National Campaign on Reproductive Health
As we are in the third Phase of the ASRHR Programme, the main objective is Advocating for National Action to Protect Adolescent Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Kenya. The main approach to achieving this goal is through popularization and...
Enhancing Girls Education
Education is one of the most critical areas of empowerment for girls and women. Offering girls basic education is one sure way of giving them much greater power -- of enabling them to make genuine choices over the kinds of lives they wish to lead. This is not a luxury...
FAWE Kenya Spreading Her Wings
It’s evidently a good time for women in the industry. We are increasingly seeing more women in senior positions, running large businesses; even in traditionally male-dominated roles and sectors, women are balancing the scale. We are lucky to be surrounded by some very...
Promoting Girls STEAM Education
Female students represent 35% of all the students enrolled in STEM- related fields of study at this level globally. Only 3% of female students in higher education choose information and communication technologies (ICT) studies. This gender disparity...
Micar’s Success Story
My Name is Mwazighe Micar a beneficiary of Fawe Kenya/AGSP Program. I was born in a humble background in TaitaTaveta County. I was brought up smelling and seeing challenges right, left and center. Despite that, I was able to maneuver and achieve my dreams. This is...
Reviving shattered dreams (Re-entry policy to teenage mothers)
Written by Grace Ananda- FAWE Kenya. Introduction Access to quality education for girls in Kenya has been a concern. The problem is even more pronounced among girls from marginalized areas. While schools in these areas are poorly equipped and under staffed to meet the...
Message from the CEO on the Global Action Week for Education 2019
Global Action Week for Education is a platform that offers the opportunity to carry out specific activities to bring about change and bring the whole world together for the same cause. This year, Global Action Week will take place from April 24th to May...
Message from the CEO during the International Women’s Day 2019
This year 2019 #International Women Day theme “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change” Forum for Africa Women Educationalist Kenya (FAWEK) focuses and reflects on the progress made in realizing gender equality, celebrate will power demonstrated by...
THE REASON WHY I CHOSE STEM
My name is Claire Wambui Njuguna, a second-year student in Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Nyeri. I am currently pursuing Bachelor of Science in Mechatronic Engineering. My love for STEM started way back as a child though I was not so sure which field I would...
Enough with the Silence!
The Africa youth summit was held on the 23rd-24th of November 2018 in Accra, Ghana. The meeting was a success given that the main agenda of eradicating child marriage in Africa and the promotion of an in depth coursework of sexuality education in all institutions was...