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Increased Empowerment for Women in The Digital Age (SDG Targets 4.1, 4.2, 4.5)

by Devinder Buttar, AWC London

 

A world full of empowered women isn't one where men are marginalized. It’s a world where everyone thrives. ― Purnima Mane

International Women’s Day (IWD), on March 8, 2023, will focus largely on how technology and education in the digital age can help the empowerment of women and girls across the world. With the theme “DigitALL Innovation and Technology for Gender...

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Education in Slovakia: An Overview

by Carol-Lyn McKelvey, FAUSA/AIWC Cologne

 

As the Biennial Conference in Slovakia approaches, your Education Team was curious about the state of education in that country. Here are some interesting facts from The Borgen Project:

Slovakia map“Slovakia is a landlocked nation in Central Europe and the easternmost territory that comprised former Czechoslovakia. Slovakia obtained independence and recognition as a sovereign state...

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Book Review: The Bookseller of Kabul

reviewed by Hollie Nielsen, AWCC Scotland

Bookseller of KabulThe Bookseller of Kabul  by Asne Seierstad (published in English in 2003) is a non-fiction description of the life and family of Shah Muhammad Rais. At Shah M Book Co, Rais braved persecution to bring books to the people of Kabul over the course of three decades and successive repressive regimes. As well as...

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Education Roundup: February 2023

compiled by Carol-Lyn McKelvey, FAUSA/AIWC Cologne

 

As your Education Team wraps up its focus on Equal Access (SDG Targets 4.1, 4.2, 4.5), international focus on this topic is ramping up! Check out the offerings and updates below. 

love to learn icon ed team feb22 res** In conjunction with CSW67, and its priority theme of “innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender...

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Book Review: Pipe Dreams by Chelsea Wald

by Hollie Nielsen, AWC Central Scotland

 

Pipe Dreams coverIn Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet, author Chelsea Wald (a member of AWC The Hague) gives us an entertaining and well-researched exploration of sanitation, pee and poop. She is passionate about her subject, and it shows in her book. She takes us through history, from at least the Romans to...

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Education Roundup: January 2023

compiled by Carol-Lyn McKelvey, FAUSA/AIWC Cologne

 

Happy New Year! 2023 offers hope in the face of many challenges. Click on the links below to learn more!

 

**TheirWorld began 2023 by outlining the priorities of their five-year plan: placing a massive investment in Global Youth Ambassadors and doubling the size of their investment in local education innovators and entrepreneurs to help...

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