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Mexico: Civil Society does not endorse NAP on Business & Human Rights due to lack of standards, among other issues

Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

Nine NGOs signed a letter to UN Working Group outlining concerns, including absence of due diligence and transparency requirements, limitations on free, prior and informed consent application, lack of obligations for state-owned companies. NGOs also call for NAP for requirements on access to justice and actions to prevent attacks against human rights defenders.

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An Oil Boom Comes to Town and a Community Arms itself with Knowledge

Medium

Entering the town of Hoima in western Uganda, it is difficult to ignore the immense transformations that have taken place in the past five years. A booming business sector has dramatically re-drawn the landscape of this once remote and agrarian town. New apartment buildings, hotels, and offices have sprung up to meet the needs of …

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Uganda’s Jews are down to one meal a day because of East Africa’s famine

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Uganda’s 2,000 Jews have long maintained a modest existence. They live in the east of the country in a hilly, rural area that lacks paved roads, consistent electricity and freely running water. But this year, the situation for Uganda’s Jewish community, called the Abayudaya, has worsened. Twenty million people across Africa and the Middle East are now …

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Pride and Perseverance From Uganda to Nicaragua

The Advocate

On a recent trip to Uganda with American Jewish World Service — the organization I am privileged to lead — I was honored to meet Paul, an openly gay man who is working to stop bigotry, violence, and discrimination against Uganda’s LGBT community. I’ve changed his name here to protect his identity. The evening after …

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Improving anti-trafficking strategies: Why sex workers should be involved

Open Democracy

Last year, I conducted research on how sex worker-led organisations are dealing with the issue of human trafficking. I interviewed members of 13 different sex worker-led organisations in 13 different countries. At least eight of my respondents were sex workers themselves. The interviews addressed how the respondents defined and approached the topic of human trafficking, …

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40 Under 40: Leah Fuhr

Atlanta Jewish Times

Leah Fuhr, who in recent years helped Ahavath Achim Synagogue build its programming for young adults while serving on the local boards of the New Israel Fund, J Street and American Jewish World Service, spent the largest chunk of her time this year working on Jon Ossoff’s congressional campaign as the political affairs manager. She …

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The Health List

Lifestyles Magazine

Stanley and Marion Bergman are impacting the healthcare industry from two different angles. Stanley is chairman of the board and CEO of Henry Schein Inc.––the world’s largest provider of healthcare products––while his wife, Marion, practiced pulmonary medicine and critical care for more than three decades.

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140 Jewish leaders vow to help US reach Paris climate accord goals

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Over 140 Jewish organizational leaders signed a letter encouraging Jewish institutions across the U.S. to support the goals of the Paris climate accord. “We call upon all Jewish federations, JCCs, synagogues, camps, day schools, Jewish organizations, leaders, businesses, and community members to identify ways in which we, the organized and powerful American Jewish community, can and must …

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Jordan Namerow Named a Schusterman Fellow

Jewish Boston

Jordan Namerow confesses that she was one of those rare kids who enjoyed Hebrew school. Namerow, who grew up in northern New Jersey, has parlayed her early affinity for Jewish education into a thriving career as a Jewish professional. Over the years, she has developed an impressive resume that has most recently earned her a Schusterman Fellowship, …

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Senegal: in Casamance, the hope of a new era

France24

“Neither war nor peace.” It is in these terms that the Casamancais describe the conflict that has long shaken this region of southern Senegal. With the lull of recent years, they hope to finally return to a lasting peace and economic development.

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