Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
The girl child
Women and HIV/AIDS
Women in power and decision-making
Sustainable Development:
Capacity-building
Education
Gender equality
Information for decision-making and participation
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| Geographic scope: |
National
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| Country of activity: |
Madagascar
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1997 |
| Organizational structure: |
FAWE madagascar’s work would take place at national levels, FAWE set up governance, administrative and implementation structures to reflect this reality. The General Assembly of members would pursue a national perspective while representation on the Executive Committee, the policy making instrument of FAWE, would ensure national participation.
The establishment of affiliate provincial support groups, which have gradually, became formalized as subchapters, extended FAWE’s sphere of influence at the provincial level and increasingly to the grassroots. All three structures are coordinated by a secretariat serving to stimulate communication among members and to orchestrate national forums and networking among FAWE members and the government,other NGOsand partners. |
| Number and type of members: |
FAWE Madagascar is composed by 9 subchapters and about 350 members: prominent women in society
women educators and professionals in other fields,
women engaged in NGOs and CBOs that support girls’ education, men and young men and women
professionals who may or may not have been former chapter beneficiaries;
young cadres of students and school children in FAWE clubs all of whom promote girls’ education and participate in girls’ empowerment programs. |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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| Funding structure other: |
consortium of FAWE Africa donors |
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