55 1,OH.\ Programme associarcd costs 5% ,70.\ Gen eral admin istrat ion 268. 5M TOTAL 2,8.\ 7,.\03

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SECTION T he Way Forward T he l-ive-Yea r St rategic Plan 2000 - 20 04 is AW E s art iculation of the fo rum s way fo rward . With a focus on policy and a d ata ana lysis, ad vocacy, in ter ventions, empowermenl o f girls. pannersbi p, and stre ngt hen ing o f o rganizat io nal capacity. FAW E ho pes to more effectively address the co nstraints of the year. Long-term planning , m on itori ng and evaluation of th e work program nw at I"'th (/ 1(' regio nal and Na tio nal Ch ap ter level and the creation of a sustainab le fi nancial base have been accorded em phasis. New emerg ing challenges ro girls ed uca tion inclu d ing .II V/AI DS. impact o f armed conflic t (r efugees. teen age mothers. d rop -ours), impact of poverty (d rop-o urs, ch ild labou r, t raffickin g of girls for do mestic labo ur or sex trade) ar e all included for actio n.

It i.\ hoped that the successful im pleme nt ation of the strategic plan will move FAWE forward in fulfillin g its pri mary goaluf imp roving girls ed ucation in Africa.

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Ann e x A

FAWE MEMIERSHIP

FUll MEMBERS Executive Commtttee Members Prot BouMAM

Dio ~o

FAWE Choir; Rector ursversrv of Abdou . Moumounl of Niamey. Niger

Hen cioro Bo hitlle

Vice cnon. peoutv MinisTer for Basic Education and Culture. Namibia

Hen Dr t vervn kc nocncr

Honorary Secreto ry; Ministe r fo r touccuon. nocno

Protessor Brenda Gourley

Honorary Treasurer; Vice Chancellor. unrverertv Of No tol. South

ATriC a Mme Mane BwimQna

Pe rm a ne nt se cr e to rv. M inist ry 0 1 Basic Education and Adul t litera c y , Burund i

Dr Jo a nne

nczcucncv Dina

Director. Ministry c t Hig he r tcuconon. Madagascar

Ho n Ann-rnerese N' Do ng-Jo tf o

secretcw a t Sta te to r t o uco uon. The Gambia

Ms aecmce Mula b o ra ng o

vice-nect o... Kigali mstnute at rouccnoo. Rwanda

Mrs Ela ine Mukuru

SoniOr Deputy Director (Secondary Education), Kenya

Mrs Seotuu M. NaSSQr

Direc tor at Educ a tion, zonaoor

Mrs Bisi soco vejo

umversnv Reglsfra r, Nigeria

Han Aicho Bah Dlalla

(co-op ted). FOunde r Member - Guinea

Hon Simone d e Comarmond

(c o -o p te d ). Foun der Member - sevcnenes

Hon Paulette Mlssombo

(c o-op te d ). Founder Member - Gobon

Han Gennet Zewide

(c o- o p te d). Minister 0 1Education. Ethiopia

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Other Member. Hon Nomserree eeo rrc zue

Minister 01 Stale In Pllmory touccton, Ug on d a

01 Fay Chung

Founder Member . LlfTlbobwe

Protessor nc eoo xc rcnr

Deputy Vice Chancellor. ljnlversrtv 01 Nairobi. Kenya

Professor Momphelo

pcmonere

Vice Chancellor. University 01 Cope Town. South Afr ica,

Professor leah Morongu

Vice

cncoceuor Auco Nazarene u-werstv. «envc

Professor lydkl Mokhub'J

Vice

cnorceuoc Unlve1sity 01 Swaziland. Swallond

Prof9SSOl' Rosolind Mutua

Deputy

vce-cbcrceeoc Jomo xenvcrto Unl\l"erSity 01 Agnculture.

Kenya

Mrne Aissotc Mo um ounl

Minister of Noucnot Education, Niger

Dr Dorothy N]eumo

Vice Chancellor, Unive rsity 0 1 Bueo. cometoon

Hon Alice tenorebeoqo

Pounoer Mernber • Burkina Foso

Hon Vida veooob. M.P.

Foundef Member · GhOna

Ms Mocsuzy Mondon

Director Gen81"al. Ecuconon

Prominent Women Educationalists Dr Eddoh Gochukio

Founding Executive Dire c t or of FAWE, Educa tion Consultant. Kenya

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Female Associate Memb'9IJ

Protessor Jc oesoro

A kandc

Executive Direc tor. Wo men. low and Development Centre.• Nigeria

Hon Christine Amooko·Nuama

Minister lOf l ands and rorestrv. Ghana

Chief ( Mrs) veronica fvcoo Anisulowo

For mer Minister 01store lor tcuccton. Nigena

Ms Eleonore Margue1iNe Nerine

Antcncnvo. Ma dagascar

Hon Patience A, Ado w

Ministe r lo r Eastern Regional. xotcrrcuc. Ghana

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Prof. Neo Mafhobe

Dean of Studen ts, nonoe bosc h. South Af ric a

Han. Esl SutherlandÂˇAddy

Research Fello w, Unive rsity of G hana, Gha na

Han. Christi an a Thorpe

FAWE cnon Sierra Le o ne

Han. Margaref Cler ke-Kw esie

Ex-De p utv Ministef of Education, G hana

Mole Associate Members Ha n Na has Angulo

Ministe r of Higher Education, Voc a t ional Training, Science and Technology, Namibia

Han Moh amme d Bila l

Han Allou

eomre Drone

Chief Ministe r, The Revolutionol Governm en t of Zonzibct, Zanzibar

Minis ter of Higher Education, Scientific Research and C ulture, Gu inea

Han Art ur d o Sliva Ju lio

Deputy Minister of Educat ion, Angola

rvson ÂŤocncro

Deputy Minister of Educat ion, Malaw i

Han

Han Joseph Kamot ho

Ex-Ministe r o f Edu ca tion , Ken ya

Han Robert Mbe lla Mb appe

Min, d e I'Educ o tion de Base et les La ngue s No tto noie. Cameroo n

Mr Pet e r Molosi

Ex-Petmrment Secretary. Ministry of Educa tion, Botswana

Han Brown Mpinganjiro

Minister of Ed uca tio n, Ma lawI

Han Amanyo Mushego

Ex-Ministe r o f Educ a tio n, Uga nda

Professor Korego Mutahi

Ex-Per manent Sec reta ry, Minlstry a f Ag riCUltu re a nd uvestoce. Keny a

Hon Mamadou Nd oy e

Ex-M iniste r of Basic Ed uc ation a nd Na tional La nguages. Sene g al

Ha n A rnalda Vale nte Nhovcto

Ministe r o r t ou c onon. Moza m b iq ue

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Han Amoorg un Parsuramen

Education Po licy Ad viser.World Bank.and e x-MiniSter01 Educatio n, Ma uritius

Hon Pe tric k Pilla y

Ex-Minister of Educ a tion and Cul t ure, Se yc helle s

He n M. Guiherme O. Viegas Dos Roma s.

Minisle r of Educa tion. C ulture a nd sports. Sao Tome el Princ ipe

Hen Ad amo Somossekou

Minister of Basic Ed uca tion . Mali

Ha n

sevoou Baw aro

So nou

Ministe r 01 Basic Educa tion an d litera cy. Burk.lna Faso

Ho n Har ry so wven

Ex-Ministe r fo r Basic Educa tion , Gh a na

Ha n Andre Sanko

Minister 01 Natio nal Educ alion. Senegal

Ho n Sya muk.ayumbu K. Svo rnujo ve

Ministe r o f Ed ucat ion, Za mbia

Ha n Peler Agbor To b i

Ministe r o f Higher Edu cation . Info rm ation a nd Scienl lfic Re se ar ch . Cameroon

Han Kozo Zo uma nig ui

Ministe r lor No t ion a l Educ alio n a nd Scientific Re sea rch, G uine a

Hon Koronzo Musvoko

Ministe r lor Educa tio n and Hum a n Resource and Dev e lopment , Kenya

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Annex B

fAWE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Prof Bo ull Ah Han Clo ra

t nouo

aomne

FAWE C ho ir; Rectal. University o f cboou . Moumouml o f Niamey, Niger VICe Choi r; Deputy Minister for ao sc Education a nd Cu lture. Namib ia

