In June, the Target Program and the Human Rights Team's new FAWCO Refugee Task Force paired to promote the We Came By Choice initiative honoring those in our communities who have made the difficult choice to flee their homes. Many thanks to the clubs that participated.
Heidelberg IWC wrapped up their series...
The theme for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, November 25-December 10, was recently released: “End Gender-Based Violence in the World of Work.” With the recent #MeToo Movement, the conflict over allegations against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and the increased focus on sexual harassment and sexual assault in...
Located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea between Israel and Syria, Lebanon is one of the smallest countries in the Middle East by area. It gained independence from France in 1943. Despite its compact size, Lebanon has played an important role in regional politics, security and commerce throughout its history. It has a history rich in cultural heritage...
In July, UNESCO announced that the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) had developed new online tools to assist local stakeholders, governments, educators, donors and civil society members in analyzing and measuring the latest indicators of progress towards the SDGs specifically related to Education.
These tools include UNESCO’s “Quick Guide to Education Indicators for SDG 4,” designed to assist those gathering...
International Literacy Day (ILD), celebrated annually on September 8, shines a spotlight on global literacy needs. This year’s theme is “Literacy and Skills Development.”
Despite progress made, literacy challenges persist and at the same time the demands for skills required for work evolve rapidly. This year ILD explores and highlights integrated approaches that simultaneously can support the development of literacy...
FAWCO's delegation to CSW61 is getting ready to participate in a particularly important CSW in March. On March 12, many of us will attend NGO Consultation Day, where UN Liaison Laurie Richardson will help facilitate a working group on Ending All Forms of Forced Labour, Early Marriage, and Trafficking. FAWCO is co-sponsoring a parallel event on Monday March 13 with...
One of the world’s most critical challenges despite significant progress over the last decade is maternal deaths. Although maternal deaths worldwide have decreased in recent decades approximately 800 women still die each day from largely preventable causes before, during, and after the time of birth. These deaths are not equally distributed. Ninety-nine percent of preventable maternal deaths occur in low...
The 50th anniversary of International Literacy Day (ILD) is being celebrated this year on September 8 with the motto “Reading the Past, Writing the Future”. The focus is on innovation; as “this is the first year of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In this context the vision of literacy is aligned with lifelong learning opportunities with special...
Tara Scott (AWC Central Scotland), member of the Education Team, traveled to Korea to attend the UN Department of Public Information NGO Conference 2016. This is Tara's report:
Education for Global Citizenship: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Together
The 66th UN DPI / NGO Conference
Seeing oneself as a Global Citizen was at the heart of this conference. My understanding...
FAWCO Education Team/AIWC Cologne
Bridging Cultures Workshop Between Cologne and Kisumu
The Bridging Cultures Workshop started with great enthusiasm, and consisted of four successful 45 minute actual Skype sessions. Having great IT specialists present at the IBA (Cologne, Germany) and the Aga Khan School (Kisumu, Kenya) certainly helped. A total of 13 students were involved in the whole workshop. We soon realized...
