The 16 Day Campaign 2012: From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World
November 25th – December 10th 2012
Team Contact: Erica Higbie, Co-chair
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is a global campaign dedicated to ending gender-based violence. It originated in 1991 to increase international awareness of the systemic nature of violence...
Prevention of Human Trafficking and Protection of its Victims, especially Women and Children
Report on UN General Assembly Interactive Dialogue
4 April 2012, New York
Speakers:
Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, President of the 66th General Assembly
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary- General
Milos Koterec, President of ECOSOC (Statement read)
YuryFedotov, Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director of UNODC
Mira Sorvino, UN Goodwill Ambassador against Human...
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FAWCO member Paula Lucas was named a Reader's Digest Hometown Hero. She founded the American Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center (AODVCC). FAWCO partnered in 2009-2011 with AODVCC in their worldwide Ambassadors Training. Read article.
The First Session of the Open-ended Working Group on strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons was held in April 2011. The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs has published an article that discusses the outcomes of this meeting. The article states: "The world’s population aged 60 or older is expected to double by 2050, to a record of 21...
"The National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA) is dedicated to fostering an understanding of the vital relationship between creative expression and the quality of life of older people. Creative expression is important for older people of all cultures and ethnic backgrounds, regardless of economic status, age, or level of physical, emotional, or cognitive functioning." For more information about the NCCA,