Han Dr Everyn Kandakai

Honorary sec retory; Minister fo r Education. li beria

Protessor Blend a GoUM y

Ho norary Treasurer; ViCe c f-orceror universrtv of Notoi. South AtrlCo

Mme Marie B..... mona

Permanent sect eto rv. Ministry of

aosc

eouc cncn a nd Adult urerccv

Burundi Dr Jeanne Row fla ngy Dina

Direc to r. Ministry o f Hig he r Educa tion , Modcco eccr

Han Ann-Inerese N'Dong -Jatta

secretorv of State for Education, The G a m b ia

Ms Beat rice Muka baranga

vice-nector, Kigaillnsii tute of

MIs ElOine MukulU

Sersor DepUty nuector (seco ndary rduc oto m Kenya

Mrs se o iuu M. Nasset

Direc tor 0 1 ecuccton. Zanzibar

Mrs Bi'sI so ooveo

un'verstv RegiStror, Nigeria

Han Alcho Bah

Dione

rouconon. Rwa nda

(c o-op ted), Dnectot tav eon of Ba sic Educa tion. UNESCO. France

Han Simone d e c omcrrrono

(c o-op ted). Ministe r ror ro uusrn and Clvfl Avia tIOn. Seychelles

Hon Paule tte Missam bo

(co-op ted), Ministe r tor store. Work, Employment a nd Profession a l Tralnlng , Gabon

Han Ge nnet Zewide

(c o -opted), Min ister 0 1 Education , Ethiopia

Prof . Penlna MlcJma

t -ecunve Director FAWE (Secretary to tne Executive C(lO"'fTjttee)

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Annex C FAWE TECHNICAL COM MimE

Prof.

eoesoc

Prof.

c nrstooner COClOugh

Dr Ibra him

Akinw umi

co o

The Roc kefeller Foundation, New York

tcooomet Institute of Development Studies. ureveertv 01 Sussex. UK Progra mmo Coordina tor, Small G rants Prog ramme . Union to r Afric an Po p ula tio n Studi es (UAPS), Sene g al

Dr, Kortn Hyde

Sen ior Educ atio n Resea rc her, Education Research and Co nsulta nc y Services. Nairobi. Kenya

Dr. Alice Kouodio

Deector 01 Planning. MinIStry 01 touconon. C o te d "lvoi re

Dr. Kabifu Kinya njui

seniOr Prograrrme orncermtemotoncr Development eeseorcn ceo tre (IORC). xerwc

MI. Ben Mokou

tduccton corsortont Resea rch a nd t vciooto n Associates, Kenya

Dr. Elizabeth Armcn-voo

lecturer. Sociolog y De p artment. Univer sity of A bidj a n, Cote d'fvol re

Dr, Ruth

reer-romcsem

Prof. Almoz

t soete

Acting Directo r. Ce ntre lor CUltural a nd Medi a Studios, Unive rsity o f Notal. South Africa Educ otlon Plogrorrrne

orncer UNICEF. Addis Ababa. EthiQpiQ

0 1. UIIO Konn

aoocctcn Ad visor. MinISt ry 0 1 Ed ucation. Namibia

Dr. La lla Ben Ba rko

Deputy Secret ory General, Economic Corrmlssion fo r Africa, Addis Ababa. term er cccrcnnc tor o f ERNWAC A, Mol l

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Ann e x D

GRANTS AWARDED IN 1999

Ge nd er, Ed uc a tio n and Development: An Assessment 01the Impact ot the 1995 Hammer Min Prote c t o n G irls' Education in Mongu Dlstnc t. Zambia Gender Parln9fshlps l o r the Advancement 01 Women MobilIZing Eost African Studen ts, «envo Stor of Hope Girl Child and Adolescent RehobMitatiOn Proec t. Kenya Post Purna ry EducatiOn Centres 'Of Gins, Kenya

