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Day 3 of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

AWC Berlin is participating in 2020’s “16 Days” campaign by posting stories on gender-based violence to inform and inspire action. Follow the series on our blog and social media and let us know what actions you’re taking. GBV Is a Global Healthcare Crisis by Claudia Tessier, AWC Member This article has been adapted from “Gender-Based Violence: …

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Day 1 of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

It’s Still Day One: A Call to Action Against Gender-Based Violence by Molly Brown and Kathy Lyon, AWC Berlin Members Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation, public health pandemic, and serious obstacle to sustainable development. It imposes large-scale costs on families, communities, and economies. The world cannot afford to pay this …

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Towards Developing Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion Practice

As a Black female professional with extensive experience and training in human resources management and organizational development, I witnessed many diversity and inclusion initiatives operating with insufficient internal awareness and no effective framework for sustained support for leadership, their managers, or the underrepresented communities they wish to engage to facilitate change. This is especially significant …

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Announcing Our New Blog Series: Diversity Matters

We are launching a new series, Diversity Matters, in order to deepen our engagement with antiracism projects and foster inclusion within our Club. Inspired by recent FAWCO events, “The Anti-Racist Global Citizen”™ and the “Women Speak Up Against Racism Workshop,” the series features stories by and about Black women and Women of Color engaged in …

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6 Degrees: Changing the Way We Think About Newcomers

By Molly Moylan Brown The Institute for Canadian Citizenship, a national non-profit charity, held a thought-provoking conference, 6 Degrees Berlin, on November 12, 2018. The conference, attended by a number of AWC members*, took place at the Barenboim-Said Academy in the landmark Frank Gehry-designed concert hall. 6 Degrees Berlin brought together thinkers, doers, executives, artists, …

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