WASHINGTON, DC – New legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate today would make it a priority of the U.S. government to stand up for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people worldwide.
Read MoreNEW YORK, NY- Efforts to reform the United States’ outdated international food aid system gained a significant boost today when Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Corker (R-TN) and African Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced the Food for Peace Reform Act of 2014.
Read MoreIn wake of kidnapping of Nigerian girls, Jewish human rights organization lauds Senate introduction of International Violence Against Women Act WASHINGTON, DC — Congress must act swiftly to strengthen policies aimed at ending violence against women and girls worldwide, a crisis underlined by the recent kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria. In the …
Read MoreAmerican Jewish World Service applauds the White House’s guidelines on campus rape, urges Congress to pass International Violence Against Women Act to tackle gender-based violence globally NEW YORK, NY – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, praised the Obama Administration today after the White House released new …
Read MoreCoalition of Ugandan LGBTI organizations and activists file petition challenging the law with the Ugandan Constitutional Court NEW YORK, NY- Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Law, which was signed by President Yoweri Museveni last month, is now being challenged by Ugandan human rights activists and organizations, according to American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development …
Read MoreNEW YORK, NY-American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, today condemned Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s decision to sign the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law as a violation of the basic human rights of Uganda’s LGBT people. The Anti-Homosexuality Law contains many harsh and inhumane provisions, including life imprisonment for …
Read MoreUrges Secretary of State Kerry to reevaluate diplomatic relationships in the wake of escalating human rights concerns, new anti-LGBT laws NEW YORK, NY – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, called on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry today to recall the country’s ambassadors to Uganda and …
Read MoreNEW YORK, NY – Upon learning of media reports this afternoon that Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has signaled that he may sign the draconian anti-homosexuality bill, Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, released the statement below calling on the U.S. government to act …
Read MoreWill urge Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni not to sign the bill into law NEW YORK, NY – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, joined with human rights activists around the world on Monday, February 10, for a Global Day of Action, urging Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni not …
Read MoreAmerican Jewish World Service Fought for and Lauds Progress in Helping Poor Countries Feed Themselves New York, NY-American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, applauds the new reforms to the United States’ international food aid programs passed today by the U.S. Senate as part of the Agricultural Act …
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