sucooeror Consnuc uon 01 a GillS' Hostel rmd La bora tory BlOCks at LufMyo Day secondary SChool, tonzooc MobilizatiOn IOf Girls' and Women 's EducatiOn In Kwale , Kllfi and Malindl Dstncts. Kenya Ngong Young Gi rls nestore Hope Training cemre. Kenya Promotion 01G irlS' and Women's touccnon in to..... Participation Areas In cote c'ivcee Leadership nevecorreot a nd MobitzatiOn Tra ining Workshop fOf UlAlA Women leaders and lite racy Mobilile rsin Nortne.n and West Nile Regions, Uganda t o rrewre oes cspcnres lilies/ garc ons en rocteee c'eouconoo de bose d a ns Ies pays ncncopbores d ' AtrIQue sub ·sohofiens, et leur evolution dep uis 1960, Cote c rfvcee sencoetcnon Traning Progra mmes a t FAWE Pregnan t Girts/Girl Mo the r SkillS 1ra inlng Contre at Moli:enl, SIerra leone nocoet e d e sounen a rcuverrure crun centre d e Resourc es e t d e Formation pour je unes Fli e s pescoicnsees. Burkina Foso Proj ect Pro posal for Piloting Girls eerecscuecrooc Cam ps, Za m bia Rehabilitation, Educa tion , Core and Tra ining o f Stre et one Destitute Girts, Kenya Girl C hild Educa tio n, «e rwc c e r c o r ond Develo p ment GirlS Me ntoring Progr amme, Ethiopia

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eoocotcn 01 GirlS with

mscounes in Ethiopia

Promoting Conducive and Enabling looming Envlronment IOf Girls by Alle VlOting DomestiC WQlk and Preventing sexual Ha rassment from Male Tenants. Tonzankl Dealing wrth Dive rsity: Ensuring Equcl O p p o rtu nity In COlleges 01Education in Nigeria C c ree r Guidance 101Educ atiOnal Advancemen t o f Women in Zimbabwe Bloc k Female Unive rsi ty Students' Pe rc e p tio ns 01Thei r Prob lems, University o f Natal. So ut h Amen Tra nSfo rmIng uruversrtv C ulture to Enhance Wome n's Educ a tio n In Uga nd a a nd Rwand a. Moxerere

ur averstv. Uganda a nd Kigali irent ute 01Technology a nd Management (KIST), Rwa nda Unive rSIty St o ff Gender sen s nz cton woes-cps, Chancelor College. Malawi seostec ton 01AddiS Ababa Unive rsity COflYllUnity on HIV/AIDS, Elh lop io u rwerstv Da t a Pralile (UDP), Unive lSlty 01 MaJowi, Malawi Base d e Donnees sur las profils uruverstoees. Mali Base do Donnees sur ies p rofils urwersrtones (DPU), t'universne Gomal Ab der Nasser de Conakry. Guinea Bose do Donnes sur Ies o rous urnveestorres (DPU), t'unversne Ab d ou Mo umounl, FAWE Niger Rep/lCating l ugari Girl C hild Education PrOjeCf in Mooere District, FAWE Kenya Toward on Integro tiQnal t o occ non lor Women and G ilts in ljebu uenc t 01 NigBlIo Gen der Differences in the tooccnonor Achievement 01 Boys and Girls in Plmory and se concorv

Scnoo t sevcbeaes Association 01Women Professionals (SAWO P). Seyc helles

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Annex E

AFRICAN PARTNERS AND NGOS INVOLVED IN FEMALE EDUCAnON

Ac ton Ald · Regional Ac tio n 101 Development (AC FOD E) • Uganda Africa n Academy 01SCie nces (AAS) • Reg ional Af ric a Council fo r corrsnonicouon Education (AC C E) · Regional Alncan Social and Enviro rvnental Stud ies Progrart"l'T'le (ASEP) • Regonal Afric a Gender Institute , (A GI), C o pe rcwn • Reg ional AlrICa n Women's CommuniCa tiOn a nd Development Ne tw ork. (fEMNET) • RegIOnal AlrICan Women l eaders In AgriCUlture and Environment/W lnro ck • RegiOnal Alrlcan Medical Resear ch Foundation (A MREF) . Regio na l All At nco Co nfere nc e of C hu rc he s (AACC) - Regional Assoconoo o f African Women lor Resea rch a nd Developmenf (AAWORD) · RegIOna l Assoconon fOl tn e Physica l", Disa ble d - Kenya Associcnon a t Amean u ntversnes (AAU) - Regloool Associcnon 01 uow e rst v worren (A UW) - Uganda. Kenya. Cameroon, Madagascar. Nig ena Basic Education Resource Centre (BERC ). konvctto uruverstv - Kenya Ca m b rid ge Female Educa tion Trust (CA MFED) - Zimba b we CARE - Regional C entre 10 f Economic: Empowerment a t Women In Africa (C EWA) - Reg iOnal Christia n C hild ren's Fund (CCF) - Reg iOnal coaoborc nve c enne IOf Gender and Dev elopment - Kenya Ecuccnon tor AI Net.....ork. in Eastern and soctnem Afrtca (EFANESA) • Sub-regiona l t cucononor Resec rcf Netwo rk. fo r Eostern and Southern Amcc (Ef(NESA) - Sub- re g io nal Educoftonct Research Network for Weste rn and Central Alr lca (ERNWAC A) - Sub -regional

