“Hope for Her Daughters” tells the story of Rekha, who was married at 12 and had her first child at 13. She earns her living by sorting out recyclables from garbage, a difficult and sometimes dangerous job that’s fallen to extremely low-income families in India. Rekha presumed her daughters would have no choice but to follow the same path–until she got involved with Kashtakari Panchayat, an AJWS grantee.
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Ruth Messinger’s dedication to social justice runs deep. “I feel like I’ve been an activist my whole life.”
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In Honduras, ongoing violence and repression have reached new heights with two murders in two weeks of environmental and indigenous community activists: Berta Cáceres and Nelson García, leaders of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organisations of Honduras (COPINH).
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As a teenager, Khushi Prajapati worried for her future. Her family had lost everything. Forced to move to a Delhi slum, she worked long hours as a maid, but the family could barely make ends meet. If she didn’t figure out a plan for her future, Khushi faced the likely prospect of an unwanted, early …
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MEDIA ADVISORY International and Faith-Based Leaders to Discuss Building Partnerships to End Extreme Poverty Messinger Also To Join Panel on Religion and International Development Washington, DC—Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), America’s leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, will moderate the “Public Sector Leadership Perspectives” panel featuring World Bank CEO …
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The U.S. must use all means available to rescue the Rohingya people, a persecuted religious and ethnic minority New York, NY – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, is urging President Barack Obama to use all means available to rescue the 6,000-plus members of the Rohingya community …
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New York, NY – American Jewish World Service (AJWS) has appointed Rona Peligal, Ph.D., an expert in both human rights and fundraising, as its Vice President for Development, effective immediately. Peligal comes to AJWS, the leading Jewish international human rights and development organization, from Human Rights Watch (HRW) …
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A group of religious leaders have joined forces with the World Bank to attempt to end extreme poverty by 2030. A few hundred people met in Washington on Wednesday with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim to discuss their shared goal.
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New York, NY – Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service, issued a statement in advance of President Barack Obama’s visit to the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama.
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Investigative journalists keep Haiti’s officials accountable for responsible reconstruction. Billions of dollars in foreign aid and reconstruction projects have flooded into Haiti since the earthquake, but the process for deciding how the money will be spent is not transparent. While displaced earthquake survivors languish in tent camps, U.S. government funds have sometimes been directed toward …
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