FAWCO's mission is to empower women and girls worldwide. Through our global programs, we raise awareness, promote action, advocate for policies, and support projects that contribute to achieving gender equality. FAWCO UN Reps are active in the NGO Committees on the Status of Women in New York, Geneva and Vienna, and we send delegations to the Commission on the Status...

There are many many words here. These are my notes from seven days of NGO Briefings and regional caucus meetings discussing the negotiations on the CSW Agreed Conclusions.

This is what our heads are full of after several days at CSW. Full of ideas, impressions, words: these are my notes from a 90-minute panel discussion on the SDGs. 

March 2016 marked five years since peaceful demonstrations and calls for democracy in Syria led to a government crack-down and bloody civil war which continues today. In recent weeks, the negotiated cease fire has made life somewhat easier, and the Syrian people have come out onto the streets again, calling for the same things they called for in demonstrations in...

Campaign for a Woman UN Secretary-General

FAWCO supports the Campaign for a Woman UN Secretary General. At the Interim Meeting in March, over 60 FAWCO women signed a petition calling for the next UN SG to be a woman. We passed the petitions on to the Campaign's Chair to demonstrate our commitment to this important cause. After 70 years...

Carol Strametz of AWC Hamburg reported: 

I had the pleasure and privilege of attending three days of CSW60, the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), at United Nations Headquarters in New York. FAWCO had a delegation of 14 members, several of whom were present throughout the session.

In preparation for CSW60, FAWCO joined with other...