HIV continues to be a major global public health issue, having claimed more than 35 million lives so far. In 2017, 940,000 people died from HIV-related causes globally. There were approximately 36.9 million people living with HIV at the end of 2017, with 1.8 million people becoming newly...
By Karen Boeker, AWC Denmark
Education is one of the most effective ways to break the cycle of discrimination and poverty that children with disabilities often face. But access to school for children with disabilities is often limited by a lack of understanding about their needs, a lack of trained teachers, classroom...
by Arandeep Degun, AIWC Cologne
Tiny, mountainous and landlocked, Nepal lies between two giant countries, India and China. Nepal is known for its distinctive geography as “a land of diversity.” Few countries as small as Nepal have such incredible contrasts and complexities. The glamorous beauty of Nepal is exposed by its landscapes: dense swampy forests, lush green valleys, bleak...
by Pam Perraud, AAWE Paris/FAUSA & UN Representative
Defending the Right to Education
In honor of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from October 15 - December 18, UNESCO is running a digital campaign, #RightToEducation, highlighting the work UNESCO does related to education. UNESCO staff works to encourage states to make the right of a quality...
By Anne-Marie B. Tracey, AWC London
Despite some of the more polarizing gender politics at play in conversation recently on both sides of the Atlantic, most of the native and residence countries of our readership will be located in Groups 1 or 2 on the Gender Development Index – quantifying our privilege of having had quite similar...
As holiday shopping begins, be sure to consider the impact of your shopping choices. Take a look at the following shopping guides to help you buy responsibly. Avoid purchasing items from countries known to use child or forced labor. Check out this list produced by the US Department of Labor.
Ethical Shopping Guide from Free the Girls--this guide from the previous...
The Human Rights Team's new FAWCO Refugee Network (FRN) offers an opportunity for FAWCO/FAUSA Clubs and Members to inspire each other, share resources and collaborate across club borders in support of the new neighbors in our communities who have arrived from distant and often dangerous places to begin new lives.
We invite all interested FAWCO/FAUSA members and groups to join this new network by...
Malawi is landlocked, sharing borders with Mozambique, Zambia and Tanzania. Although Malawi has been able to make important economic and structural reforms and sustain its economic growth rates over the last decade, poverty remains widespread, and the economy is undiversified and vulnerable to external shocks (health and weather). The country’s development is guided by a series of five-year growth and development strategies,
Since 1994 the world has celebrated World Teachers’ Day on October 5. That day marks the adoption of the international benchmarks of rights and responsibilities of teachers. It outlines the standards for the initial preparation as well as further education, recruitment, employment and teaching conditions for teachers everywhere.
In honor of the 70th anniversary of the signing of the UN...
