To learn about the UN's global plan of action against human trafficking, read "The Modern Day Slavery of Human Trafficking" here.

For an overview of the areas covered by FAWCO's Human Rights Team, read this article about the priority issues that UN Women is addressing: A Global Goal on Gender Equality, Women’s Rights and Women’s Empowerment: From the sidelines to the centre (by Lakshmi Puri, UN Women, Assistant Secretary-General of the UN, May 2013). UNWomenOnWomensRights.pdf

To read a UN Report on the crucial role of education in the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), click here.  

From the report: "The MDGs with targets for 2015 crystallized the growing consensus which emerged during the 1990s, namely, that poverty reduction and the provision of basic social services need to be at the centre of development policy. Of...

General background about the UN's priorities in the field of global education is here. "The Global Education First Initiative, launched last September by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, aims to put every child in school, improve the quality of learning, and foster global citizenship."

 

 

 

Education

The Education Team will inform FAWCO members about recent developments in the global effort to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all (UN Sustainable Development Goal #4), especially related to issues in education for girls.

Learn more about the Education Team

Environment

The Environment Team encourages environmental stewardship and promotes awareness of climate change...

25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, which end on 10 December (International Human Rights Day). FAWCO Human Rights sub-committee Ending Violence for Women and Children published ideas for clubs to raise awareness.  Click here to download the sub-committee's newsletter with ideas.