The 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC47) takes place in Geneva from June 21 - July 15. HRC47 will consider issues including systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protesters, sexual orientation and gender identity, violence and discrimination against women and girls, poverty, peaceful assembly and association, and freedom of expression. In June 2020, the Council convened...

• human rights
• asma
• FRN
• Refugee

By Asma Darwish, Head of Advocacy at Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), AAWE member and Head of Communications at FAWCO Refugee Network

Bahrain Polytechnic  

I was in the first batch of students enrolled in Bahrain Polytechnic in 2008. I was so happy to be accepted because the polytechnic was a new concept in Bahrain, and it succeeded in...

• oceans
• climate change
• Responsible consumption
• SDG14

by Meenakshi Advani Rai, ACIW Mumbai

The Ocean Food Chain

Currents are powerful physical forces in the seas responsible for the functioning and sustenance of the ocean food chain. 

Currents redistribute water, heat, nutrients, and oxygen throughout the ocean and directly impact marine ecosystems by inevitably carrying off living organisms that support marine life. With the right nutrients and flow at...

• human rights
• asma
• FRN
• Refugee

By Asma Darwish, Head of Advocacy at Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), AAWE member and Head of Communications at FAWCO Refugee Network

I was in middle school when my entire family finally came together for the first time: Mom, Dad and all of my sisters and brothers. The story is quite interesting; do you have time? 

Assuming you do,

• workshops
• FGM

Do you have 10 minutes? Did you know that you can introduce the FAWCO Target Project in 10 minutes or less at a board meeting or general club meeting as an option for your club’s fundraising?

Audience: 

For FAWCO Reps and Club Presidents

Purpose: 

To help your Club understand and become an advocate of Safe Alternatives for Female Genital Mutilation...

• smoking
• tobacco

Many of us probably grew up with a parent, an aunt or uncle or a grandparent who smoked, and have seen the significant impact that this had on the lives of people around us. Well-known smokers include Winston Churchill, who famously said, “My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol...