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21. Meet FAWCO’s COP28 Delegation

(UN Climate Conference Blog)

... representative. We asked our four FAWCO COP28 delegates the same three questions and here are their responses. Sheila Doucet Member of AAWE Paris; Co-Chair FAWCO Environment Team Second time attending ...

Created on 16 February 2024

22. Beware the Stone Age: Musings from COP28

(Environment Articles)

by Sheila Doucet, AAWE Paris   It was Day 10 of the 12-day conference. Days filled with morning caucus meetings focusing on the latest developments on critical flashpoints, information, panels, press ...

Created on 18 January 2024

23. Environmental Resolutions & Tips for a New Year

(Environment Articles)

... we also benefit by broadening the diversity of vitamins and nutrients in our diets. — Sheila Doucet, AAWE Paris   Reduce my food waste by buying less food to begin with and then actually consuming ...

Created on 15 January 2024

24. FAWCO Clubs Supporting the FAWCO Target Project Awesome Blossoms

(Blog: Our Sustainable Future)

... and food security, here are three examples for inspiration. AAWE visited a strawberry hydroponic farm in Paris, AWC Amsterdam made their own speically branded bowls, and AWC The Hague hosted a Kenyan Dinner! ...

Created on 28 November 2023

25. 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

(Human Rights Articles)

... One Woman, co-created by AAWE member, Beth Blatt. Share this with your club, your friends. It is wonderful! The 2023 theme of the UNiTE campaign is “Invest to Prevent Violence Against Women & Girls” ...

Created on 27 October 2023

26. Hydroponics in Our Backyards

(Environment Articles)

By Sheila Doucet, AAWE Paris, with help from Yolanda Henry, FAUSA   hydroponics (n): “process of growing plants without soil,” 1937, formed in English from hydro- “water” + “ponics,” from the Greek ...

Created on 21 September 2023

27. CSW67: An Interview with Alex Vo

(Human Rights Articles)

... in attendance – myself, Sallie Chaballier (AAWE Paris), Jane Politi (FAUSA), Pam Perraud (FAUSA), Karen Castellon (FAUSA) along with her daughter Claire, as well as Annamaria Gergely (AWC Berlin). In all, ...

Created on 30 March 2023

28. FAWCO Board 2025-2027

(Board)

... of our organization.” Secretary The Secretary takes minutes at all meetings, keeps the registry of Board members, and organizes all meetings of the Board. Sheila Doucet, AAWE ...

Created on 26 March 2023

29. Wildflower or Weed: A Matter of Perspective

(Environment Articles)

by Sheila Doucet, AAWE Paris and Environment Team Co-Chair Dandelion. The perfect decaffeinated beverage or sophisticated salad leaf when introduced with understated pomp and circumstance on the menu ...

Created on 22 March 2023

30. The Environment in the News

(Environment Articles)

by Sheila Doucet, AAWE Paris and Environment Team Co-Chair   I was asked a curious question the other day: “How frequently do you read about THE ENVIRONMENT – often, rarely, never?” (the capital letters ...

Created on 26 January 2023

31. Janus – Looking Back and Moving Forward

(Environment Articles)

... sharing our enthusiasm for environmental issues in the coming months. See you soon! Happy 2023 to you and yours!   Environment Team Co-Chairs, Sheila Doucet (AAWE) Paris Jocelyn Fitzgerald, (AILO) ...

Created on 27 December 2022

32. The Three Shortlisted Target Project Proposals

(Blog: Our Sustainable Future)

... AIWC Dusseldorf e.V.; Frances Durocher, AWC Berlin; Laureen Scharps, AIWC Frankfurt; Mary Dobrian, AIWC of Cologne e.V.; Sheila Doucet, AAWE Paris; Tharien van Eck, AWC Antwerp. The committee ...

Created on 02 December 2022

33. Everything You Always Wanted to Know about SOIL, but Were Afraid to Ask

(Environment Articles)

by Sheila Doucet, AAWE Paris   Although he’s lived almost eight decades several states away from his native one-horse farming community where he was born, my Dad is a self-described “farm boy.” My ...

Created on 17 October 2022

34. Seeds: Nature’s Multifaceted Gift to Humanity

(Environment Articles)

by Sheila Doucet, AAWE Paris 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 ...

Created on 18 February 2022

35. We LOVE Vintage

(Environment Articles)

... AIWC Mumbai; Sheila Doucet, AAWE Paris; Amanda Drollinger, AWC Central Scotland   The fashion industry has a disastrous impact on the environment. In fact, it is the second largest polluter in the ...

Created on 26 November 2021

36. Takeaways from FAWCO’s Human Rights in Focus Event

(Human Rights Articles)

... of Human Rights has become an annual ritual near its anniversary date of December 10. As part of the FAWCO Refugee Network, AAWE member Asma Darwish does advocacy work to promote change and tries to ...

Created on 17 November 2021

37. UN Liaison Annual Report 2020

(Conference Reports)

... Dobrian and Ann Marie Morrow.   FAWCO SDG Awareness The brainchild of Tammy Mayer (AAWE Paris), who received a FAWCO Foundation Education Award and wanted to give something back, was the new FAWCO ...

Created on 29 October 2021

38. FAWCO Member Asma Darwish Speaks at HRC47 Side Event on Torture

(Human Rights Articles)

... use of anti-terrorism measures to justify torture, lack of independent investigations, and the culture of impunity. FAWCO Member Asma Darwish (AAWE) is Head of Communications for the FAWCO Refugee Network, ...

Created on 21 June 2021

39. Did I Really Grow into This Woman? Part 4 and final

(Human Rights Articles)

By Asma Darwish, Head of Advocacy at Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), AAWE member and Head of Communications at FAWCO Refugee Network   Leaving Forever Bahrain, my home, became so small to ...

Created on 09 June 2021

40. Did I Really Grow into This Woman? Part 3/4

(Human Rights Articles)

By Asma Darwish, Head of Advocacy at Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), AAWE member and Head of Communications at FAWCO Refugee Network In my previous article I put context to the uprising in Bahrain, ...

Created on 09 June 2021