These days, going to the movies, watching a favorite show or picking up a magazine has become a minefield for a lot of people. Recently, I received a request to sign a petition for the MPAA to amend their current rating system to include a warning label for sexual abuse. The woman who initiated the petition, Hannah, is a survivor...

When I sat down to write this article, I had a clear direction in my mind about how I would present it. I would first engage you with the Hitchcock-like vision of sending your precious baby off to the big-bad-university that was systematically trying to destroy her (or him) all for the sake of saving their reputation and funding. I...

“There is no peace without development, no development without peace, and there is no lasting peace or sustainable development without respect for human rights and the rule of law.”
United Nation Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon

It's a Crime: Show your support to end human trafficking and migrant smuggling

Did you know that 1 in 3 human trafficking victims is a child? Did...

When people seek to expand their families, adoption has long been considered an option. In recent decades, the number of infants available for domestic adoption has decreased due to societal changes including, but not limited to, greater access to birth control options, reduced stigma of one-parent families, the rise of same-sex-parents, and the increase in open adoptions.  

Adopting from abroad came...

Stacy Lara, FAWCO's Representative to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, reported on a recent conference emphasizing the link between education and peace, poverty eradication, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue. You can read Stacy's report here.

Human Rights. FAWCO's current Target Project addresses the topic. We talk intensely about human rights, but thankfully, most of us have never experienced a severe deprivation of our own human rights, and probably few of us know people who have.  As much as we might care about the topic, most of our experience of the issue is indirect and...