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The anti-dam movement goes global
While hydroelectric dams can seem like a clean and renewable energy source, they cause greenhouse gas emissions, destroy habitats and violate the human rights of the communities they displace. Too often, these projects are pushed forward without consultation with the communities that will be affected by them. AJWS’s partners work with communities threatened by proposed …
Read MoreAJWS Condemns Expansion of Global Gag Rule
The Trump administration’s radical expansion of restrictions on lifesaving foreign assistance will have devastating impacts around the world. Though the expansion was expected, its breadth fundamentally alters U.S. interaction with the rest of the world far beyond reproductive health. With this expansion, the U.S. continues its retreat from the family of nations and leaves marginalized …
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Global Jewish Human Rights Organization Taps Tawanda Mutasah as Its Next President and CEO
New President, CEO will lead American Jewish World Service (AJWS) into its next chapter, guided by core values and a steadfast commitment to repair the world NEW YORK – The leading global Jewish organization working to end poverty and promote human rights, American Jewish World Service, announced today that Tawanda Mutasah will be its next …
Read MoreAJWS decries global harm of U.S. retreat from international cooperation
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) denounces the reckless and abrupt withdrawal of the United States from dozens of international organizations that advance global stability, sustainability, democracy and economic growth and have long served as safeguards against abuse of the most vulnerable people on the planet. Inspired by the Jewish commitment to justice, AJWS supports grassroots …
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Payal Patel named Director of Land, Water and Climate Justice at American Jewish World Service
New York, NY — American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading global Jewish human rights organization, has announced Payal Patel as its new Director of Land, Water and Climate Justice (LWCJ). In her new role, Patel will lead a $5 million grantmaking portfolio supporting grassroots movements defending land, water, forest, and livelihood rights. She also will oversee the development …
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Our Government Has Never Served Us
My whole life, Haitians have demanded political representation. Now we need it more than ever. As a child, my first perception of government was military uniforms, as Haiti went through repeated coups after the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship. In our neighborhood, government men beat people and stole things. I did not yet understand that …
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What Next for Haiti After February 2026?
As the transition government’s term expires, Haitians want to set up conditions for real change. The term of the current transition government expires on February 7, 2026. The international community and the Haitian elites are already negotiating who will govern next. But there is a great gap between their conversation and the concerns of most …
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Legal Aid, Spiritual Healing: Meet Guatemala’s Indigenous Law Firm
The Guatemala City office of AJWS grantee Bufete para Pueblas Indígenas (BPI), or the Indigenous Law Firm, may look like most law offices: stacks of client files, a large conference table, bustling energy and coffee and tea perpetually brewing. But at BPI, there is more than meets the eye. “At other law firms, you’re not …
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As a brutal civil war rages in Burma, the citizen’s movement for peace carries on
Burma’s humanitarian crisis has reached staggering levels of suffering — with millions of people fleeing their homes and resettling across the border in Bangladesh or in camps within the country, while a civil war between the Burmese military and resistance armed militant groups rages. But a movement of passionate activists continues to operate under the …
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June Charoensiri
Sirikan “June” Charoensiri is Executive Advisor, and attorney of the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), a non-governmental organization which she co-founded immediately after the May 2014 military coup in Thailand. TLHR documents human rights violations and provides free legal support to people whose civil and political rights have been violated. June studied her LL.B. …
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