Support for a Masters Degree in Gender and Peace Building (FAS) Senegal

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS) is a women’s organization created in 1996 by African women leaders using international instruments such as the Beijing Platform for Action (1995) and UN Resolution (2000) as its main conceptual frameworks for guiding its programmes. Since its inception, FAS has worked relentlessly at the forefront in the promotion of leadership and participation of women in conflict prevention, management and resolution continent wide. On the 3rd of August 2012 African Capacity Building Foundation and FAS signed a US$ 2.5 million grant agreement towards a Masters’ degree in Gender and Peace Building. The project is aimed at: (i) Enhancing institutional and human capacity for media organizations in West Africa (ii) Strengthening legal protection mechanism for media practitioners (iii) Improving working environment for journalists, by promoting advocacy initiatives for freedom of expression.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Senegal

Activity URL

https://www.acbf-pact.org/our-work/how-we-do-it/grants/projects-focus-areas/training

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS)

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
National
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
  • Post-secondary
Cross-cutting areas
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Tertiary
Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Women's empowerment programs
  • Advocacy/action
  • Empowerment training
  • Leadership training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved critical thinking
Cross-cutting goals
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased knowledge of rights
  • More equal power in relationships
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms