Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) Uganda Chapter is one of the 35 National Chapters of Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), a pan African Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) founded in 1992 by five women ministers of education to promote girls’ and women’s education in Africa. FAWE Uganda, a membership organisation was established in 1997 and in February 2022 marked her Silver Jubilee with a theme “Breaking Barriers to Girls’ Future through Education towards education with the goal of accelerating female participation in education and closing the gender gap within the education system at all levels in Uganda.
FAWE Uganda appreciates that while access to education is important, it should be of good quality, which underpins what the right to education is all about. FAWE Uganda has thus put greater emphasis in responding to this notable challenge of equity and quality of education in Uganda. Uganda Vision 2040, recognizes the need to provide assistance to people who are vulnerable either by age, social class, location, disability, sex, disaster or do not earn any income.
Vision “A Ugandan Society where Girls and Women lead dignified lives”
Mission “To Enhance Opportunities for Girls to Attain Quality Education and Skills through Sponsorship, Social Protection, Institutional Strengthening and Advocacy.”