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Equal Opportun ities Researc h Project (EORP). UniverSity of Cape Town - South Africo Female touccnon in Mathemalic s a nd SCience in Afric a (FEMSA) - Regional Ge nd er and SCience and Technology (GASAT) • Regonal Institute of Policy Ana lysisa nd neseo-cn (IPAR) - Kenya Inter Press service (IPS) - 2mbobwe Kenya Adult Learners Association (KALA) - Kenya Kenya

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lor the Advancement 01Children (KAAC R) - Kenya

Pan AfrICan News Agency (PANA) - RegiOnal ThlrCl World O rg a niZatio n 01Women SCientists (TWOWS) • Regional Uganda Adult teomeu' Association (UAtA) - Uganda Union ot Radio and Telev eon Net works in Africa (URTN A) • Regional World Alliance fOI Citizen Participation (C IVIC US) • SUb-regional Young C areer w o rre n . Rl:Iglo nal Yo ung Women 's C hristia n Assoc iation (YWC A) - Re g ional

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FRANCOPHONE NATIONAL CHAPTERS

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FAWE SECRETARIAT STAff

Penino Mtome, PhD

Exe c utive Direc tor

Marioma scn. c e esov , PhD

Dire ctor o f Plon nlng & Programme Administra tio n

Florence Klragu Nyamu, PhD

Plogrorrmes Ma nagel"

Chlisline Sidlbe. MSC

P")Q ro rrme o ttcer

t cmc n Murage, MSC

ccersrcncc nore Manager

ueocem lomu. BSC . C PA(K)

Finance Manager

Pat liCk GlChlro. BA. ACIS

Personnel & Administra tIOn Ma na g e r

Itus management te am Is assisted by support stctt c o nsisting o f: Ac c ou ntant Informa tio n, Educ a tIOn a nd CClfTVTlUnic a tions Assstont Ma na gel Ad minisirafTve AssIstant Desk Top Pubkstler

Executive secreta ry Programme Sec retory Biling ua l Secret a ry Ad mi niStrative Secretory Fro nt Desk Secreto ry Drtver/ Messenger 2 Cleaners/ Messengers

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Annex H

A SElfCTED LIST OF CONSULTANTS COMMISSIONED BY FAWE IN 1999

Pro l pcxson Mwon so

Gender ond Eouconon

PIOI Amond no L1hombo

Gender ond

Hon. Christiana t noroe

Gender end roucotoo

Mr. trcn Siogbe

peveocment and Research

Prot. Clor unii Chesa ino

Development and nesecrcn

Mrs. Cecilia Mgoll-Ndell

Development and ne secrcn

Or. Mwajabu Possl

Development and nesecrcn

Mr. Francis Muhindi

Human resources

Dr. tooon c ocnouc

G e nd e r and

Dr. Ruth reer -ro mosee

c cerenur scc nons

Ha n. Esl Sutherla nd

Gender and Educa tion

Prot . Annen-vee

neveioomont and Research

Prot. Nlug uno Ng 'ethe

Capa c ity BuilC:llng and rosntutoo Development

Dr. Kinondu Muragu

Fina nc e

Mr. Wl lam Maema

la w

Ms. Margaret Crouc h

Edrtlng and Pub llCatians Ma nage m e nt

Dr. Wonjil:u Kablra

Gend er issues

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Annex I DONOR PARTNERS THAT SUPPORTED FAWE WORK PROGRAMME FOR THE YEAR 1999

Rockefeller Found a lon Carnegie corcorcton AD EA UNESCO Ford Foundatio n Net he rland s MiniStry o f Fo reign Arlo irs Wo rld Bonk CIDA Royal No rweglo n MinIStry o f

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FINNIOA $IDA NO RAO f rench Ministry o f Developm e nt Coope ra tio n (through AOEA Secreta riat ) IORC UNICEF

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