“The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.” A statement adopted more than 70 years ago and repeated by Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus in December 2017 remains as relevant in 2019 as it was in the late 1940s when...
Global Issues Teams
by Karen Boeker
"Despite universal recognition of the right to education for everyone, girls are still more likely than boys never to attend school," states a United Nations report on girls’ education.1
The problem of not being able to provide a proper primary and secondary school education for all children still exists in the world. Despite the fact that it is...
Update VIII - November 2019
Amanda Lane, Executive Director
Collateral Repair Project
I can’t believe that two years have already passed by and we have wrapped up the Hope Beyond Displacement project! As I have watched us develop innovative programs, reach new community members and carefully train personnel, I am so inspired and motivated by the outcomes we have achieved.
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Those you see, and those you don’t
Those you see, and those you don’t
by Mary Stange, AWC Bogotá
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is one of the most common and dangerous forms of violence against women and includes physical, sexual and emotional abuse and controlling behaviors by an intimate partner (WHO). The UN estimates that nearly one third of women worldwide will experience violence from an intimate...
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What Time is it?
by Stephanie Biery, AWC Berlin
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by Suzi Tart, AAWE Paris
When talking about oceans and the environment, the first image that often comes to mind is that of plastic bags and other debris that has ended up there. But even though we can’t see it, the oceans are silently being degraded by the climate.
In a few days the world’s attention will be on Spain,
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by Valerie Garforth, FAUSA
Humankind has always generated household waste. Archeologists learn a great deal about ancient – and not so ancient – populations by investigating their middens. Future archeologists will probably have a lot to say about us when they investigate our landfills and the great garbage patches in the oceans, and it is not likely to be very complimentary! According...
