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.

On March 18, 2013, to honor National Women's History Month, the US Embassy in Vienna Public Affairs Department, AWA Vienna and FAWCO drew attention to the issue of female oppression by sex trafficking and forced prostitution.

After the screening of a segment on prostitution in India from the PBS documentary “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,”

Ending Violence Against Women and  Children Team January /  February 2013 Bulletin We hope 2013 is being good to you and that you are looking forward to the year ahead. The first big thing for EVAWAC this year will be Join me on the Bridge in March. Please read the article below by Therese Hartwell and join us! We have...

November/December 2012 Bulletin
Happy Holidays! I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that holiday plans are taking shape! This newsletter was supposed to make its way to you sooner but life, as usual, has other plans. November 25th was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. On that day, I was sitting in an airplane...

FAWCO joins thousands of organizations across the globe to demand an end to violence in their communities as part of the 2012 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign.  In the Fall, FAWCO's Ending Violence for Women & Children Team put out a global call to action to FAWCO member clubs to participate in this campaign (from November 25...