by Therese Hartwell, Peace and Conflict Committee
While war and other violent conflict increasingly rob women of their human rights and their safety and security, all is not bleak. More and more women being affected by conflict are taking matters into their own hands and demanding change, often using uniquely female methods to promote cooperation and reconciliation.
One recent example...
Bridge the Human Rights Gap for Women on International Women's Day - March 8, 2014
Again this year, the Human Rights Team invites FAWCO clubs to observe International Women's Day by meeting at a bridge in your community as a symbol of support for women's human rights.
This campaign began in 2010 in neighboring countries Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which have...
“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...
