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Ruddy Miller Named Vice President for Finance and Information Technology

New York, NY — Today, American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading global Jewish human rights organization, announced Ruddy Miller as the new Vice President for Finance and Information Technology. In this role, Miller will lead the division charged with providing the highest standard of financial management to the full spectrum of AJWS stakeholders and safeguarding the organization’s global technology infrastructure.   “Ruddy has been …

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From Despair to Dignity: Supporting Migrant and Refugee Sex Workers in Uganda

On the streets skirting refugee camps across Uganda, sex workers eke out a living on the margins of legality; their very profession and immigration status marking them for harassment, arrest, and detention. Within this community, lesbian, bisexual and queer women have become particularly vulnerable after Uganda’s recent passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, a draconian law that criminalizes homosexuality, making some offences …

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AJWS Statement: Congress Must Reject Trump’s Latest Attack on Foreign Assistance

American Jewish World Service (AJWS) strongly urges members of the U.S. Congress to reject the Trump Administration’s second rescission package, which includes $4.9 billion in foreign assistance cuts across multiple fiscal years. This is another brazen attempt to weaken the role, power and oversight of Congress. And it further diminishes the United States’ reputation on …

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American Jewish World Service Condemns Drastic Changes to the Human Rights Reports and Calls on Congress to Safeguard Global Human Rights 

American Jewish World Service (AJWS) strongly condemns the U.S. State Department for drastically limiting their reporting on human rights abuses documented in the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and calls on Congress to act to safeguard global human rights. Expected reductions in the content of these reports narrowly define who is entitled to …

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More Than a Promise: COLESDOM’s Fight for Intersex Rights

The first time someone from Comunidad de Liderazgos y Espacios Inclusivos Dominicana (COLESDOM) knocked on her door, Grabiela was suspicious. The representative explained that COLESDOM was a nonprofit organization that supports LGBTQI+ people and that they were there to help. But she’d heard those promises before — promises that no one had kept. Grabiela lives …

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