FAWCO’s Health Team comprises FAWCO and FAUSA women who work together to educate, enlighten and encourage our members all over the world to care well for themselves as well as gaining a deeper understanding of health issues that impact the most vulnerable in society. The Team is working to provide information on the 8...
One of the world’s most critical challenges despite significant progress over the last decade is maternal deaths. Although maternal deaths worldwide have decreased in recent decades approximately 800 women still die each day from largely preventable causes before, during, and after the time of birth. These deaths are not equally distributed. Ninety-nine percent of preventable maternal deaths occur in low...
The 50th anniversary of International Literacy Day (ILD) is being celebrated this year on September 8 with the motto “Reading the Past, Writing the Future”. The focus is on innovation; as “this is the first year of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In this context the vision of literacy is aligned with lifelong learning opportunities with special...
FAWCO supports the work of partner Pathways to Safety, which offers services to Americans abroad who may encounter violence in any form- in their home, their workplace or stranger violence. The mission of Pathways is "We educate Americans traveling and living abroad, giving them tools to stay informed about gender-based violence, and...
FAWCO's Environment Team is a dynamic and committed group of 15 women from 11 different clubs and FAUSA who work together to publish frequent informative articles. The Team’s aim is to increase member awareness about the environmental issues that confront our planet, such as the major causes of global climate change, energy efficiency, conservation and waste reduction, and...
Tara Scott (AWC Central Scotland), member of the Education Team, traveled to Korea to attend the UN Department of Public Information NGO Conference 2016. This is Tara's report:
Education for Global Citizenship: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Together
The 66th UN DPI / NGO Conference
Seeing oneself as a Global Citizen was at the heart of this conference. My understanding...