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On October 23, by a 68-to-29 vote, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes far-reaching legislation to improve procedures for military and overseas voters.  On October 28, the President signed the bill into law, and experts say there should be time to put new procedures in place for the 2010 election. Click here for a press release on...

Senator and former Majority Leader, Robert J. Dole, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Caring Institute, announced the winners of the 2009 Most Caring People in America Awards on September 24th.

Paula Lucas, Founder & Executive Director of American Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center, was one of the five adults honored during the Caring Awards ceremony on the evening...

FAWCO was proud to be among the first to congratulate United States President Barack Obama on being awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.  On Friday, October 9, the Nobel Committee announced its decision, praising President Obama for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”

For the President's statement on learning the news, click here.

FAWCO's Ending Violence Against Women and Children Team is working with the Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center (AODVC) to offer Informational Sessions and Outreach Ambassador Training Programs in 6 European cities: London, October 17, Amsterdam, October 20, Frankfurt, October 24, Copenhagen, October 27, Paris, October 30, Geneva, November 2.
Team Co-Chair Karen Lewis encourages each FAWCO club in Europe to...

The FAWCO Board is delighted to have received an offer from AIWC Casablanca to host the 2011 40th Biennial FAWCO Conference in Marrakech, Morocco.  The AIWC Casablanca Pro-forma figures are well presented, reasonable and very much in line with previous conferences; after reviewing them carefully, we recommend that our membership accept their offer.  I would like to invite our member...

We are sad to announce that AWC Copenhagen member and FAWCO Counsellor Edith Beyer passed away in July. She was 96. A widow visiting Denmark to see a cousin at age 57, Edith met her Prince Charming, Christian Beyer. They soon were married, and embarked upon a long, loving and caring family life, with Christian’s Danish family, often joined by...

FAWCO is pleased to share that the International Festivals & Events Association has announced the induction of one of the festival and event industry's finest professionals into its prestigious IFEA Hall of Fame - Charlotte DeWitt, CFEE, President of International Events, Ltd., Boston, MA (FAUSA member and conference organizer for FAWCO's Boston Conference 2010).

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Five years ago, Dianne Reed. FAWCO member and former president of American Women of the Eastern Province (AWEP), barely survived a militant attack on her compound in Saudi Arabia in which 22 others died. She is featured in an article describing a dramatic journey from a terrifying ordeal to the finishing touches on a book about it all.

Summary of Briefing by Radhika Coomaraswamy, who was appointed first in April 2006 and then again in February 2007 as UN Secretary-General’s Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict.  In this capacity, and as a lawyer by training, she has provided her moral voice to serve as an independent international human rights advocate to build awareness regarding the rights...