AWC The Hague member Barbara Brookman was interviewed about her experience as a continuing education* student. In 2018, Barbara returned to the Netherlands with her husband and daughter after almost 30 years in the US. At the age of 52, she retired from a career in the engineering and construction sector (E&C) as a...
Equal Access to education continues to dominate our Roundup this month and it dovetails nicely with our new focus on Continuing Education. Read on and follow the links to see what’s new!
What were you doing 12 years ago this week? It probably seems like a lifetime away.
That’s when the conflict...
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was held March 6–17 in New York. This was the 67th edition, and its themes were Innovation and Technological Change as well as Education in the Digital Age. I spoke with Alex Vo, FAWCO’s UN Liaison, to learn more about this important event.
Q: Can...
“Highly intelligent, but lazy.” “Would excel if she applied herself.” “Lacks focus.”
These were all common things on my school reports growing up. I grew up thinking I was disorganized, lazy and fickle. I cared about friends and family deeply, yet I was the one constantly forgetting birthdays, dates to...
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Target Project 2023–2025, Awesome Blossoms; Organization: Safe Spaces; Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The Project
Awesome Blossoms is the latest evolution of a community-based organization, Safe Spaces, created by Mrs. Peninah Nthenya Musyimi. This project features organic, water-efficient urban farms with 500...
Target Project 2023–2025
Organization: Safe Spaces
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The Project
Awesome Blossoms is the latest evolution of a community-based organization, Safe Spaces, created by Mrs. Peninah Nthenya Musyimi. This project features organic, water-efficient urban farms with 500 gardens in each farm to support girls’ education and empowerment programs and...
Dandelion. The perfect decaffeinated beverage or sophisticated salad leaf when introduced with understated pomp and circumstance on the menu at a trendy café, but considered a troubling nuisance which must be immediately obliterated by powerful pesticides as soon as it shows its dainty face on a closely manicured lawn.
Perspective. Is...
