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Leading Global Jewish Human Rights Organization Denounces Trump’s Decision to Withhold Funding from WHO
American Jewish World Service Calls for International Solutions to the Global Pandemic In response to President Trump’s decision to withhold U.S. funding from the World Health Organization (WHO), Rori Kramer, Director of U.S. Advocacy at American Jewish World Service, issued the following statement: “We are appalled that the Trump administration is once again turning its …
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Leading Jewish Global Human Rights Group Warns of COVID-19’s Danger to Rohingya People, Calls On U.S. to Act
American Jewish World Service gravely concerned that hundreds of thousands are in peril Tracey Gurd, Senior Director of Civil and Political Rights and Advocacy for American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading global Jewish human rights organization, issued the following statement as the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to spread to refugee camps in Bangladesh and internally displaced …
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COVID-19 Strikes All 18 Countries Where AJWS Works
COVID-19 has arrived in the countries where AJWS works—threatening the lives and livelihoods of some of the world’s most vulnerable people. There are now confirmed cases of COVID-19 in every single country that we serve, and though the official count is in the hundreds, there are likely thousands more unconfirmed cases due to lack of …
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Defending Human Rights During COVID-19
The world looks different each and every day when we wake up. We’re all aware of these drastic changes, because we’re living through them together: school closings, the shuttering of local businesses and restaurants, cancelled gatherings and, of course, the mounting statistics of reported cases and deaths caused by COVID-19. In the past few days, …
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Rebuilding Palu: Women Take Charge
In late 2018, Sri Haris nearly lost everything. A massive earthquake and tsunami caused unimaginable destruction in the city of Palu, Indonesia, killing nearly 5,000 people and displacing tens of thousands. Sri’s home was swept away—everything she’d worked for her entire life, gone in an instant. But she refused to give up. Today, two years …
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Leading Global Jewish Human Rights Group Urges U.S. Congress to Reject President Trump’s Proposed Foreign Aid Cuts
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) calls on legislators to protect international programs for women, girls and LGBTQI+ people In response to the introduction of President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget, Rori Kramer, Director of Government Affairs at American Jewish World Service, issued the following statement: “We strongly denounce President Trump’s unceasing attempts to obliterate America’s …
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U.S. Clergy Visit Guatemala to Support Human Rights Advocates
Leaders from 10 states meet with activists on the frontlines of the fight for human rights in Guatemala Fourteen influential Jewish clergy are heading to synagogues and other organizations across the United States this week after traveling through Guatemala as fellows of the prestigious Global Justice Fellowship run by American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the …
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Leading Jewish Human Rights Group Urges Repeal of the Harmful Global Gag Rule
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) elevates the voices of groups affected by the draconian rule in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Shari Turitz, Vice President for Programs at American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading global Jewish human rights organization, issued the following statement on the third anniversary of the global gag rule: “Today, on the …
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Leading Jewish Human Rights Group Applauds International Court of Justice for Seeking Accountability in Myanmar
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) says ruling is an important step toward justice for the Rohingya people Tracey Gurd, Senior Director of Civil and Political Rights and Advocacy for American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading global Jewish human rights organization, issued the following statement as the International Court of Justice ordered provisional measures on The Gambia’s case against Myanmar (also called …
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More Than 500 Jewish Clergy and 50 Organizations Call on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee to Pursue Justice in Response to the Rohingya Genocide
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) and the Jewish Rohingya Justice Network* demand that the U.S. support the Rohingya people Today, 52 Jewish organizations and over 500 Jewish clergy from 40 states joined to send a letter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee demanding action to stop the Rohingya genocide. Hannah Weilbacher, Program Officer for Jewish …
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