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Intimate Partner Violence

Those you see, and those you don’t 

by Mary Stange, AWC Bogotá

IPV HR Nov 2019Intimate partner violence (IPV) is one of the most common and dangerous forms of violence against women and includes physical, sexual and emotional abuse and controlling behaviors by an intimate partner (WHO). The UN estimates that nearly one third of women worldwide will experience violence from an intimate...

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4 Easy Steps to 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

Four Easy Steps for the Non-Activist to Participate in FAWCO’S 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

(written by Mary Stange, edited by Karen Castellon, contributions from Tonya Teichert and Rhonda Staudt)

 

What is the “16 Days of Activism” campaign?

 

It's a 16-day international campaign, from November 25 to December 10, to challenge violence against women and girls.

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Changing the Status Quo of Women’s Participation in Peace Processes, with an Eye towards Afghanistan

By Melissa Ruggles (AWC Amsterdam) —FAWCO Women, Peace & Security Chair

As I browse the latest news and research on UNSCR 1325 and women’s participation in peace processes, I just start to feel sad and frustrated. I ask myself why, in 2019, are women not involved in peace processes more often? Considering that we comprise 50 percent of the global...

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HRC Sessions on Women's Rights

By Sue England, UN Rep (IWC Munich)

At HRC41, there were two days focused on women's rights, June 27 and 28.  You can view sessions of the HRC on UN Web TV. Here is a link to live feed and archived videos.

The session continued on June 28 with country statements being made and questions for the Special Rapporteurs (Special...

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HRC41 Opening Session, June 24

By Karen Castellon, UN Rep (AWC Berlin)

Oral update by the High Commissioner, Honorable Michelle Bachelet on the situation of human rights worldwide and on the activities of her office

Highlights:

ISIS aftermath

  • 55,000 ISIS fighters and family members are detained in Iraq and Syria in refugee camps.
  • 29,000 children n Syria are in need of rehabilitation and integration into society
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Movie Review: Capernaum

I highly recommend the movie, Capernaum, which I saw at the Edinburgh International Film Festival the night before the FAWCO conference last March. I watched the movie in the original language (Arabic and Ampharic) with English subtitles. It contains strong language, references to child abuse and drug misuse.

Zain (Zain Al Rafeea) is a young boy living with his family...

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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 

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Tonya Teichert (AWC The Taunus)

Co-Chair, Global Issues


Co-Chair, Domestic Violence and AODVC Liaison, Karen Lewis at aodvc@fawco.org.

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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.
 

 

 

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