Searching for a unique way to express your love or appreciation for someone special this holiday season? Look no further than the list below, which highlights not only The FAWCO Foundation and books by FAWCO members, but also other education-related giving opportunities from around the world. From our homes to yours, the Education Team...
With the rising COVID-19 infection rates, countries have to again make a difficult choice between keeping schools open or enforcing a complete shutdown of schools and continuing with some form of remote learning. A far more difficult choice faced by many countries is to close schools again with the knowledge that millions of children will not...
This month the Education Team recommends reading What is a Perfect World?, a book written by Nancy Lynner (AWC Central Scotland), illustrated by Tharien van Eck (AWC Antwerp), designed by Joyce Halsan (AWC Central Scotland) and produced by Amanda Drollinger (AWC Central Scotland). This fun book allows readers to discuss eleven different world issues with young children and highlights the important work the children can...
All event content (including videos of each session, speaker bios, and Event Booths) is available here: Human Rights in Focus Virtual Conference
Day 1: Thursday, November 4, 2021
The view on human rights is changing – we are growing, redefining and re-understanding that everyone deserves to live a...
With Thanksgiving behind us and December just around the corner, the task...
As I wrapped up my MA thesis entitled “Human-Wildlife Conflict in Northeastern Namibia: CITES, Elephant Conservation and Local Livelihoods,” I began to ask myself how many people actually know about CITES or elephant conservation and the impact they both have on local livelihoods. Many of you might...
Intelligent and passionate women connect to bring about positive change. FAWCO’s 90-year-old founding principle resounded through the hall of the Hilton Vienna Park last month, where 50 women met to celebrate the accomplishments of this vibrant international organization. AWA Vienna is a proud founding member.
The conference drew members from our Region Five (Germany and...
On November 4, 5 & 6, 2021, the FAWCO Human Rights Team hosted Human Rights in Focus, a 3-day virtual event on the Hopin platform. The Team marked the fifth anniversary of FAWCO and The FAWCO Foundation’s Symposium, Stand Up for Human Trafficking, in The Hague (2016) and were inspired...
The Women Speak Up series is designed to educate and create a dialogue between club members about race. We can only bring about change and raise awareness when we talk about race and act when we see racist behavior within ourselves, our communities and our workplaces (as employees and volunteers). The Women Speak Up about Race at Work panel discussion and workshop took place...
What is a Perfect World? is a book written by Nancy Lynner, AWC Central Scotland, illustrated by Tharien van Eck, AWC Antwerp, designed by Joyce Halsan, AWC Central Scotland and produced by Amanda Drollinger, AWC Central Scotland. What is a Perfect World? is self-published using Ingram Spark.
This children’s book allows readers to share and discuss eleven world issues with young children...
