SUMMER 2013 NEWSLETTER Issue: 1 Happy Summer! I hope that you are getting geared up for travel and time with family and friends over the summer holidays. Mother nature seems to have other plans as the weather is getting a bit erratic in many parts of the world so be prepared for anything! Regardless of whether you have sun, rain...

The full United Nations report on the Commission on the Status of Women fifty-seventh session (4-15 March 2013) can be read here.

From FAWCO's Global Team on Ending Violence Against Women and Children 

The findings of an important new study on the global prevalence of violence against women and its impacts were published in June 2013. You can read about the study here.

From FAWCO's Global Team on Ending Violence Against Women and Children 

Meetings Attended by FAWCO UN Representatives

2009-2012

                                                                                                         

April 18, 2013

Communications Workshop:
Social Story Telling in the Age of Data– Meaning and Momentum

Organization: NGO DPI

by Erica Higbie,  FAWCO UN NGO Representative in New York

Program:

Communications Workshop: Social Story Telling in the Age of Data – Meaning and Momentum

Speakers:

Wendy Levy, Co-Founder Sparkwise and Senior Consultant, Sundance Institute
Dara Kell, Co-Director Dear Mandela
Christopher Nizza, Co-Director Dear Mandela
Chris...

February 20, 2013

Report on the protection of the human rights of all migrants, with particular reference to women and children.

Organization: IOM, DESA and UNFPA

by Erica Higbie,  FAWCO UN NGO Representative in New York

Program:

“Measures to ensure respect for and protection of the human rights of all migrants,
with particular reference to women and children, as well as to prevent and...