(New York, Oct. 22) — American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is funding grassroots groups in Liberia that are responding to the Ebola outbreak through public health campaigns that rely on trusted non-medical community leaders to spread the word about preventing infection.
Read More(New York, Sept. 29) – American Jewish World Service announced today that Alon Shalev will serve as the Executive Director of the San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California, the Pacific Northwest and Colorado.
Read MoreWashington D.C. – American Jewish World Service (AJWS) and a coalition of advocacy and human rights organizations met with White House officials today to ask President Obama to appoint a Special Envoy for the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) peoples within the U.S. Department of State.
Read MoreNew York – The Genesis Prize Foundation announced today that Ruth Messinger, President of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), will join the Selection Committee for the Genesis Generation Challenge, which aims to identify and seed money for innovative projects, guided by Jewish values, to address the world’s pressing issues.
Read MoreAugust 4, 2014 – Today in Washington, D.C., President Obama is making history by welcoming multiple heads of state from Africa to the first-ever U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.
Read MoreNEW YORK, NY—American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, today congratulates advocates of human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Uganda for their hard-won victory in persuading Uganda’s constitutional court to overturn the Anti-Homosexuality law passed by the Ugandan Parliament in December 2013 and signed by President Yoweri Museveni in February 2014.
Read MoreNEW YORK – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, condemns the election of Uganda’s Foreign Minister, Sam Kutesa, as President of the United Nations General Assembly.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, today applauds recent actions by the Obama administration in response to the passage and implementation of the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) by the government of Uganda.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, DC — American Jewish World Service (AJWS), which provides direct financial support to grassroots organizations in Haiti, applauds Congress for passing the Assessing Progress in Haiti Act, which will ensure transparency in how U.S. funds are allocated to assist ongoing efforts to recover from the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, DC — Efforts to protect and advance the global rights of LGBT people took a significant step forward today when Congressman John F. Tierney (D-MA), along with Congressman Chris Gibson (R-NY) and Congressman Richard Hanna (R-NY), introduced the International Human Rights Defense Act. American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and …
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