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Yes, Think Globally and Fund Locally. But Here’s How To Do It Better
Black Lives Matter. #MeToo. Students protesting gun violence. At times, a grassroots movement spreads like wildfire, and well-targeted funding looks like a good way to add fuel to the flames. But funding thrown blindly can harm rather than help. So how do you fund the grassroots well? For many funders, including those internationally focused, this …
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AJWS Calls on Senators to Reject Mike Pompeo Nomination for Secretary of State
In advance of Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Robert Bank, President and CEO of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish organization working to realize human rights and end poverty in the developing world, issued the following statement.
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The Revolution Must Include Boys: Young Men Learn to be Allies for Gender Equality in India
Watching girls and boys, men and women, striving together for gender equality in India gave me not only great hope, but also evidence that this better world is possible.
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On International Day of Forests, a look at the global guardians of our woodlands
Today, we mark the International Day of Forests, a day to commemorate forests and to raise awareness about the vital role they play in the lives of people and in the health of our planet. Forests across the globe act as our lifelines. They sustain life for countless creatures, provide livelihoods to millions, and serve …
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American Jewish World Service Mourns the Death and Honors the Legacy of Congresswoman Louise Slaughter
“American Jewish World Service is deeply saddened by the loss of Congresswoman Louis Slaughter, age 88. Congresswoman Slaughter served for 30 years in the United States House of Representatives, where she demonstrated powerful leadership through her steadfast commitment to human rights and justice for women, girls and LGBTI people here in the U.S. and around the world. Congresswoman Slaughter’s work to promote and protect programs to advance sexual and reproductive health within U.S. foreign policy and aid programs has played a crucial role in the 19 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean where AJWS works—bringing us closer to achieving gender equality worldwide. May her memory be an inspiration and a call to action until gender equality is a reality worldwide with no exceptions.”
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Mobilizing Latin America’s Indigenous Communities on International Day of Action for Rivers
“What these water companies do not want to understand, is that for us, water has no price, it is not merchandise, and it is not for sale. Water is sacred and it gives us life because without water we would not exist and there would not exist all the nature that gives us joy”. –Aura …
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The Torah of Activism: AJWS’s Global Justice Fellows in Guatemala
Across Guatemala, the rabbis bore witness to stories of remarkable resistance and resilience that have inspired them to return to their pulpits, schools and organizations ready to lead for change.
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A Protest Consumed in the Flames: Demanding Justice for the Girls of Hogar Seguro
One year ago today, in a state-run group home for battered and neglected youth in Guatemala City called Hogar Seguro, 56 girls were locked in a single room that caught fire. While the girls’ screams reverberated through the neighborhood, officials barred neighbors and firefighters from entering the building, leaving the young women to burn alive. …
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Prime ministers are doin’ it to themselves: 9 things for March 8
It’s international Women’s Day but men are seemingly still running the world, or at least the political parties that hold the fate of the survival of Israel’s government in its hands.
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American Jewish World Service Praises Holocaust Museum Decision to Rescind Elie Wiesel Award to Aung San Suu Kyi
We applaud the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on its principled decision to rescind its first ever Elie Wiesel Award from Aung San Suu Kyi, the civilian leader of Burma (Myanmar). She has forfeited her right to be honored in the name of the Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and human rights advocate, as well as in the memory of those murdered during the Holocaust and other genocides and atrocities in world history.
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