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Did I Really Grow into This Woman? Part 1/4

By Asma Darwish, Head of Advocacy at Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), AAWE member and Head of Communications at FAWCO Refugee Network

I was in middle school when my entire family finally came together for the first time: Mom, Dad and all of my sisters and brothers. The story is quite interesting; do you have time? 

AD young by selfAssuming you do,

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Learning to Be a Better Bystander

 by Mary Dobrian, AIWC Cologne

 

Stop harassmentHave you ever witnessed someone being harassed? Most of us have. Maybe it was someone making a “joke” about another person’s race, ethnicity or gender identity, or a classmate being bullied on the playground – or maybe it was something more severe.

Often when we notice harassment we have an impulse to step in...

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Crisis in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia

by Elizabeth López-Rigaudeau, AWC Zürich

 

Dear Lisa & Jean-Paul,

Hello. How are you? I hope everything is OK by your side…We are safe from the pandemic at first and now because of the war I hope everything will be restored so we can go back to school. I want to appreciate and I am great full for the never ending...

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No More Foundation Launches Global Directory

pexels anete lusina 5723263Melissa Morbeck, Director of Partnerships for No More Foundation, was the guest speaker at the May monthly meeting of the Human Rights Team. She shared the recent launch of the No More Global Directory to provide domestic violence and sexual assault resources in 195 countries, all the countries recognized by the United Nations. Amazing. Just not North Korea – sorry.

This incredible presentation...

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Challenges and Advancements for Women in Film

By Therese Hartwell, FAUSA


It’s that time of year again—movie awards season—and 2021 has brought historic achievements for women.

Females dominated the Golden Globe Best Director category for the first time with three female nominees. One Night in Miami director Regina King became only the second African-American female and Nomadland director Chloe Zhao the first Asian American woman to receive the...

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EU Gender Equality Index Highlights the Slow Pace of Meaningful Change

by Mary Manning, Heidelberg IWC

 

The march toward equal rights for women can often seem to be a process of one step forward and two steps back. Glimpses of progress – the global awareness-raising of harassment and assault in the workplace spurred by the #metoo campaign – can often be accompanied by unintended and unforeseen backlash – an expectation...

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