Campaign for a Woman UN Secretary-General
FAWCO supports the Campaign for a Woman UN Secretary General. At the Interim Meeting in March, over 60 FAWCO women signed a petition calling for the next UN SG to be a woman. We passed the petitions on to the Campaign's Chair to demonstrate our commitment to this important cause. After 70 years...
Transitioning from MDGs to SDGs at the UN
The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
In July 2015, in the final year of the 15-year MDG period, the UN issued a report on the successes and shortcomings in achieving the MDGs. Despite many successes, there is much work still to be done. Significant gains have been made toward many of the...
UN Financing for Development Outcomes of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA)
Agreed July 16, Addis Ababa
Critical Issues
Did not acknowledge common but differentiated responsibilities
It was not a transparent process
Northern/developed countries overwhelmed the G77 (the bloc of 134 developing countries, including China)
Sense of backsliding from Monterrey and Doha, rather than transformative progress
Addresses gender equality in terms...
UN Financing for Development Outcome
(Addis Ababa Action Agenda - AAAA)
Agreed to on July 16 in Addis Ababa
The Bad and the Good (mostly bad)
Critical Issues
Did not acknowledge common but differentiated responsibilities
It was not a transparent process
Northern / developed countries overwhelmed the G77 (the bloc of 134 developing countries, including China)
Sense of backsliding from...
FAWCO signed this Statement developed by the NGO Committee on Migration. FAWCO UN NGO Rep Jane Politi worked with the Committee drafting this Statement.
Providing Education and Care for Syria’s Littlest Refugees
“We are the children whose voices are not being heard: it is time we are taken into account”i
Given the protracted nature of the Syrian...
