I am not a gardener. I live in an apartment, right smack dab in the middle of Paris. Once, however – inspired by the majesty of a tree-lined avenue of jacaranda trees in full bloom – I returned from vacation with a packet of seeds and promptly set about the business of starting a forest. From one packet,
Two years into the pandemic, the effects of COVID-19 are definitely being felt in higher education as we begin to see the ripple effect of so much disruption in youth education attainment and wider educational disadvantages. In the United Kingdom, Cambridge University has taken a proactive approach to bridging the gap in attainment levels and...
We are all on a journey through the phases of womanhood with each phase bringing unique and sometimes familiar health concerns, issues, changes. We have much to share and learn, and a desire for growth as individuals and as part of a community of...
After learning about a human rights issue that moves you or speaks to you, you may be asking yourself, “What can I do?” You just are not the same after becoming aware of the issue, and you feel that you want to move the needle.
* As the FAWCO Global Issues Teams work to seek intersections and pathways to support each other, Graduate Women International (GWI) is offering a parallel event that highlights how the accomplishment of SDG 13 can lead to the achievement of SDG 4. Click on the link below to join the conversation!
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools provides interesting but troubling reading. Author Monique W. Morris describes, often in narratives that individualize the problem, how Black girls’ behavior in middle and high schools is crimininalized, pushing the girls out of school. This pushing out makes it difficult for the girls to obtain the quality education...
I had the privilege of attending COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021. It was an amazing opportunity to hear directly from environmental action groups, environmental innovators, the United Nations, the World Health Organization, national and international organizations, nations and world leaders. They shared their plans, strategies and trajectories for navigating the climate crises and climate...
With Martin Luther King, Jr. Day just celebrated and Black History Month upon us in the US, it seems an appropriate time to dig deeper into the history of African Americans. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson is a masterpiece of research into past and present realities, yet easily accessible.
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Ascend Athletics is a global not-for-profit organization working in Afghanistan to empower young women through mountaineering-based leadership training. Recipients of a 2021 FAWCO Foundation Development Grant to create health materials for their target population of young women and their families, Ascend pivoted in August 2021 to assist its participants and their families in fleeing...
