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Changing 800 lives with Fawe

Changing 800 lives with Fawe

by | Mar 26, 2015 | Education, FAWE, Female Empowerment, MasterCard Foundation

What career paths do young African girls have?  For many across Sub-Saharan Africa, opportunities have been limited primarily to a life spent in poverty in the roles of mother and wife.  But the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) is working with The...
‘He is a pilot, she is cooking’: FAWE combats schoolbook gender bias

‘He is a pilot, she is cooking’: FAWE combats schoolbook gender bias

by | Nov 5, 2014 | Community Development, Education, FAWE, Female Empowerment, Kravis Prize

Educational materials in Kenyan classrooms still portray old stereotypes of “boys as heroes and girls as weak,” says the executive director of the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE). “The current methods of teaching carry a lot of gender...
FAWE combats two M-words: mosquitoes and malaria

FAWE combats two M-words: mosquitoes and malaria

by | Oct 6, 2014 | FAWE, Female Empowerment, Health, Helen Keller International, Kravis Prize

Teenager Abigail Mortey has a clear vision: to manufacture a mosquito repellent aimed to control malaria in Ghana. The Forum for African Women Educationalist (FAWE), a non-governmental organization founded to support education for girls across Africa and a 2008...
Victoria Beckham empties her closets for mothers2mothers

Victoria Beckham empties her closets for mothers2mothers

by | Aug 18, 2014 | Female Empowerment, Health, HIV transmission, m2m, mothers2mothers

Fashion designer and pop singer Victoria Beckham celebrated the work of mothers2mothers earlier this year in the pages of Vogue and People Magazine, but she isn’t done yet. Later this month, Beckham will auction off more than 600 items of clothing from her...
m2m’s mission in sync with recent Clinton remarks on AIDS prevention

m2m’s mission in sync with recent Clinton remarks on AIDS prevention

by | Jul 31, 2014 | Female Empowerment, Health, HIV transmission, Kravis Prize, m2m, mothers2mothers

For Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, the key to the successful future treatment and prevention of HIV and AIDS must focus on the most intimate human relationship of all. Mother and child. “We are trying to help countries eliminate mother-to-child...
‘He is a pilot, she is cooking’: FAWE combats schoolbook gender bias

For FAWE in Rwanda, 1,200 is a magic number

by | May 16, 2014 | Community Development, Education, FAWE, Female Empowerment

Why is 1,200 a magic number? Because it refers to all of the young Rwandan women from vulnerable families who will have a chance to finish their schooling thanks to a project co-created by the Rwandan Chapter of the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE). The...
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2015 Endeavor

2014 Helen Keller International

2013 Right To Play

2012 INJAZ Al-Arab

2012 mothers2mothers

2011 Fundación Escuela Nueva

2010 Pratham

2009 Afghan Institute of Learning

2008 FAWE

2007 BRAC

2006 Landesa

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