For many people, social, economic and human rights injustices are a part of everyday life and people continue to suffer as a result of unconscious biases in our society.
The death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 at the...
Here is her story, taken from the meeting notes:
Asma, who is a Bahraini citizen who has been granted refugee status and is residing in...
June 19th is Juneteenth, a date commemorated by many African-Americans since the late 1800s. On this date in 1865, about two months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas. He informed people that the Civil War had ended and those enslaved in Texas were free. The enslaved people in Texas, about 250,000, were...
CHILDREN AT RISK hosted a virtual roundtable with experts to discuss child-safeguarding under COVID-19 conditions, what policies and practices would further protect children, what we can learn from past disasters and public emergencies and how they affect children, and what you can do to keep children safer.
Watch the recording of the conversation.
Every day is part of the 16 Days of activism to eliminate gender-based violence. 
The 16 Days campaign is most active from November 25 (United Nations Day to End Gender-Based Violence) through December 10 (Human Rights Day, marking the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights).
In reality, every day is a day to actively try to eliminate gender based...
FAWCO's four Global Issues Teams plus the Target Team invite you to join us for the first installment of your Global Issues Book Discussion Series!
The first book in our series is one that touches on all four of FAWCO's Global Issues and reflects the philosophy of FAWCO as a whole: The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the...
