We all love to see happy mothers and their smiling babies, but pregnancy and childbirth are often difficult and dangerous. They have become much safer for women: for example, maternal deaths are now expressed as the number per 100,000 live births – in contrast to newborn deaths, which are expressed as the number...
Some forty delegates attended the FAWCO regional meeting at the Churchill Club in Casablanca on Saturday January 18. This included our FAWCO president, Emily van Eerten (AWC The Hague) and 2nd VP Member Clubs, Rozanne Van Rie (AWC Antwerp). A sizeable group came from the Rabat club and two members from AIWA...
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away…”* While a 2015 study by researchers from Dartmouth College and the University of Michigan found no evidence that this old Welsh proverb was true – adult consumers of one small apple per day had the same number of physician visits as those who did...
From December 2 to 15, representatives from around the world gathered in Madrid, Spain to attend and negotiate at the COP25. The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the body where decisions are made for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This was the 25th year of negotiations to prevent "dangerous" human interference...
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is one of the most common and dangerous forms of violence against women and includes physical, sexual and emotional abuse and controlling behaviors by an intimate partner (WHO). The UN estimates that nearly one third of women worldwide will experience violence from an intimate...
When talking about oceans and the environment, the first image that often comes to mind is that of plastic bags and other debris that has ended up there. But even though we can’t see it, the oceans are silently being degraded by the climate.
In a few days the world’s attention will be on Spain,
Humankind has always generated household waste. Archeologists learn a great deal about ancient – and not so ancient – populations by investigating their middens. Future archeologists will probably have a lot to say about us when they investigate our landfills and the great garbage patches in the oceans, and it is not likely to be very complimentary! According...
For the American Women’s Club of Antwerp (AWCA), 2019 was as sparkling and multifaceted as the diamond in its logo. Founded in 1929, the club celebrated its 90th anniversary with a series of special events, including a Founders Day lunch, a reception at Antwerp City Hall, several special tours and a gala dinner-dance...
Out of sight, out of mind. Isn’t that how much of life works, when the issue is not a quick fix? You will be reading this in October, after National Suicide Prevention Month in the United States has ended. September 10 was Worldwide Suicide Prevention Day, so for a brief moment this year, a...
