by Pam Perraud, AAWE Paris/FAUSA & UN Representative
Defending the Right to Education
In honor of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from October 15 - December 18, UNESCO is running a digital campaign, #RightToEducation, highlighting the work UNESCO does related to education. UNESCO staff works to encourage states to make the right of a quality...
By Anne-Marie B. Tracey, AWC London
Despite some of the more polarizing gender politics at play in conversation recently on both sides of the Atlantic, most of the native and residence countries of our readership will be located in Groups 1 or 2 on the Gender Development Index – quantifying our privilege of having had quite similar...
As holiday shopping begins, be sure to consider the impact of your shopping choices. Take a look at the following shopping guides to help you buy responsibly. Avoid purchasing items from countries known to use child or forced labor. Check out this list produced by the US Department of Labor.
Ethical Shopping Guide from Free the Girls--this guide from the previous...
The Human Rights Team's new FAWCO Refugee Network (FRN) offers an opportunity for FAWCO/FAUSA Clubs and Members to inspire each other, share resources and collaborate across club borders in support of the new neighbors in our communities who have arrived from distant and often dangerous places to begin new lives.
We invite all interested FAWCO/FAUSA members and groups to join this new network by...
Malawi is landlocked, sharing borders with Mozambique, Zambia and Tanzania. Although Malawi has been able to make important economic and structural reforms and sustain its economic growth rates over the last decade, poverty remains widespread, and the economy is undiversified and vulnerable to external shocks (health and weather). The country’s development is guided by a series of five-year growth and development strategies,
Since 1994 the world has celebrated World Teachers’ Day on October 5. That day marks the adoption of the international benchmarks of rights and responsibilities of teachers. It outlines the standards for the initial preparation as well as further education, recruitment, employment and teaching conditions for teachers everywhere.
In honor of the 70th anniversary of the signing of the UN...