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Mumbai 2017 Annual Report 2016 FAWCO Annual Report 2016 Table of Contents PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE .............................................................................................................. 3 Parliamentary Procedure .................................................................................................................. 4 Conference Procedures ..................................................................................................................... 4 The FAWCO Board of Directors 2015-2017 ................................................................................... 5 Board of Representatives .................................................................................................................. 5 Council ................................................................................................................................................ 5 FAWCO Counselors .......................................................................................................................... 5 FAWCO Committees and Task Forces ........................................................................................... 7 Administrative Committees .............................................................................................................. 7 Global Issues Task Forces ................................................................................................................. 7 US Issues Committees ........................................................................................................................ 7 Presidential Appointees (non-Board members) .............................................................................. 7 FAWCO Regions ............................................................................................................................... 8 FAWCO OFFICERS’ REPORTS .................................................................................................... 9 President’s Report ............................................................................................................................. 9 First Vice President’s Report ......................................................................................................... 11 Second Vice President’s Report ..................................................................................................... 15 FAWCO Club Workshops Coordinator Report.............................................................. 16 Third Vice President’s Report ........................................................................................................ 17 Secretary’s Report ........................................................................................................................... 18 Treasurer’s Report .......................................................................................................................... 19 FAWCO Treasurer ........................................................................................................................... 20 Parliamentarian’s Report ............................................................................................................... 35 2016 INTERIM MEETING REPORT .......................................................................................... 35 SPECIAL TASK FORCE REPORTS ........................................................................................... 37 Strategic Planning Task Force ....................................................................................................... 37 1 Mumbai 2017 Annual Report 2016 SYMPOSIUM / The FAWCO Experience .................................................................................... 37 GLOBAL ISSUES ........................................................................................................................... 39 UN Liaison’s Report ........................................................................................................................ 39 Education Task Force Report......................................................................................................... 43 Environment Task Force Report ................................................................................................... 44 Health Task Force Report............................................................................................................... 45 Human Rights Task Force Report ................................................................................................. 45 FAWCO Youth Program ................................................................................................................ 46 Target Program Report .................................................................................................................. 47 US ISSUES ....................................................................................................................................... 48 US Liaison’s Report ......................................................................................................................... 48 US Citizenship Committee Report ................................................................................................. 50 US Voting from Overseas Committee Report ............................................................................... 51 ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES .......................................................................................... 52 Archives Committee Report ........................................................................................................... 52 Bylaws Committee Report .............................................................................................................. 52 Administrative Guidelines .............................................................................................................. 53 Events Planning Committee Report ............................................................................................... 53 Finance Committee Report ............................................................................................................. 54 FAWCO Nominating Committee Report ...................................................................................... 54 Resolutions and Recommendations Committee Report ............................................................... 58 Proposed FAWCO Resolutions and Recommendations .............................................................. 59 REGIONAL AND CLUB PROFILES ........................................................................................... 60 Region 1: United Kingdom and Ireland ........................................................................................ 60 Region 2: Nordic Countries and Russia......................................................................................... 64 Region 3: France and Spain ............................................................................................................ 66 Region 4: Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands............................................................... 69 Region 5: Austria and Germany .................................................................................................... 74 Region 6: Liechtenstein and Switzerland ...................................................................................... 79 Region 7: Morocco, Kenya, Nigeria and Angola .......................................................................... 81 Region 8: Greece and Italy.............................................................................................................. 83 Region 9: Middle East ..................................................................................................................... 86 Region 10: The Americas ................................................................................................................ 88 Region 11: Asia / Pacific .................................................................................................................. 91 THE FAWCO FOUNDATION REPORT..................................................................................... 94 FAWCO ALUMNAE USA REPORT .......................................................................................... 112 2 Mumbai 2017 Annual Report 2016 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE In this last year of the 2015-2017 term, there have been two very different forces working to push FAWCO into the future. One was an event that was vocal and visible, the other a task force that has done a great deal of work while keeping a low profile. The Symposium, jointly sponsored by FAWCO and The FAWCO Foundation, represented a new format, bringing one of FAWCO’s four areas of focus to the forefront, Human Rights for Women. Originally con- ceived to be an awareness-raising event while fundraising for the second FAWCO Target Project, Free The Girls, the Symposium was planned and executed by the sister organizations. It developed to be much more than that and included an exclusive FAWCO Experience that took place before the Symposium. There were several firsts. The Symposium was Primarily an awareness-raising event focused on one issue, the Target 2.0 issue, Human Rights for Women, specifically, STAND UP Against Human Trafficking. Held as a separate event outside of FAWCO’s regional or annual meetings. Open to the public. The Symposium was a success as more than 80 attended the two-day event, and though not a primarily
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