United Nations Youth Assembly in New York, August 2016

By Samuel Witt (son of Susan Witt, AWC Hamburg)

Hi everyone! My Name is Sammy and I had the enormous pleasure of representing FAWCO at the UN Youth Assembly. I thought I should make use of the opportunity of being in New York and so I arrived a week early. During this week I looked at all the fine art...

UN Youth Reps

 

FAWCO UN Youth Reps attend UN Youth Assemblies, the ECOSOC Youth Forum, and other youth-related conferences and meetings at the UN in New York. To learn more, read their blogs about their experiences at the UN.

In Fall 2017, FAWCO's UN Youth Rep was Sammy Witt, son of Susan Stanley-Witt (AWC Hamburg). In Summer 2017, Paige Higbie (daughter of Erica...

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The UN at 70: Time for A Woman SG!

By Vali Mitsakis

A briefing organized by Department of Public Information of the United Nations with a panel speaking about the seventy years of the United Nations.

While I was walking towards the conference room where the celebration was being held, I couldn’t help myself from thinking ‘What’s next?” I knew that I was going to hear a panel speak...

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Educational Technologies for Primary and Secondary Schools

By Vali Mitsakis

A briefing organized by Department of Public Information of the United Nations

This briefing focused on the use of technology in order to enhance teaching methods and student experiences in primary and secondary school classrooms. It is almost impossible to contemplate the changes that have occurred since I attended primary and secondary schools ten years or so...

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UN Youth Rep Vali Mitsakis' Impressions from CSW59

CSW59 – WEEK 1

Hello FAWCO members! My name is Valia Mitsakis and I’m the new FAWCO United Nations Youth Representative. In this blog I’m going to be covering many youth-related meetings and events that were organized by youth organizations across the globe for this year’s Commission on the Status of Women. This means that the past few days I’ve been meeting...

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Transitioning from the MDGs to the post-2015 UN Development Agenda

FAWCO Youth Rep Vali Mitsakis attended a briefing for the NGO community on the hottest topic at the UN in early 2015. The briefing was offered by the UN Department of Public Information (DPI).

Transitioning from the Millennium Development Goals
Thursday, 12 February 2015, 11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. at Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium 

Moderator: Mr. Jeffrey Brez, Chief, NGO Relations, Advocacy...

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