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During the Pandemic, We Can Walk

by Maggie Palu, American Women in the Aquitaine

Walking in HaarlemWalking is an ideal activity during the pandemic. Walking is about more than just moving one foot in front of the other, and always has been. Walking can soothe and comfort. Walking can sharpen the mind and be inspirational. While working on A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens walked for miles through the back...

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Book Review: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

by Hollie Nielsen, AWC of Central Scotland & Education Team Co-Chair

Troublesome creek book cover screenshot by Hollie 2020I’ve been inspired by World Literacy Day and the Education Team’s September focus on literacy. One of the books I’ve read this month is The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson. In her novel, Kim describes the difficult life and dire poverty of the Kentucky hollers...

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Notes from the Field: Interview with Cat Howell, Instructional Director, Literary Source (SDG Target 4.6)

by Julia Schecter, AWC London

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SDG Target 4.6

By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy

 

 

Literacy Source is a Seattle non-profit organization that provides free basic education to low-income adults in the Seattle, Washington area. The agency reports that 1 in 6 adults in Washington...

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Perspectives on Illiteracy (SDG Target 4.6)

by Julia Schecter, AWC London 

There are now “more adults without literacy than there were 50 years ago, meaning that our efforts have not kept pace with population growth.”1 In response, UNESCO has staked out an ambitious goal of eradicating adult illiteracy by 2030. The campaign, announced in its recent UNESCO Strategy for Youth and Adult Literacy 2020-2025,2 is to focus on...

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It's a Wrap on Literacy (SDG Target 4.6)

by Carol-Lyn McKelvey, FAUSA/AIWC Cologne & Education Team Co-Chair

To culminate our focus on literacy, the Education Team was proud to host author Juliet Cutler on World Literacy Day, September 8, to discuss Among the Maasai as part of the Global Issues Book Discussion Series. Juliet’s presentation was poignant yet direct, and it gave all participants a glimpse into the...

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ERA – Where Does Your US Candidate Stand on Women’s Rights?

by Pam Perraud (AAWE Paris, FAUSA), FAWCO’s Representative on the US Women’s Caucus at the UN

Currently, the ERA remains an unfulfilled and unresolved issue for every American woman. The League of Women Voters US along with the Center for Women in Politics of Rutgers University, both non-profit, non-partisan organizations, have compiled a list of where House and Senate candidates stand on the...

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An Overview of Target Project Proposals for Health and Wellness

TargetProject HealthThis blog will provide a short glimpse into the submitted projects for the fourth Target Program cycle. The selection process kicked off on May 1, 2019 with the release of the Application Packet. Fifteen project proposals were received by the September 30, 2019 deadline. Participation across FAWCO was excellent, with submissions coming from six of the eleven FAWCO Regions plus...

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