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(Some of the Amazing) Women Who Changed American Politics

by Adrianne George Lind, AWC Gothenberg, AWC Malmö, AWC Stockholm

 

As Americans around the world prepare to go to the polls in person or via absentee ballot to elect the President of the United States in November, it is impossible to ignore the role women have played in American politics. Some names you must surely know, while others may...

In Summary: 2019 In Review

Annual Report written by Arandeep Degun (AIWC Cologne); edited for website publication by Carol-Lyn McKelvey (AIWC Cologne, FAUSA)

 

Remaining true to the mission statement, “Increasing Awareness of Global Issues in Education,” in 2019, the Education Team continued their reasearch and outreach within four areas of SDG 4: Global Citizenship (SDG 4.7), Literacy (SDG 4.6), Equal Access (SDGs 4.24.5) and...

Clubs in Motion – Annual Report 2019–2020

by Maggie Palu, AW Aquitaine

 

This is the annual report that would have been presented at the Interim Meeting(IM) in Luxembourg. Although for the moment we can’t get together to walk in groups, it’s important to recognize what was achieved in the past year.

Motion is healthy. One member wrote: “I just like to move, so I achieve this by...

The Happiness Lab

by Danielle Kuznetsov, AWO Moscow


Photo by Anni Smith 2 Sunflower with logo 22What if you could build a life that feels good most of the time – a life that serves you during the most challenging situations and prepares you for when things don't go as planned? COVID-19 has invited us all, globally, to this exact endeavor. We have been forced to stop, look and listen, not...

The Coronavirus and the Environment

by Anne van Oorschot (AWC The Hague)

Who could have imagined six months ago, that I and more than 150 other FAWCO members would NOT be in Luxembourg from March 20–22? Certainly not me!! It is ironic that just as Health has become our Target issue, the entire world is being shown just how drastically health problems can affect lives.

Environmentally Considerate Living – Part 2

By Valerie Garforth (FAUSA)

Much can be learned about living an environmentally considerate life by looking back to our younger days, growing up in the pre-consumer age. Young people today are rediscovering how to live that way, and we have much to learn from each other! 

Last month in Lessons from the Pre-Consumer Age – Part 1, I shared information about life...

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Introducing FAWCO's Target Project

by Mary Dobrian, AIWC Cologne


Hope logoOn March 21, FAWCO’s Target Team announced our Target Project – Health for 2020-2022: 

S.A.F.E. (Safe Alternatives for FGM Elimination), a project of HOPE for Girls and Women, Tanzania.

The project will 

  • support Safe Houses for girls fleeing forced female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Mara region of Tanzania;
  • provide healthcare and psychosocial counseling for...

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