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African Women in Education Network (AWEN)

Projet au niveau du continent: Afrique Pays de mise en œuvre
Zambie
Botswana
Congo-Kinshasa
Côte d’Ivoire
Ghana
Zimbabwe
Ethiopie
Cap-Vert
Angola
Maroc
Cameroun
Madagascar
Togo
Burkina Faso
Congo-Brazzaville
Tunisie
Algérie
Guinee
Gambie
Palestine
Ile Maurice
Egypt
Kenya
Koweit
Liban
Lesotho
Namibie
Afrique du Sud
Soudan du Sud
Libéria
Nigeria
Mozambique
Malawi
Sierra Leone
Sao Tomé et Principe
Guinee-Bissau
Somalie
Swaziland
Senegal
Gabon
Tchad
Rwanda
Djibouti
Burundi
Mali
Bénin
Mauritanie
Niger
Republique Centrafricaine
Tanzanie
Erythree
Ouganda

Description

AWEN is the EI Women’s Network in Africa. It was launched in May 2008 with the overall goal to promote Gender Equality in unions to strengthen these unions for the achievement of Quality Education for All. AWEN constitutes a platform for women educators sector to influence the political will in union leaderships and further involve the members at grassroots level, improve communication between and within the women’s networks, and empower women with leadership skills to play leadership roles in unions effectively.

It brings together four sub-regional women networks in line with existing geopolitical structures:

  • Réseau des Enseignantes Syndicalistes d’Afrique occidentale (RESAO)/WAWEN,
  • Réseau des Enseignantes Syndicalistes d’Afrique Centrale,
  • Women Network in East Africa (WNEA),
  • Southern Africa Women in Education Netwok (SAWEN).

Eighty-nine (89) EI member organisations in 41 African countries effectively participate in the Network activities.

Objectifs

The purpose of AWEN is to increase women’s participation in union activities, and to support more women to stand for decision-making positions at all levels of the unions and in the teaching profession.

The main goal of AWEN is “ to promote gender equality in unions to strengthen these unions for the achievement of Quality Education for All”.

Strategic objectives:

  1. To increase knowledge and understanding of gender equality issues among union leaders, to enhance political will and commitment to gender equality;
  2. To ensure effective peer to peer learning, collaboration and internal and external communication”.
  3. To build the capacity of women to increase their active participation in decision making and leadership positions at all levels of the unions.

Activités

Capacity Development, Advocacy and Lobbying, Awareness-raising Campaigns, Sharing of Experiences and best practices, Women round tables, Research, Review and Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation.

Résultats

Some key achievements:

  • Many teacher unions in Africa have reviewed their constitutions to  include women through affirmative action
  • More women are now part of decision-making processes at different levels of union structures in many countries
  • Gender desks were set up to ensure an increased women’s participation in unions'activities
  • Budgets for gender programmes were made available by an increasing number of unions;
  • Gender policies are increasingly developed and implemented by unions;
  • Unions have homegrown programs to  fight against  School related Gender Based Violence which discriminates against women.
  • Union solidarity has been strengthened through AWEN, since the network’s activities bring together unions to implement joint gender activities.