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Diverse Voices: Trauma, Empowerment and Collective Action – Part 3

Piece by Zefi Dimadama, AWO Greece

Interview by Mary Adams, AWC The Hague

 

HR write forward logoSince its founding, the International Women’s Writing Guild (IWWG) has championed the power of women’s voices, ensuring they are heard, celebrated and shared. In 2025, its anthology efforts align with the 69th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. This event is a call to action, reminding us...

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Diverse Voices: Trauma, Empowerment and Collective Action – Part 2

Story by Jawahara Saidullah, AIWC Düsseldorf

Interview by Mary Adams, AWC The Hague

 

HR write forward logoSince its founding, the International Women’s Writing Guild (IWWG) has championed the power of women’s voices, ensuring they are heard, celebrated and shared. In 2025, its anthology efforts align with the 69th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. This event is a call to action, reminding...

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Movie Review: The Six Triple Eight

by Mary Adams, AWC The Hague

 

I recently watched the World War II historical drama The Six Triple Eight (Netflix, 2024). The Six Triple Eight is based on the true story of the only Black battalion of the Women's Army Corps (855 soldiers) that served overseas in World War II. The battalion was commanded by Major Charity Adams, the first Black woman to serve as an officer in the US Army.

One of the issues...

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Diverse Voices: Trauma, Empowerment and Collective Action – Part 1

Poem by Marjorie Kantor, AWC Madrid

Interview by Mary Adams, AWC The Hague

 

HR write forward logoSince its founding, the International Women’s Writing Guild (IWWG) has championed the power of women’s voices, ensuring they are heard, celebrated and shared. In 2025, its anthology efforts align with the 69th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. This event is a call to...

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CSW69 Consultation Day: Geneva Engages Civil Society to Implement BPfA

by Mary Adams, AWC The Hague and Human Rights Team Co-Chair

 

hr un with flagsIn 2023–24, CSW NGO Geneva worked with 120 NGOs from 43 countries to research the progress and challenges for member states of the UN ECE region based on the 12 critical areas of concern in the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA). The 12 working groups were given a...

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Women Bearing Brunt of the Conflict in Eastern DRC

by Marelie Manders, Heidelberg IWC and Human Rights Team Co-Chair

 

One of the 12 critical concerns of the Beijing Platform for Action is Women in Armed Conflict. The Beijing Platform calls for, among other things, women’s full participation in conflict resolution. It also recognises women’s right to protection, as they are at particular risk of being targeted by violence...

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