FAWCO endorsement for the Equal Rights Amendment (2003)

FAWCO endorsement for the Equal Rights Amendment

Written in 1923 by the suffragist leader Alice Paul, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced into every session of Congress between 1923 and 1972, when it was passed and sent to the states for ratification. The seven-year time limit in the ERA's proposing clause was extended by Congress to June 30, 1982,

U.S. Liaison: Background and Objectives

FAWCO was founded in 1931 by women concerned about international peace and citizenship rights.  Later, it was fired by women concerned about their voting rights, who worked with other overseas Americans to secure the right in 1975 to vote from overseas.  It has consistently championed citizenship and voting rights as being central to women's rights, which of course are inseparable...

Vienna Convention Endorsement - the right to consular assistance

Vienna Convention Endorsement

Every year, a significant number of United States citizens traveling or living overseas find themselves ensnared in the criminal justice system of a foreign government. Consular assistance provides a vital service to these Americans, maintaining a desperately needed link to the outside world, and helping them navigate and understand an unfamiliar, and perhaps hostile, legal system. Article...

Creation of Americans Abroad Caucus - February 2007

On February 22, 2007, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) sent a letter to their colleagues in the House of Representatives inviting them to join the “Americans Abroad Caucus, dedicated to the estimated 4 to 6 million American citizens living and working overseas.”

According to Representatives Maloney and Wilson “although they live overseas, many of these Americans...