Human Rights

On March 18, 2013, to honor National Women's History Month, the US Embassy in Vienna Public Affairs Department, AWA Vienna and FAWCO drew attention to the issue of female oppression by sex trafficking and forced prostitution.

After the screening of a segment on prostitution in India from the PBS documentary “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,”

Ending Violence Against Women and  Children Team January /  February 2013 Bulletin We hope 2013 is being good to you and that you are looking forward to the year ahead. The first big thing for EVAWAC this year will be Join me on the Bridge in March. Please read the article below by Therese Hartwell and join us! We have...

November/December 2012 Bulletin
Happy Holidays! I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that holiday plans are taking shape! This newsletter was supposed to make its way to you sooner but life, as usual, has other plans. November 25th was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. On that day, I was sitting in an airplane...

FAWCO joins thousands of organizations across the globe to demand an end to violence in their communities as part of the 2012 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign.  In the Fall, FAWCO's Ending Violence for Women & Children Team put out a global call to action to FAWCO member clubs to participate in this campaign (from November 25...

This week's Say NO - UNiTE Video of the Week (8 – 14 October 2012), “Michelle Bachelet: First International Day of the Girl Child” features a video message from UN Women’s Executive Director to mark the first-ever celebration of this international day on Thursday, 11 October 2012. In it, Ms. Bachelet speaks to girls around the world and emphasizes UN Women's commitment to...

       “March of Peace” in  Srebrenica, Bosnia Herzegovina

By Therese Hartwell, the former President of the American Women’s Group of Eastern Province, Saudia Arabia, and current member of  FAWCO’s  Ending Violence Against Women Team.

Download entire March of Peace article here

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to find yourself in the middle of a war, trying...