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Advance Care Planning and Caregiving Resources

by Rozanne Van Rie, AWC Antwerp and FAWCO VP Member Clubs

Advance Care Planning 

We have a huge opportunity!

Through conversations, we can transform the possibilities for the last chapters of our lives...

Not just our own, but for our loved ones, whether they are living in the next city or – as is often the case for expat women – across an ocean!

 

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Grandmother Power: Improving Mental Health One Conversation at at Time

by Danielle Kuznetsov, AWO Moscow & Health Team Co-Chair

One hundred years have seemed to go by since I wrote this article in September 2019. COVID-19 has completely changed the world, how we live, and how we go about our business. 

This article highlights the work of the Friendship Bench in Zimbabwe and the positive effect grassroots mental health endeavors...

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World Teachers’ Day

by Devinder Buttar, AWC London

 

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World Teachers’ Day was launched by UNESCO on October 5, 1994 to commemorate the anniversary of the signing of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers. World Teachers’ Day 2020 is being observed with the theme “Teachers: Leadership in Crisis, Reimagining the Future.” World Teachers’ Day is celebrated with enthusiasm around the globe, with...

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The Checklist

by Robynne Pendariès, AAWE Paris

“Marry me, Robynne!” That was my favorite response from the FAWCO workshop last week called “Checklist to Complete Long before You Need It.” I created this document in response to an American friend whose French husband passed away suddenly, leaving her not only to manage the shock, but also to find all the needed life...

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The Heart of the Matter

by Danielle Kuznetsov, AWO Moscow & Health Team Co-Chair

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September 29, 2020 is World Heart Day – a global campaign to raise awareness of our own personal responsibility to guard our heart health for a long and quality life. The campaign unites people from all countries and backgrounds to fight against cardiovascular disease and the burden it creates on communities by...

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During the Pandemic, We Can Walk

by Maggie Palu, American Women in the Aquitaine

Walking in HaarlemWalking is an ideal activity during the pandemic. Walking is about more than just moving one foot in front of the other, and always has been. Walking can soothe and comfort. Walking can sharpen the mind and be inspirational. While working on A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens walked for miles through the back...

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