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FAWCO Member Asma Darwish: A Bahraini Human Rights Defender, a Global Citizen and a Refugee

June 20 is World Refugee Day

 

AAWE member Asma Darwish, a member of the Human Rights Team and the FAWCO Refugee Network, shared her story during the Human Rights Team's monthly virtual call. 

 

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Here is her story, taken from the meeting notes:

Asma, who is a Bahraini citizen who has been granted refugee status and is residing in...

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Juneteenth: Are You a Descendent of Slaves in the USA?

JUNETEENTHJune 19th is Juneteenth, a date commemorated by many African-Americans since the late 1800s. On this date in 1865, about two months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas. He informed people that the Civil War had ended and those enslaved in Texas were free. The enslaved people in Texas, about 250,000, were...

Keeping Children Safe During COVID-19

by Hari Kitching, AWC London 

CHILDREN AT RISK hosted a virtual roundtable with experts to discuss child-safeguarding under COVID-19 conditions, what policies and practices would further protect children, what we can learn from past disasters and public emergencies and how they affect children, and what you can do to keep children safer.

Watch the recording of the conversation.

 
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Every Day is 16 Days

Every day is part of the 16 Days of activism to eliminate gender-based violence. 16 Days

The 16 Days campaign is most active from November 25 (United Nations Day to End Gender-Based Violence) through December 10 (Human Rights Day, marking the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights).

In reality, every day is a day to actively try to eliminate gender based...

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FAWCO's Global Issues Book Discussion Series

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FAWCO's four Global Issues Teams plus the Target Team invite you to join us for the first installment of your Global Issues Book Discussion Series!

The first book in our series is one that touches on all four of FAWCO's Global Issues and reflects the philosophy of FAWCO as a whole: The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the...

ACT Today to Support Pathways!

Call or write your US Representatives TODAY, April 23rd, to support PATHWAYS in the next Congressional funding bill related to COVID.

Now more than ever, with domestic violence on the rise, your VOICE needs to be heard.  Tell the US Congress to give funding to PATHWAYS!

 

Update on April 26: 

A date has not yet been set for voting...

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