Applauds President Obama’s action on campus rape and calls for stronger action by Congress to end violence against women and girls worldwide NEW YORK, NY — Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), praised the Obama Administration today for its recently announced efforts to combat sexual assault on American college campuses and called …
Read MoreSurvey conducted by Global Action for Trans* Equality and American Jewish World Service shows groups face significant lack of funding NEW YORK, NY –Global Action for Trans* Equality (GATE) and American Jewish World Service (AJWS) released today the results of the first-ever survey of transgender and intersex groups around the world in a new report, …
Read MoreAuthorities must act to protect the human rights of displaced Haitians and stop these acts of violence NEW YORK, NY – American Jewish World Service (AJWS) reports that a fire in a Haitian displacement camp over the weekend is likely the latest in a string of deliberate attacks on survivors of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. …
Read MoreTrip is part of American Jewish World Service’s new year-long Global Justice Fellowship NEW YORK, NY — Today, American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading international Jewish human rights and development organization focused on ending poverty and realizing human rights in the developing world, announced that 17 Jewish New York City Young Leaders were selected …
Read MoreProgress has been made but participation by grassroots Haitian groups and U.S. and Haitian oversight are needed to fully overcome the devastation NEW YORK, NY- American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international human rights and development organization, released the following statement on the fourth anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January …
Read MoreNEW YORK, NY — Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), released the following statement today in response to the passing of Andrew Hunter, president of the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) and founding member of Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW), an AJWS grantee. “Yesterday we lost a powerful …
Read MoreNEW YORK, NY — Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), released the following statement today in response to the passing of Edgar Bronfman. “We have lost a pioneering Jewish leader and visionary,” said Messinger. “There are few philanthropists who have had a more enduring influence on Jewish life than Edgar Bronfman. His …
Read MoreUrges President Yoweri Museveni not to sign the bill into law NEW YORK, NY—American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading international Jewish human rights and development organization, released the following statement today, both condemning the passage of the anti-homosexuality bill by the Ugandan parliament and urging the president of Uganda not to sign this bill …
Read MoreGlobal Human Rights Group and Its Indian Grantees, Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action and Sampada Gramin Mahila Sanstha, Will Continue to Fight for Equality NEW YORK, NY—American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international human rights and development organization, is deeply disappointed in the decision of India’s Supreme Court to reinstate a colonial …
Read MoreWASHINGTON, DC — In a visit to the White House today organized by American Jewish World Service (AJWS), 30 Jewish leaders and rabbis from across the nation met with White House officials to learn about the administration’s strategy to end violence against women, girls and LGBT people. The delegation urged administration officials to continue working …
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