Amsterdam's Red-Light District May Go Dark

Amsterdam's red-light district is increasingly a hotbed for modern day slavery and a destination for human trafficking. The past 20 years have proven that legalized prostitution is not all it was touted to be and this popular destination has learned some hard lessons about sex tourism, which now attracts as many visitors as art...

Join Me on the Bridge

March 8th 2013

Team Contact: Therese Hartwell, Executive Committee member

Where do you plan to be on March 8, 2013?  Why not participate in the first event in FAWCO history to coordinate a common activity between FAWCO members attending the annual conference and other club members not in attendance?  On March 8,

The 16 Day Campaign 2012: From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World

November 25^th – December 10^th 2012

Team Contact: Erica Higbie, Co-chair

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is a global campaign dedicated to ending gender-based violence. It originated in 1991 to increase international awareness of the systemic nature of violence...

Prevention of Human Trafficking and Protection of its Victims, especially Women and Children

Report on UN General Assembly Interactive Dialogue

4 April 2012, New York

Speakers:

Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, President of the 66th General Assembly

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary- General

Milos Koterec, President of ECOSOC (Statement read)

YuryFedotov, Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director of UNODC

Mira Sorvino, UN Goodwill Ambassador against Human...