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New Research from India Shows What Women Want at Work
What are the aspirations of young women living in the slums of Delhi? According to a new exploratory study by the Azad Foundation—an AJWS grantee in India—women in Delhi slums see careers and financial security as ways of achieving empowerment and a sense of self-worth. Many common themes arose among the young women who participated …
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American Jewish World Service Launches East Africa Crisis Fund
American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish organization working to promote human rights and end poverty in the developing world, has launched an East Africa Crisis Fund to respond to the crises in South Sudan, Kenya and Uganda.
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Trump Administration Undercuts Paris Climate Accord
American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading global Jewish organization advocating for people in the developing world who are bearing the brunt of the catastrophic effects of climate change, is deeply opposed to President Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the historic Paris Agreement.
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Proposed budget would deeply cut State Department and its programs
The State Department leadership voiced support for President Trump’s proposed budget, which would impose deep cuts on spending for diplomacy and foreign aid, but critics vowed to fight to restore the funds in Congress. In a statement, the department said the president’s $37.6-billion request for it and for the U.S. Agency for International Development would support “a leaner, …
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Trump’s Proposed Cuts to Foreign Aid Would Harm the Most Vulnerable People in the World
American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading American Jewish human rights and development organization, strongly opposes President Trump’s proposed FY18 budget, which would harm the most vulnerable people in the world by slashing crucial aid and development programs and weakening institutions critical to upholding human rights worldwide.
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“It Was Magical”: A Dominican LGBT Organization’s Long Road to Acceptance
In recent years, they helped create constitutional protections for LGBT people, launched a film festival at a prestigious national venue, and inspired the country’s first openly gay candidate to run for political office. But progress wasn’t always so close at hand for RevASA, a Dominican LGBT rights organization supported by AJWS and its parent organization, …
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Why Trump Must Not Meet With Sudanese President al-Bashir
President Trump, you may have heard, is soon embarking on the first international trip of his presidency – to Saudi Arabia, Israel, The Vatican, Italy and Brussels. What you may not have heard is that while in Saudi Arabia, there is a possibility that Trump will not only meet with King Salman, who is currently allegedly …
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Simone Gbagbo Acquitted by the Abidjan Assize Court: Between the Independence of the Judiciary and a Political Twist to Save the Day
Simone Gbagbo, wife of former Ivorian Head of State Laurent Gbagbo, has been on trial before Ivorian court for the past ten months for crimes against humanity after being sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment in 2016 for undermining state security during the 2010-2011 post-election crisis in Côte d’Ivoire. Since February 2012, she has also been …
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2017-2018 Fellows
A fellowship designed to inspire and equip Rabbinic leaders to become effective advocates for global justice.
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My Grandmother, Yiddish and May Day
Just Thought is a series of essays from AJWS applying Jewish wisdom to the pursuit of tikkun olam today. Drawing upon Jewish history, Torah sources and the latest headlines, we plumb pressing questions about human rights and global justice from a Jewish perspective through monthly essays by noted scholars, activists and AJWS staff. Last year, …
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