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Lessons from Corona Applied to the Climate Crisis

by Karen Rudin, AWC Zurich

covid 4948866 960 720The recent COVID-19 crisis was only a couple of weeks old when the media began reporting one unexpected positive effect. Worldwide greenhouse gas emissions were markedly reduced and the atmosphere less polluted as a result. As well as being good news in itself, this was an inkling that the corona crisis and the climate crisis are linked. Recognition...

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Is Tea Healthy?

by Chau-Jean Lin, AWC London 

Coming from a family of tea farmers, tea masters and tea producers, people often ask me if tea, as a beverage made from the plant species Camellia sinensis, can help alleviate common ailments – including weight problems, dull skin, digestive problems, aches and more. The question is usually prefaced with a reference to traditional forms...

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FAWCO: Advancing Women's Rights and Advocating at the UN

by Michelle Farrand, AWA Vienna

Over the past few years I have become increasingly passionate about the issue of women’s rights and equality, and was really excited about the prospect of attending the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW64) in NYC in March. Of course, those plans had to be aborted as the unprecedented situation with the COVID-19 pandemic...

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Time for Change

Hari Kitching, AWC London, Human Rights Team member, shares a video and information about the London Black Lives Matter protests:

For many people, social, economic and human rights injustices are a part of everyday life and people continue to suffer as a result of unconscious biases in our society.

The death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 at the...

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Family Planning: An Essential Right for All Women and Girls

2364af8f f8d9 44b5 b065 e9dc2c3b1921Although the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting all people, women are uniquely impacted.  Women are disproportionately represented in insecure jobs. The majority of front-line health care workers (those with the greatest exposure to the virus) are women. Women are also charged with the greatest amount of home care for children, elderly parents and families, resulting in close contact to multiple people.
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S.A.F.E. Update for April - June 2020

MapHope for Girls and Women Tanzania (HGWT) was established in 2017. In Rhobi's words, “the vision is to free societies of gender-based violence, including FGM, child marriage and wife battering. The mission is to protect human dignity and improve the respect for women and girls in Tanzania.”

HGWT operates two Safe Houses, one in Butiama and the other in Mugumu,

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Announcing Our 4th Annual Summer Global Read!!

 

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As part of FAWCO's Global Issues Book Discussion Series, the Education Team is excited to announce Among the Maasai, by Juliet Cutler, as our 4th Annual Global Summer Read! In looking for a book this year, we were hoping to find one that not only spoke to education, but one that might also tie to our new Target Project.

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