UNESCO Update

by Pam Perraud, AAWE Paris/FAUSA & UN Representative

Defending the Right to Education

In honor of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from October 15 - December 18, UNESCO is running a digital campaign, #RightToEducation, highlighting the work UNESCO does related to education. UNESCO staff works to encourage states to make the right of a quality...

We Are All Sisters

By Anne-Marie B. Tracey, AWC London

Despite some of the more polarizing gender politics at play in conversation recently on both sides of the Atlantic, most of the native and residence countries of our readership will be located in Groups 1 or 2 on the Gender Development Index – quantifying our privilege of having had quite similar...

“A 2010 survey by the Ministry of National Education in Côte d’Ivoire found that 47% of teachers reported having sexual relations with students. In South Africa, a recent national survey found that 8% of secondary school girls had experienced severe sexual assault or rape in the previous year while at school.” - World Education Blog

We continue our series addressing interventions...

compiled by The Environment Team

While most FAWCO Members agree that the environment is an important issue, very few Cubs organize any kind of activity to increase awareness and/or take positive action on an environmental issue. The Environment Team would like to change that by encouraging clubs to plan an event for Earth Day on April 22. We have ideas for...

How about suggesting a good novel with an environment theme for your club’s book discussion group? This would be a great way to encourage some conversation about one of the global topics that FAWCO focuses on. Read on for some information on the book we suggest, as well as some discussion questions to get the conversation going. Just add book worms

As holiday shopping begins, be sure to consider the impact of your shopping choices.  Take a look at the following shopping guides to help you buy responsibly.  Avoid purchasing items from countries known to use child or forced labor. Check out this list produced by the US Department of Labor.

Ethical Shopping Guide from Free the Girls--this guide from the previous...