Human Rights Articles

Four Easy Steps for the Non-Activist to Participate in FAWCO’S 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

(written by Mary Stange, edited by Karen Castellon, contributions from Tonya Teichert and Rhonda Staudt)

What is the “16 Days of Activism” campaign?

It's a 16-day international campaign, from November 25 to December 10, to challenge violence against women and girls.

By Melissa Ruggles (AWC Amsterdam) —FAWCO Women, Peace & Security Chair

As I browse the latest news and research on UNSCR 1325 and women’s participation in peace processes, I just start to feel sad and frustrated. I ask myself why, in 2019, are women not involved in peace processes more often? Considering that we comprise 50 percent of the global...

By Sue England, UN Rep (IWC Munich)

At HRC41, there were two days focused on women's rights, June 27 and 28.  You can view sessions of the HRC on UN Web TV. Here is a link to live feed and archived videos.

The session continued on June 28 with country statements being made and questions for the Special Rapporteurs (Special...

By Karen Castellon, UN Rep (AWC Berlin)

Oral update by the High Commissioner, Honorable Michelle Bachelet on the situation of human rights worldwide and on the activities of her office

Highlights:

ISIS aftermath

• 55,000 ISIS fighters and family members are detained in Iraq and Syria in refugee camps.
• 29,000 children n Syria are in need of rehabilitation and integration into society

I highly recommend the movie, Capernaum, which I saw at the Edinburgh International Film Festival the night before the FAWCO conference last March. I watched the movie in the original language (Arabic and Ampharic) with English subtitles. It contains strong language, references to child abuse and drug misuse.

Zain (Zain Al Rafeea) is a young boy living with his family...

World Refugee Day is June 20^th

This content was originally published as a FAWCO-wide awareness raising campaign for World Refugee Day 2018 by the FAWCO Target Program for Education. The following is credited to Julie Lehr, Lauren Mescon and Tricia Saur.

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ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS

1. WALK/RUN: Most refugees don’t "get out" by plane with their belongings, most have no...