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Gender-Based Violence: A Push Factor for Human Trafficking (SDG Target 4.7)

by Mary Adams, AWC The Hague

Mary is proud to serve as the Education Team’s liaison to the FAWCO Human Rights team. As Founder and Director of the Sustainable Rescue Foundation, she is committed to helping organizations disrupt the human trafficking exploitation model by integrating existing business best practices, digital technology, academic concepts and legislation to facilitate collaborative work environments.

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Libraries, Libraries and More Libraries!

compiled by Carol-Lyn McKelvey, FAUSA/AIWC Cologne

 

At Oodi library coffee, eyeglasses and books at a tableSeptember is a month for celebrating libraries. From Ukraine to Finland and New York City to a creative baker, libraries and librarians have been in the spotlight and on the hotseat. Check out the library news and pictures as you read on!

* September 8 was World Literacy Day, and FAWCO’s Education Team...

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Literacy in Malawi (SDG Target 4.6)

by Hollie Nielsen, AWC Central Scotland

 

malawi map 50d05fThis September, in conjunction with our World Literacy Day book discussion of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, the Education Team looks at literacy in Malawi, the setting for William’s windmills. As we read in the book, primary education is compulsory and free to all children in Malawi; in 1994,

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Summer Book Read: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

by Hollie Nielsen, AWC Central Scotland

 
The boy who harnessed the windThis June, the Education Team is thrilled to announce the next book in the Global Issues Book Discussion series: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, by William Kamkwamba. This book showcases the importance of education and literacy as well as libraries. William tells the story of how he studied books in the school library and...
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Book Review: The Personal Librarian (+ bonus recommendations!)

by Hollie Nielsen, AWC Central Scotland

 
Personal Librarian Ed Team 2022In June, the Ed Team is thinking about libraries and their importance for literacy and education. I read The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. The book’s protagonist, Belle da Costa Greene, was the real life personal librarian for J.P. Morgan. She helped him build one of the world’s finest collections...
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Notes from the Field: Literacy and The AWC The Hague Library

by Anne van Oorschot, AWC The Hague (with historical information from Growing Dutch, the AWC’s 75th anniversary history book)

It is hard for me, an AWC member of 36 years, (who loves to read!) to imagine the club without a library! A lot has changed over the past 91 years. While members return more frequently to the US and come back...

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