Key Aims
Long term, The Gender Rights & Equality Action Trust aims:
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To promote and encourage gender equality through The Annual GREAT/FAS African Gender Awards.
A primary Award will be given to the African president doing most to effect gender equality over the previous 12 months in his or her country, with subsidiary awards to recognise initiatives focused towards gender imbalance across all tiers of African society (including business, human rights, conflict resolution, and on-the-ground at community level).
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To support FAS in creating the first PanAfrican Centre for Gender, Peace & Development.
The centre will be devoted to the education and training of women in particular from communities all over Africa, and with a specific focus towards gender and conflict.
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To raise awareness and funds to support other grass roots gender equality projects in Africa.
We seek to identify, instigate, and then fund projects led by African women; thus enabling them to become the major agents of change and, ultimately, to enjoy equal rights and opportunities in all aspects of society.
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To promote education as the primary agent for change in Africa, and for contributing towards gender equality in particular.
The first education-focused project we’ve initiated is The GREAT Initiative Schools Project.
You can find out more information about some of the plans above by clicking on the links, or visiting our Initiatives section.
