Juneteenth is June 19th

Juneteenth celebrations mark the abolition of slavery on June 19th in the United States.  Many African-Americans celebrate this date instead of the Fourth of July.  If your people do not have a history of slavery, perhaps you didn't know this.  Now we know.  

Juneteenth website

 

Julie Mowat (AWC The Hague), Human Rights Team Co-Chair

 

 

Amnesty International Offers Human Rights Defender Course

Looking for some training on being a Human Rights Defender?  Wondering what this all means? Amensty International offers an on-line course, available free of charge (although for $49 you can get an official certificate of completion) that you can take in a 4 week period:  Amnesty's Human Rights Defender course.

As you begin the course, you will very soon come across...

Get to Know the Human Rights Team

by Julie Mowat (Human Rights Team Co-Chair, AWC The Hague) and Mary Dobrian (VP Global Issues, AIWC Cologne)

At the 2019 Biennial Conference in Edinburgh, Karen Castellon (AWC Berlin) and Julie Mowat (AWC The Hague) took over from Therese Hartwell (FAUSA) as new Co-Chairs of FAWCO’s Human Rights Team. They would like to introduce the Team’s subcommittee chairs and also...

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FAUSA Addresses Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

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Each year, FAUSA selects a Banner Project to which the organization gives a $2000 grant and support throughout the FAUSA year. For 2018-2019, FAUSA members chose Direct Service to Victims of Sexual Assault Abroad, a project of Pathways to Safety International, formerly Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center (AODVC), which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. 
 
Pathways was founded by...
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FAWCO/FAUSA Members Celebrate International Women's Day

For many years, the Human Rights Team has encouraged FAWCO/FAUSA members and groups to participate in activities to celebrate International Women's Day. This year, numerous  individuals and groups planned and/or participated in IWD activities. Congratulations to everyone for taking the time to honor women around the world.

 Amsterdam IWDBalance photo AmsterdamA dozen AWC Amsterdam  members and their daughters gathered on International Womens Day...

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Visionary Women Celebrate National Women’s History Month

On Thursday February 28, the AWC Hamburg celebrated National Women’s History Month with a lively panel discussion at the America Center Hamburg. The event was 53614396 1993538810955952 2364097222607372288 oco-organized by the club, the America Center and the US Consulate General Hamburg, and was organized to reflect this year’s theme, Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Nonviolence. AWC President Carol Strametz introduced the event,

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