International Women's Rights Day: innovation and technology for gender equality
The theme of International Women's Rights Day 2023 is "For an inclusive digital world: innovation and technologies for gender equality". This is an opportunity to highlight some of Action Education's projects using digital technology in the field of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
Micro-project "Women and the Palaver Tree 2.0": Action Education works for the education of women in their mother tongue through digital technology
International Women's Rights Day: Thanks to the micro-project "Femmes et Arbre à Palabres 2.0" (Women and the Palaver Tree) led by Action Education, 45 women were able to receive digital training in their mother tongue, Pular.
Women, the first victims of crises
Women are the first victims of crises, be they economic, political, security or climatic. On the occasion of International Women's Rights Day, Action Education calls on governments to protect and respect women's rights, starting with their right to participate in all decisions that affect them.
The 5 years of the International Education Day: education, an essential but violated right
Learning crisis, risks of dropping out of school, budget cuts... Education may be a human right accessible to all, inscribed in international texts, but it is struggling to be respected and applied on this fifth International Day of Education. With dramatic consequences for the future of the youngest and the world.
Action Education launches its year-end campaign for girls' education worldwide
In Burkina Faso, many obstacles hinder women's entrepreneurship (illiteracy, low level of education and qualification, difficulties in accessing credit, psychological barriers...). Action Education has set up a vocational training project in the tenth district of the capital, specifically dedicated to women deprived of education. FORSELF enables them to train for a trade and to engage in income-generating activities.
Promoting women's entrepreneurship in Burkina Faso
In Burkina Faso, many obstacles hinder women's entrepreneurship (illiteracy, low level of education and qualification, difficulties in accessing credit, psychological barriers...). Action Education has set up a vocational training project in the tenth district of the capital, specifically dedicated to women deprived of education. FORSELF enables them to train for a trade and to engage in income-generating activities.
Girls' rights: education as a massive weapon for gender equality
Girls' rights in the world: faced with the urgency of the situation, Action Education sounds the alarm and sees in the access of all to education a massive weapon to guarantee the fundamental rights of girls.
Burkina Faso: Helping vulnerable girls get back to school
In Burkina Faso, socio-cultural barriers slow down girls' access to education. Through the "Scolarisation des Filles" (SCOLFILLE) project, Action Education and L'OCCITANE Foundation are enabling 1,872 girls aged 9 to 13 to go back to school.
Act now to ensure girls' education
Adolescence remains a particularly difficult time for millions of girls. Once they start menstruating, the door to childhood and innocence closes. How can they continue to go to school with blood loss, without access to a toilet and without a sanitary napkin? This seems inconceivable in the 21st century, yet it is the daily life of millions of young girls. It is a daily life that has consequences, as it leads to absenteeism and early school leaving.
Socio-professional training: the key to female empowerment
To enable women to become autonomous and take decisions within their households, Action Education promotes their emancipation by offering them technical training and psycho-social support. More than 400 women will be trained in Burkina Faso within the framework of the Forself project, which is now being carried out with the support of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie.
