Reach out to your government and encourage them to make women’s human rights THE leading sustainable development goal with their vote at the United Nations.
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Global Issues
Mary Manning
3rd VP for Global Issues
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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The Women’s Major Group, an organization working to assure effective public participation of women’s non-governmental groups in the UN policy processes, has identified ‘8 Red Flags’ in the proposed Sustainable Development Goals post-2015:
Absence of human rights
Sexual and reproductive health targets do not go far enough
Concentration of power and wealth imbalances that deepen poverty and inequalities within and between countries are not sufficiently addressed, and the agenda lacks targets to reverse this trend
The burden of unpaid domestic and care work still rely on women
Lack of recognition of women as farmers, fishers, indigenous peoples and key for sustainable natural resource management
Insufficient attention to women’s role in peace and justice
Concern around [private] “partnerships”
Technology focus remains on trade and private access
They reiterate that: “The way forward must ensure priority for women’s and girl’s human rights in the process and outcomes.”
Reach out to your government and encourage them to make women’s human rights THE leading sustainable development goal with their vote at the United Nations.
Reach out to your government and encourage them to make women’s human rights THE leading sustainable development goal with their vote at the United Nations.
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