Global Issues

Mary DobrianMary Manning
3rd VP for Global Issues

Heidelberg IWC

 

FAWCO is proud to be a non-governmental organization with special consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, a status supported by the work of our Global Issues Teams.

FAWCO's Resolutions and Recommendations for 2025 - 2027 establish our commitment to improve the lives of women and girls worldwide, especially in the areas of education, the environment, health and human rights. Therefore, our Global Issues Teams focus on these four issues.

The Global Issues Teams serve as a resource for our members. As you read the information in these pages, you might decide to get involved in one of the Teams. Join our team; pursue your passions.

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Introduction (Launching 1/29)
Welcome to the course & How it works
 
Week 1. Human Rights (Launching 1/29)
Women’s Rights = Human Rights
Son preference and demography
 
Week 2. Education
Education as the 'magic' intervention
Learning vs. schooling

Week 3:  Adolescence & Vulnerability
Female genital cutting/mutilation
Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

Week 4: Reproductive Health and Rights
Early marriage and early childbirth
Reproductive health, sexuality, maternity contraception

Week 5: Violence in the Home and Community
Domestic violence, rape within the family and community, honor killing and dowry death
 
Week 6: Women in War and Refugee Situations
The nature of current wars, forced migration, rape as a weapon of war, natural disasters
 
Week 7: Women's Quest to Escape Poverty
Access to money and work; globalization and its effects on women’s work
Sex trafficking and sex work

Week 8: Aging and the End of Life
Aging, demography, social exclusion and loss, women as caregivers

Conclusion
Making a difference and choosing priorities

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