The Steering Committee consists of the following:
" Professor Lydia Makhubu, President of Third World Organization of Women in Science (TWOWS); Member of House of Senate, Swaziland; former Vice Chancellor of Swaziland University
" Mme. Aicha Bah Diallo, Assistant Director General Education Sector UNESCO; former Minister of Education, Guinea
" Professor Balchis Badri, Director of the Institute of Women's, Gender and Development Studies, Ahfad Women's University, Sudan
" Mme. Lalla Ben Barka, Deputy Secretary General, Economic Commission for Africa and Director Elect of UNESCO BREDA
" Dr Fay Chung, Patron of WUA; former Minister of Education in Zimbabwe, Chief of Education in UNICEF, and Director of the UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa
" Dr. Eddah Gachukia, Council Chairperson of Moi University, former parliamentarian and former FAWE Executive Director.
" Professor Brenda Gourley, Vice Chancellor of the Open University, UK; former Vice Chancellor of Natal University.
" Professor Esther Mwaikambo, Vice Chancellor, Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, Tanzania
" Professor Penina Mlama, Executive Director of FAWE; former Chief Academic Officer of Dar es Salaam University
" Ms. Esi Sutherland Addy, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana; former Minister of State for Higher Education
" Mme. Alice Tiendrebeogo, Chairperson of FAWE National Chapter and of Centre International pour l'Education des Femmes et des Filles en Afrique (CIEFFA), Burkina Faso; former Minister of Education, Burkina Faso


