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 

On February 13 members of the AWC Hamburg together with representatives from Coco-Mat, a recognized leader for natural sleep products, presented heart pillows for breast cancer patients to the Mammazentrum Hamburg in the Jerusalem Hospital. 100 pillows came directly from Coco-Mat and 32 were handmade by members of the Stitch N Bitch group of the AWCH.

The heart-shaped pillows are...

Learn more about the Commission on the Status of Women: Agreed Conclusions, click here.