FAWE Launches Country Project

Nov 25, 2002

THE Foundation for African Women Educationists (FAWE) has launched a countrywide sensitisation programme in girls’ secondary schools.

By F. Ahimbisibwe.
THE Foundation for African Women Educationists (FAWE) has launched a countrywide sensitisation programme in girls’ secondary schools.

Kalangala Woman MP and chairperson of FAWE, Ruth Kavuma, said the programme would enable them to be mentors to female students, in an effort to help them excel in their studies and appreciate their roles in society.

“We hope FAWE will bridge the gender gap that has continuously affected the education of the girl child. It is possible that in most cases this gap has been created by ignorance,” she said.

The project was launched at Nabisunsa Girls’ School on Saturday and witnessed by girls’ schools from the central region. Kavuma said the rate at which girls dropped out of school was still “unnecessarily high” although the Government was fighting it.

FAWE coordinator Sarah Kanyike said the project would engage female students in discussions to help them persevere in education despite their problems.
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