FAWCO Region 5 Meeting in Vienna November 2021

by Connie Phlipot, AWA Vienna

Intelligent and passionate women connect to bring about positive change. FAWCO’s 90-year-old founding principle resounded through the hall of the Hilton Vienna Park last month, where 50 women met to celebrate the accomplishments of this vibrant international organization. AWA Vienna is a proud founding member.

The conference drew members from our Region Five (Germany and...

FAWCO Virtual Tour - Region 2 Recap

The FAWCO Virtual Tour completed Region 2, the Nordic Countries and Russia

With close to 100 participants, and many more members following along on the FAWCO Virtual Tour Facebook page, The FAWCO Virtual Tour quickly walked, biked, and ran us along our route through Region 2: the Nordic Countries and Russia. With over 850 members in total, the seven...

Women Speak Up about Race at Work

The Women Speak Up series is designed to educate and create a dialogue between club members about race. We can only bring about change and raise awareness when we talk about race and act when we see racist behavior within ourselves, our communities and our workplaces (as employees and volunteers). The Women Speak Up about Race at Work panel discussion and workshop took place...

FAWCO Panel Discussion on Racism and the Anti-Racist Global Citizen©

On June 25, 2020, at 5:00 pm CET, almost 100 FAWCO members and guests from all around the world joined in to listen to an engaging panel discussion featuring keynote speaker, Muriel Tillinghast, renowned US civil rights leader and human rights activist. Other panelists included FAWCO President Emily van Eerten, moderator and human rights attorney Bayo Callender, and FAWCO Club...

What is a Perfect World?

What is a Perfect World? is a book written by Nancy Lynner, AWC Central Scotland, illustrated by Tharien van Eck, AWC Antwerp, designed by Joyce Halsan, AWC Central Scotland and produced by Amanda Drollinger, AWC Central Scotland. What is a Perfect World? is self-published using Ingram Spark.

This children’s book allows readers to share and discuss eleven world issues with young children...

UN Advocacy: COVID-19 Recovery

In April 2020, members of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women Vienna, including FAWCO UN Liaison and NGO CSW Vienna Chair Laurie Richardson, decided to draft a statement on the COID-19 response. We collaborated with members of other NGO Committees in Vienna on the statement, which was circulated to the Vienna UN NGO community and forwarded to...

Help Stop Harassment – Bystander Intervention Training

by Ann Marie Morrow, AWC Finland

What would you do if you witnessed anti-Asian harassment? Most witnesses to harassment don’t do anything, because they feel they don’t know what to do or are worried they might make the situation worse. But there are things we can learn to do, both indirect and direct actions, that can help the situation. Your...

2020 FAWCO Foundation DG Recipient Update — Bridge2Hope

The Bridge2Hope Academy is a program which provides social services to undocumented victims of human trafficking in the Netherlands. This program, nominated by the AWC The Hague, received the 2020 FAWCO Foundation Safe Haven Development Grant (DG) in the amount of $5000. Sheetal Shah, the psychologist and counselor who conceptualized the research known as the Bijlmer Project, and Angelique Koopman, chair of...

2021 Development Grant Update

By Angie Aebersold, VP Programs, The FAWCO Foundation

A very heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS to all of our Development Grant recipients!

Through The FAWCO Foundation, FAWCO Member Clubs and FAUSA have been aiding worthy and reputable charitable projects throughout the world. Since 1997, we have distributed $641,000 to these worthy causes that lie dear and near to each recipient’s heart.

The Development...

Announcing The FAWCO Virtual Tour

FAWCO is going on tour!  A virtual tour of our 60 member clubs and our Target Project partner, Hope for Girls and Women, Tanzania. Starting on June 1st, and for the next 300 days, FAWCO members are invited to join in a fitness mission to journey 36,659.8 miles from the AWC London to the United States. Along the way, we...

Diversity, Inclusivity and Equality Book List for the Holidays

compiled by AWC Amsterdam VP Meredith Mani

This year, why not give the gift of books to friends and family? It’s a perfect time to escape into the pages of a book. If 2020 has taught the world anything, it’s that we can make do with less, and what’s important is the friends and family we have. The last year...

Networks Update 2020

by Paula Daeppen, AWC Zürich, FAWCO Networks Coordinator 2005-2007

In 2005 FAWCO made a commitment to malaria prevention. Since FAWCO’s main focus was the purchase of insecticide treated bed nets (ITNs and LLITNs), the initiative was called “Networks” and between 2006 and 2009 a total of $165,885 was raised by our member organizations with another $100,000 coming from the Hilton...

AAWE’s New Publication on International Higher Education

by Helen Shavit, AAWE Paris

AAWE is pleased to announce the publication of the second edition of Beyond the Bac – Higher Education in France and Abroad, a unique, “all-in-one” resource for bicultural, French and international students considering higher education in France, the US, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands or Australia. The book was released in February of 2020, just...

Malaria - A FAWCO Focus Then and Now

by Paula Daeppen, AWC Zürich, FAWCO NetWorks Coordinator 2005-2007

Malaria is one of the world’s greatest tragedies. FAWCO has had a special interest in malaria prevention since 2005 when we started our very successful malaria initiative “NetWorks”. This was FAWCO’s first global project and the precursor to today’s Target Program. At that time, the parasitic infection transmitted by mosquitoes...

Racism: An Intimate Conversation

by Linda S. Warner, AWC Amsterdam 

“Racism: An Intimate Conversation” was first announced on Juneteenth, and our first meeting was held via Zoom on June 29. It was indeed an intimate conversation. It was informative, heart-opening, honest and intelligent. A key takeaway from that talk was a unanimous desire to continue these discussions at regular intervals, for the foreseeable future.

FAWCO's COVID-19 Resources

Restrictions and disruptions to daily life have touched all of us in the FAWCO family. We sincerely hope you and yours are healthy and doing well. FAWCO wants to thank all the healthcare and essential workers and their families for all they are doing and risking to help us through this crisis. There is a lot of confusion, stress and...

AWC Lebanon Appeal 2020

August 5, 2020

Dear Sister FAWCO Clubs and FAUSA Members,

Many of you have seen the news about the horrific explosion that occurred yesterday in Beirut, Lebanon. Words cannot express how devastated AWC Lebanon members are. Everyone has been impacted, one way or another, by this tragedy. A few were injured, some have terrible damage to their homes, many lost...

First Regional of 2020! FAWCO Region 7 Meeting

Submitted by Gwen Dellar, AIWC/Casablanca Communications, AIWA/Marrakech President

Some forty delegates attended the FAWCO regional meeting at the Churchill Club in Casablanca on Saturday January 18. This included our FAWCO president, Emily van Eerten (AWC The Hague) and 2nd VP Member Clubs, Rozanne Van Rie (AWC Antwerp). A sizeable group came from the Rabat club and two members from AIWA...

Week 1 The FAWCO Virtual Tour — Region 1

On June 1, 2020, FAWCO began a Virtual Tour of all 60 FAWCO clubs and our Target Project Partner, Hope for Girls and Women, Tanzania.  81 FAWCO members have joined the mission so far and have allowed us to blow through Region 1 in a matter of a few days. As a team, we’ve travelled 764 miles on our 36,659.8...

Founding FAWCO Club AWC Antwerp Celebrates 90 Years

AWC Antwerp Laura de Groen, Past President

For the American Women’s Club of Antwerp (AWCA), 2019 was as sparkling and multifaceted as the diamond in its logo. Founded in 1929, the club celebrated its 90th anniversary with a series of special events, including a Founders Day lunch, a reception at Antwerp City Hall, several special tours and a gala dinner-dance...