In our Blog: Let's Get Schooled we will explore why education matters; we will examine the barriers, one by one, which impede women and girls from accessing quality education and completing their studies; we will become familiar with the strategies to address these issues; and we will discover who the leaders in world education are.
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By Maryam Khoshoei, AIWC Cologne, FAWCO Youth
Maryam participated the 3rd FAWCO Youth Cultural Volunteers Program traveling to Mumbai, India in the summer of August 2015. Today, Maryam is 20 years old and studying Gender and Diversity at the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in Cleves.
Living abroad has been a life changing experience for me. I was born in...
Beogo NeereA project of the TuaRes Foundation - submitted by Ann Goossens, AILO Florence
Educating and Empowering Refugee Women and Girls in JordanA project of the Collateral Repair Project - submitted by Therese Hartwell, FAUSA
Threading the FutureA project of the Stahili Foundation... |
“Education is one of the most critical areas of empowerment for women. When girls are educated, they lead healthier and more productive lives. . . . An educated girl has a positive ripple effect on her health, family, community and society as a whole." - USAID
In this issue of Let’s Get Schooled I would like to explore why the above...
The 2016 theme for the Rutgers 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign is "From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Make Education Safe for All!"
Each year the FAWCO Human Rights Team asks members to participate in the campaign from November 25 - December 10. Given the connection to education, we have asked Therese Hartwell, Chair of the...
Last month the 2016 GEM-Report - Education for people and planet: Creating sustainable futures for all was published. It replaces the EFA Global Monitoring Report and has a newly defined mandate to report on the progress of education under the 2030 Agenda. This is the first of a 15 part series, which will report on the progress of SDG4 and will explore...