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...
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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 25th – December 10th 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...
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Ending Violence Against Women is a Committee of the Human Rights Team, addressing issues of domestic violence and sex trafficking, as well as other forms of violence against women. The Ending Violence Team was created in April 2008 to address issues of domestic violence, human trafficking and sexual exploitation in order to increase awareness and empower those women and children affected. Over the years, the Team has put a spotlight on the issues to get people talking about them. We also promote tangible actions that we can all take to help eradicate these forms of violence. When you look at the facts you see that we still have a long way to go.
1 in 3 women has been sexually assaulted in her lifetime;
Rape continues to be used as a weapon during war and conflict;
Globalization and climate change are having the most profound impacts on women and children who are disproportionately displaced and left without options;
Gender-based violence is an affliction that millions of women and children suffer in silence and shame. Many become victimized by those who are supposed to love and protect them.
Please share these three one-page information sheets on issues of Domestic Violence, how you can help victims of Domestic Violence, and global issues of Violence Against Women with your club members.
For a worldwide listing of domestic violence agencies, see the Hot Peaches website.
You'll find a link to the Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center (AODVC) website on our homepage under Domestic Violence.
For more information or to get involved, contact the Committee Co-Chairs.
Co-Chair, Global Issues, Tonya Teichert at .
Tonya Teichert (AWC The Taunus)
Co-Chair, Global Issues
Co-Chair, Domestic Violence and AODVC Liaison, Karen Lewis at aodvc@fawco.org.
Karen Lewis (FAUSA)
Co-Chair, Domestic Violence and AODVC Liaison
Women Peace and Security is a committee within the Human Rights Team. Its goal is to raise awareness about violence against women in conflict zones and the role of women in the peace-keeping process.
The theme of women and conflict resonates with the very origins of FAWCO. According to The Red Book, FAWCO: A History 1931-2011:
Caroline Curtis Brown founded FAWCO on the belief that "enlightened women, working cooperatively throughout the world, could do much to help achieve permanent international peace; and that this was especially true of American women living abroad who had acquired special experience in living in foreign lands among foreign people and foreign customs. Their American clubs not only provided a home away from home, she felt, but also served to promote sympathetic awareness of the needs and problems in countries other than the United States." Our founder's words are perhaps even more relevant today than in her own time. In our globally connected world, wars have a real impact on the lives of all of us, even when they occur in a distant land. A peaceful world benefits everyone.
