Human Rights Articles

Juneteenth: Are You a Descendent of Slaves in the USA?

June 19th is Juneteenth, a date commemorated by many African-Americans since the late 1800s. On this date in 1865, about two months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas. He informed people that the Civil War had ended and those enslaved in Texas were free. The enslaved people in Texas, about 250,000, were...

Every Day is 16 Days

Every day is part of the 16 Days of activism to eliminate gender-based violence. 

The 16 Days campaign is most active from November 25 (United Nations Day to End Gender-Based Violence) through December 10 (Human Rights Day, marking the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights).

In reality, every day is a day to actively try to eliminate gender...

FAWCO's Global Issues Book Discussion Series

FAWCO's four Global Issues Teams plus the Target Team invite you to join us for the first installment of your Global Issues Book Discussion Series!

The first book in our series is one that touches on all four of FAWCO's Global Issues and reflects the philosophy of FAWCO as a whole: The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the...

(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...