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Human Rights Advocate Robert Bank to Assume Presidency of American Jewish World Service on July 1
Bank to succeed Ruth Messinger; after a remarkable 18-year presidency, Messinger to take on new role for AJWS as its first-ever Global Ambassador NEW YORK—Effective July 1, Robert Bank, the current Executive Vice President of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), will officially assume the role of President at AJWS, the leading Jewish international human rights …
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On World Refugee Day, the Displaced People You’re Not Hearing About
The world has watched in horror as migrants and refugees from the Middle East and Africa have embarked on treacherous journeys across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. On this World Refugee Day, the international spotlight, rightly, shines on this vast crisis—and American Jewish World Service stands in solidarity with human rights organizations working in Europe to mitigate the devastation. But we also hope the world will remember the scores of people from other parts of the globe forced to flee their homes.
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Addressing the global gap in data about women and girls
If you want to improve something, the challenge first needs to be visible—and, unfortunately, some of the challenges facing women in developing countries are invisible. Why? They haven’t been clearly investigated by researchers and tracked with data. We know that we do what we measure. In other words, if we don’t measure the right things, …
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Board of Trustees Chair Kathleen Levin Treasurer Jim Koshland President Ruth W. Messinger Vice Chairs Monte Dube Judith Stern Secretary Bill Resnick Board of Trustees Marion Bergman Jay Cohan Rabbi Menachem Creditor Barbara Dobkin* Steven Dow James Dubey Tom Dubin Eileen Epstein Marty Friedman* Rabbi Elyse Frishman Marc Greenwald Michael Hirschhorn Carol Joseph Howard Kleckner …
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Dear Friends, In 2015, we were deeply gratified to celebrate AJWS’s 30th anniversary and enter our fourth decade of promoting human rights in the developing world. For 30 years, the activists, organizations and movements we support have demonstrated tremendous leadership in struggles that matter. Our international grantees have waged courageous campaigns to stop poverty and …
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Pursuing Justice for Dominicans of Haitian Descent
Rabbi Jeffrey Brown of Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont and Emanu-El was a member of AJWS’s 2015-2016 Global Justice Fellowship, an initiative to engage key Jewish opinion leaders across the U.S. to become advocates for the human rights of people living with poverty and oppression in the developing world. This Sunday, May 15, people in the …
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Mourning the loss of Michael Ratner, a tireless champion for human and civil rights
I am heartbroken at the loss of Michael Ratner, a tireless champion of human and civil rights and a lawyer for justice everywhere. Michael led the Center for Constitutional Rights, a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. Michael Ratner was a beacon …
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Survivors of Sexual Slavery Obtain Justice in Guatemala, One AJWS Grantee Helps Keep Them Safe
“We are telling the truth. We want to be heard, and we want justice,” said a petite, elderly woman to a room full of journalists and human rights activists in Guatemala City on February 13, 2016. A survivor of sexual slavery during Guatemala’s decades-long civil war, the woman’s face was obscured by a Mayan scarf to protect her identity.
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Mexican Government Must Be Held Accountable for Thwarting Justice for the 43 Missing Mexican Students
Leading Human Rights Organization Calls on the United States to Urge Compliance by Mexico with Recommendations of Independent Group of Experts New York, NY – On Sunday, April 24, an international group of experts appointed to review the investigation of the forced disappearance of 43 college students from Iguala, Mexico, in September 2014 concluded that …
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