To read a UN Report on the crucial role of education in the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), click here.
From the report: "The MDGs with targets for 2015 crystallized the growing consensus which emerged during the 1990s, namely, that poverty reduction and the provision of basic social services need to be at the centre of development policy. Of...
General background about the UN's priorities in the field of global education is here. "The Global Education First Initiative, launched last September by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, aims to put every child in school, improve the quality of learning, and foster global citizenship."
The Global Issues Book Discussions began during the pandemic as a way for our members to connect across clubs, through books that relate to our four Global Issues Teams. The discussions are always lively and thoughtful. Here is a list of the books we have been reading over the last few years.
The Education Team will inform FAWCO members...
25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, which end on 10 December (International Human Rights Day). FAWCO Human Rights sub-committee Ending Violence for Women and Children published ideas for clubs to raise awareness. Click here to download the sub-committee's newsletter with ideas.
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Congratulations to Paula Lucas, FAUSA member and the founder of Americans Overseas Domestic Crisis Center on the October 7th publication of her memoir Harvesting Stones. From victim to victor, Paula weaves you through her astonishing life journey for the first time since her escape almost fifteen years ago from an abusive husband in an exotic foreign land. Buy Harvesting Stones...
