World Day Against Trafficking in Persons was established by the United Nations in 2014 and is observed annually on July 30. The purpose is to raise awareness and promote and protect the rights of...
The UN General Assembly proclaimed July 15 to be World Youth Skills Day in 2014. Its objective is to “celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work, and entrepreneurship.” Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Youth Skills Day has concentrated on recovery efforts that are also...
This year commemorates the 22nd World Refugee Day. Twenty-five years ago, in 1998, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) recognized 6.2 million “refugees and persons of concern.”1 World Refugee Day was held globally for the first time on June 20, 2001. In 2023, the number of people who are displaced, stateless, seeking...
The new FAWCO Target Project, Awesome Blossoms, is a part of the Safe Spaces community-based organization and aims to expand on growing vegetables using hydroponics in the Mathare slum area of Nairobi. What is impressive is that this project addresses a great number of the Sustainable Development Goals – SDGs: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8,
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was held March 6–17 in New York. This was the 67th edition, and its themes were Innovation and Technological Change as well as Education in the Digital Age. I spoke with Alex Vo, FAWCO’s UN Liaison, to learn more about this important event.
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This year marks the 24th anniversary of the international Through Women’s Eyes film festival, sponsored by a non-profit organization in Sarasota, Florida. Since COVID-19, the group has brought these international films into people’s homes through streaming video. The benefit is that viewers from anywhere in the world can enjoy cutting-edge narratives and documentaries by women...