The 16 Day Campaign 2012: From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World
November 25th – December 10th 2012
Team Contact: Erica Higbie, Co-chair
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is a global campaign dedicated to ending gender-based violence. It originated in 1991 to increase international awareness of the systemic nature of violence...
Prevention of Human Trafficking and Protection of its Victims, especially Women and Children
Report on UN General Assembly Interactive Dialogue
4 April 2012, New York
Speakers:
Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, President of the 66th General Assembly
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary- General
Milos Koterec, President of ECOSOC (Statement read)
YuryFedotov, Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director of UNODC
Mira Sorvino, UN Goodwill Ambassador against Human...
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FAWCO member Paula Lucas was named a Reader's Digest Hometown Hero. She founded the American Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center (AODVCC). FAWCO partnered in 2009-2011 with AODVCC in their worldwide Ambassadors Training. Read article.
Some numbers:
27 million - # of modern day slaves around the world
800,000 - # persons trafficked across international borders each year (UNIFEM estimate 500,000 - 2 million, other...
