Assessing outcome of empowering of girl scholars

Genesis conducted a mid-term review of the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) scholars programme in Ethiopia and Rwanda.

This was to inform improvements that will contribute to the best results for the girls and young women supported by the programme. FAWE is a pan-African non-governmental organisation working in 33 African countries to empower girls and women through gender-responsive education.

The review assessed the effectiveness and efficiency of the ten-year Mastercard Foundation-funded programme’s implementation to date; identified the successes and challenges experienced by the programme; and from the lessons learned it offered strategic and operational recommendations to improve future implementation.

Genesis used a mixed-methods approach to this evaluation. This included a survey of a large sample of past and present programme participants as well as qualitative data gathered through stakeholder interviews and focus-group discussions in Rwanda and Ethiopia.