Forum for African Women Educationalists

Postal Address	P.O. Box 24117, Kampala, Uganda
Street Address	Plot 38 Lumumba Avenue, Nakasero
Tel	256-41-258725/236863 or 256-77-487299
Fax	-
E-mail	faweu@infocom.co.ug
Web Address	http://www.faweu.or.ug
Year Established	1997
Contacts	Ruth Kavuma, Chairperson Florence Kanyike, National Co-ordinator
Mission	FAWEU exists to enhance girls' and women's education and to enable them achieve their full potential for development.
Geographical area of operations	Nationwide
Issues area of operations	Girls' and women's education
Activities	(1) Lifeskills training in six districts - Mukono, Kiboga, Kamuli, Mubende, Apac and Hoima; (2) Bridging the Urban Rural Gap with schools from Pakwach, Kalangala and Kampala districts Bursary Scheme providing bursaries to poor but bright girls in secondary school from all the regions of Uganda; (3) Research on constraints to girls education e.g. pregnancy and school dropout and corporal punishment.
Affiliation(s)	Forum for African Women Educationalists Regional Office (FAWE Nairobi)
Dissemination	Research findings
Target Audience	Policy makers, Ministry of Education, the Ugandan local community
Additional Information	Click here to download a detailed brief on FAWE-Uganda (WORD document). FAWEU conceived the annual Sarah Ntiro Public Lecture and Award to be a special recognition and appreciation of Sarah Ntiro, the first woman university graduate in East and Central Africa.

Last update: March-25, 2003