When the Environment Team invited FAWCO clubs to share their activities celebrating International Earth Day and World Environment Day, we were hopeful but didn’t know what to expect. We were pleasantly surprised and delighted by the enthusiastic response. Our goal was to raise awareness among our members about environmental protection and the importance of sustainable...
In September 2026, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published Accelerating progress towards preventing pregnancy among adolescent girls. It estimates that 12.3 million girls aged 10 to 19 gave birth in 2025, and that around 21...
For years, the archetypal image of the child with ADHD was the boy who couldn’t sit still, who constantly interrupted the teacher and who bounced all over the classroom. That was only half the story, though. That image also went a long way towards making many girls effectively invisible.
Girls with ADHD are more...
Global Media & Information Literacy WeekIt is 10:30 PM on a Tuesday night. Eleven-year-old Emma should be asleep, but her phone keeps lighting up. Someone in the class group chat has posted a photo of her from today’s gym class, and the laughing emojis keep coming. Instead of...
Education has the power to open doors, build confidence, and change the course of a person’s life—and The FAWCO Foundation’s Education Awards Program has been doing just that since 1972. Through a new series of interviews, FAWCO Education Team members Margie O’Rourke and Talia Southgate will reconnect with past...
I remember when I was twelve years old, my biggest stress point of the day was during lunch. Who to sit next to? Who to avoid? Time to study for a math pop quiz? However, globally for millions of girls, their concerns at 12 are far more harrowing. They are not enjoying a...
Banned Books Week runs October 4–10, 2026, and the Education Team has put together a practical toolkit to help your club take part, whether you have a full committee or one enthusiastic reader.
Why does this matter to FAWCO? As a non-partisan organization, we believe education is a fundamental human right,
From 2015 to 2017, I served as the Global Fundraising Manager for The FAWCO Foundation. In that role, I helped develop a global symposium in The Hague called Stand UP Against Human Trafficking. Before that project, I will admit I had never even heard the term. That symposium was my “Human Trafficking 101,” and...
Behind every bargain, there may be a hidden human cost. An “unconscious consumer” is an everyday person who unknowingly purchases goods or services produced by forced labor. Because complex supply chains hide exploitation, a high percentage of women drive labor market demand without realizing their purchases financially support modern slavery. Many products we buy...
Censorship is as old as writing, and over the centuries, efforts to challenge access to ideas contained in books have been met by people and institutions prepared to defend intellectual freedom.
