Gender and Climate Change at COP25

by Ayuska Motha (AIWC Cologne) 

Did you know that having female decision-makers can positively influence climate change policy outcomes?

The more that women are involved in decision-making, the more environmental protection measures are supported and/or initiated. Since the majority of our society’s decision-making has historically been male-dominated, it is exciting to consider what types of decisions might be made in the...

Saving Women’s Lives in Pregnancy and Childbirth – We Must Try Harder

By Mary Stewart Burgher, AWC Denmark

We all love to see happy mothers and their smiling babies, but pregnancy and childbirth are often difficult and dangerous. They have become much safer for women: for example, maternal deaths are now expressed as the number per 100,000 live births – in contrast to newborn deaths, which are expressed as the number...

Could an Apple a Day Really Keep the Doctor Away?

by Lisa O’Hearn, Munich International Women’s Club

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away…”* While a 2015 study by researchers from Dartmouth College and the University of Michigan found no evidence that this old Welsh proverb was true – adult consumers of one small apple per day had the same number of physician visits as those who did...

COP25 - An Interview with Dr. Lara Lazaro

by Joan Evers, AWC Madrid 

From December 2 to 15, representatives from around the world gathered in Madrid, Spain to attend and negotiate at the COP25. The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the body where decisions are made for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This was the 25^th year of negotiations to prevent "dangerous" human interference...

Intimate Partner Violence

Those you see, and those you don’t 

by Mary Stange, AWC Bogotá

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is one of the most common and dangerous forms of violence against women and includes physical, sexual and emotional abuse and controlling behaviors by an intimate partner (WHO). The UN estimates that nearly one third of women worldwide will experience violence from an intimate...

What time is it?

What Time is it?

by Stephanie Biery, AWC Berlin

I love to travel. I also love a good night’s rest. How do you combine these two experiences? According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), jet lag occurs when our biological clock is disrupted. The NSF believes our bodies work on circadian rhythms, our internal 24-hour clock. Our sleep-wake cycles...