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

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.