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Reduce Food Waste and Save Money: Too Good To Go!

While the UN and its Member States are discussing Global Goals, have you thought about your personal goals to reduce your impact on the planet? In today’s world we need solutions that are fast and easy or they risk not being adapted into people’s lives. 

Too Good To Go is an app aimed at reducing food waste. Using the app...

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Education Roundup: September 2021

compiled by Carol-Lyn McKelvey, FAUSA/AIWC Cologne

 

Girl with the LV Abi Dare Book Cover resizedThank you to everyone that attended our International Literacy Day (ILD) conversation with Abi Daré. She not only offered insight and context to how she came to write The Girl with the Louding Voice, but she provided a larger framework to expand our understanding of the opportunities and obstacles for girls seeking education in...

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Recent International Law Verdicts Bring Hope to Women and Girl Victims of Armed Conflict

by Marelie Manders, Heidelberg IWC

 

ScalesOfJusticeAndWreathArmed conflicts have a dire effect on the lives of women and girls where they take place. Women often suffer in unique ways, which unfortunately include experiencing sexual and gender-based violence in addition to the loss of relatives and economic security. In these situations, International Criminal Law plays a key role in ensuring that...

Global Issues Book Discussion Series – The Favored Daughter

by Mary Dobrian, AIWC Cologne

 

At the end of the Global Issues Book Discussion on International Literacy Day, September 8, the Human Rights Team announced its selection for FAWCO’s next global read. The book chosen is The Favored Daughter: One Woman’s Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future by Fawzia Koofi.

Fawzia Koofi was one of 23 children born...

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Why You Should Care about CITES

By Adelina Matinca, AIWC Cologne

Elephants IMG 1869resizedAs I wrapped up my MA thesis entitled “Human-Wildlife Conflict in Northeastern Namibia: CITES, Elephant Conservation and Local Livelihoods,” I began to ask myself how many people actually know about CITES or elephant conservation and the impact they both have on local livelihoods. Many of you might have heard these terms, either in articles you...

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Literacy in Nigeria (SDG Target 4.6)

by Hollie Nielsen, AWCC Scotland

 

In conjunction with our latest Global Issues Book Discussion Series selection of The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré, this article will have a brief look at literacy in Nigeria.

As the Nigerian Minister of Education Mallam Adamu Adamu stated in 2018, “Education is the bedrock of any country’s development and any...

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Common Variable Immune Deficiency – Part 3

By Linda Harvan, FAUSA

immunityEvery day we are exposed to viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi, but our immune system keeps us healthy by fighting most pathogens. A healthy immune system will not prevent all illnesses, but it will help reduce the severity and duration of symptoms when we are ill. People with healthy immune systems usually recover from a cold...

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