Education Articles

Lean In: Continuing Education (SDG Targets 4.3, 4.4 & 4.5)

by Mary Adams, AWC The Hague

AWC The Hague member Barbara Brookman was interviewed about her experience as a continuing education* student. In 2018, Barbara returned to the Netherlands with her husband and daughter after almost 30 years in the US. At the age of 52, she retired from a career in the engineering and construction sector (E&C) as a...

Education Roundup: March 2023

compiled by Carol-Lyn McKelvey, FAUSA/AIWC Cologne

Equal Access to education continues to dominate our Roundup this month and it dovetails nicely with our new focus on Continuing Education. Read on and follow the links to see what’s new!

• From Theirworld:

What were you doing 12 years ago this week? It probably seems like a lifetime away.

That’s when the conflict...

Increased Empowerment for Women in The Digital Age (SDG Targets 4.1, 4.2, 4.5)

by Devinder Buttar, AWC London

A world full of empowered women isn't one where men are marginalized. It’s a world where everyone thrives. ― Purnima Mane

International Women’s Day (IWD), on March 8, 2023, will focus largely on how technology and education in the digital age can help the empowerment of women and girls across the world. With the theme “DigitALL Innovation and Technology for Gender...

Education in Slovakia: An Overview

by Carol-Lyn McKelvey, FAUSA/AIWC Cologne

As the Biennial Conference in Slovakia approaches, your Education Team was curious about the state of education in that country. Here are some interesting facts from The Borgen Project:

“Slovakia is a landlocked nation in Central Europe and the easternmost territory that comprised former Czechoslovakia. Slovakia obtained independence and recognition as a sovereign state...

Education Roundup: February 2023

compiled by Carol-Lyn McKelvey, FAUSA/AIWC Cologne

As your Education Team wraps up its focus on Equal Access (SDG Targets 4.1, 4.2, 4.5), international focus on this topic is ramping up! Check out the offerings and updates below. 

** In conjunction with CSW67, and its priority theme of “innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender...

Education and COP27

By Rainier Sielaff, AWC Finland

At the school where I used to teach, each junior chooses an area of interest, finds and works with a mentor and embarks on an individual project, which they then document, craft into a thesis paper and finally present to the school community in the fall of their senior year. From 2018 to 2019, three...