In our Blog: Let's Get Schooled we will explore why education matters; we will examine the barriers, one by one, which impede women and girls from accessing quality education and completing their studies; we will become familiar with the strategies to address these issues; and we will discover who the leaders in world education are.
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In May 2016 FAWCO put out a call for proposals for the Target Program for Education. By the September 30th deadline, eighteen Target Project applications were received from members representing Regions 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, and FAUSA. On January 6th, three shortlisted projects were presented to members for them to cast their vote. On April 1st, Hope...
In this issue of Let’s Get Schooled, Sahar Elhallak, Target Fundraising Coordinator for The FAWCO Foundation introduces the Backing Women Fundraising Campaign for Education. Funds raised over the course of the next two years will support the FAWCO Target Project, Hope Beyond Displacement.
For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Sahar Elhallak from AIWC Rabat in...
On April 1, 2017, Hope Beyond Displacement was announced as the 2017-2019 Target Project at FAWCO Biennial Conference in Mumbai, India. In this issue of Let’s Get Schooled, Amanda Lane, Executive Director of Collateral Repair Project introduces her organization to FAWCO members and shares the important educational impact Hope Beyond Displacement will have on the lives of refugee women...
We’re going to Mumbai! What better time to learn about girls’ education in India. Let’s first look at some basic population statistics sourced from the CIA’s World Factbook:
Population ca. 1,267,000,000
Nearly 27% of the population is 14 years or younger and 18% are 15 - 24 years old; median age is 27; life expectancy is 68.5 years.
India’s fertility rate...
"The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people and be willing to bear the expenses of it. There should not be a district of one mile square, without a school in it, not founded by a charitable individual, but maintained at the public expense of the people themselves." - John Adams, U.S. President, 1785
In a...