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Important Policy Reports
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FAWE - Forum for African Women Educationalists
12th Technical Committee Meeting. Nairobi, 14-15 September 2000
FAWE [Forum for African Women Educationalists]
is a pan-African NGO founded in 1993 to stimulate broad policy reform and create a conducive environment for increasing parental demand
for girls' education. Underpinning FAWE's work is an explicit effort to close the gender gap in education, not only in access but in persistence and
achievement at all levels. UNESCO is one of FAWE's partners.
The FAWE Technical Committee (TC) provides
professional advice to the Executive Committee through the Secretariat. Members
are appointed to the Technical Committee based on qualifications and experience
in educational and other development issues with particular reference to Africa.
The tenure of service for members is three years. Upon successful completion of
a term, a member may be re-appointed for a second term. The Executive Secretary,
Intergovernmental Committee, MINEDAF VII, Dr. John
Nkinyangi, is a member of the FAWE Technical Committee.
Terms of Reference of the Technical Committee
- To approve grants to support interventions, experimental and innovative
demonstration programmes to improve girls' participation in education;
- To monitor the progress and impact of the funded projects on girls education;
- To identify replicable interventions from among the funded projects and
advise on replication strategies;
- To identify emerging issues and concerns in girls' education that may require
special attention and commissioning of studies or programmes to address them;
- To advise the Secretariat on any other technical issues that may assist FAWE
in implementing its mandate more effectively.
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