Blog: DEFending Human Rights

by Jody McBrien, AWG Paris and Target Program Chair

Our 2026–2028 Human Rights Target Project focuses on an organization that combats human trafficking of girls and women in Vietnam: Pacific Links Foundation’s program Power Her Path: Empowering Trafficking Survivors and Vulnerable Migrants to Thrive. The project helps girls and women in Vietnam who have survived human trafficking, forced labor...

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by Mary Manning, Heidelberg IWC

Target Project 6–Power Her Path: Empowering Trafficking Survivors & Vulnerable Migrants to Thrive

Organization: Pacific Links Foundation

Location: Vietnam, focusing on Northern provinces bordering China

We are thrilled to announce Power Her Path as FAWCO’s Target Project 6.0, selected by FAWCO Member Clubs to advance the Human Rights theme: Advancing Dignity, Equality, and Freedom for...

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FAWCO Target Program 6 focusing on Human Rights was announced at the Biennial Conference in Annapolis in March of this year, with the goal of supporting a transformative project that strengthens human rights for all and builds resilience, equality and freedom for women and girls, aligning with UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 (Gender Equality) and other interconnected SDGs.

After several...

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by Jody McBrien, Target Program Chair, AWG Paris

On December 2, 2025, I had the honor of hearing Malala Yousafzai be interviewed in Paris by Natalie Portman. I attended with several members of AWG and AAWE Paris and friends from my UU congregation. Now 28 years old, Malala has recently published her eighth book, Finding My Way, which is...

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by Mary Manning, 3rd VP of Global Issues and Target Selection Committee Chair

We had a very good turnout at our first Open Meeting of this Target Program application cycle, demonstrating that once again the FAWCO community is engaged and enthusiastic about making a real difference in the lives of women and girls around the world.

The meeting material...

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Human Rights: Advancing Dignity, Equality, and Freedom for Women and Girls

Do you know of a project that would be a good candidate to be the next Target Project?

Are you involved with an organization that is working to improve the lives of women and girls, and thereby society as a whole, in an area related to human rights?

An...