Search Results for "intern"
“I have the right to a name and a nationality”: Witnessing Injustice in the Dominican Republic
“We are asking for your help,” said Jenny Moron. “We feel a tremendous sense of frustration when we use all of the political levers and nothing works.” With this call to action, Jenny, a Dominican legal advisor for AJWS grantee MUDHA (Movimiento de Mujeres Dominico Haitiana or the Movement of Haitian-Dominican Women) closed a June …
Read More
AJWS on Crisis in Dominican Republic: We Stand in Solidarity with Dominican-Born Communities and Haitian Migrants
Leading Jewish international human rights organization calls on Dominican government to restore citizenship to more than 200,000 being denied their nationality New York, NY—Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, issued the following statement in advance of the impending deportation of Dominican-born individuals and …
Read More
Nepal Can Recover, But Only If We Change What Is Happening
Originally published in The Huffington Post. I lived in a tent in Nepal as a refugee from Bhutan in the 1990s. And so it broke my heart this month, when I traveled to Nepal in the wake of the recent earthquake and witnessed Nepalese families living in a sea of plastic tents, much like …
Read More
Blood in the Water
Hundreds of Maya Achi people were murdered to make way for a dam in Guatemala. Decades later, their families finally find justice. Back in 1982, Carlos Chen Osorio was a young man with a family: his wife, Paulina, and their toddler children, Enriqueta and Antonio. Paulina carried their third child inside her, and expected to …
Read MoreIndia Resources
Are you traveling with us? Or just interested in learning more about human rights issues in India? Below is a list of books and articles that we recommend to delve deeper into this topic. Our “top picks” recommendations are marked with a *. Books * Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo (Nonfiction) In Spite …
Read MoreHaiti Resources
Are you traveling with us? Or just interested in learning more about human rights issues in Haiti? Below is a list of books and articles that we recommend to delve deeper into this topic. Nonfiction Haiti After the Earthquake by Paul FarmerOn January 12, 2010 a massive earthquake laid waste to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing hundreds …
Read MoreGuatemala Resources
Are you traveling with us? Or just interested in learning more about human rights issues in Guatemala? Below is a list of books and articles that we recommend to delve deeper into this topic. Books I, Rigoberta Menchú by Rigoberta MenchúA tragic and moving story of Mayan life and government repression, told by Guatemala’s Mayan …
Read More
Leading Jewish Human Rights Group Urges President Obama to Protect Refugees from Burma
The U.S. must use all means available to rescue the Rohingya people, a persecuted religious and ethnic minority New York, NY – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, is urging President Barack Obama to use all means available to rescue the 6,000-plus members of the Rohingya community …
Read More
On the Ground in Nepal: 4th Update from AJWS Staff
AJWS’s Director of Disaster Response & International Operations, Samantha Wolthuis, and Associate Director of Risk Management and Administrative Services, Aaron Acharya, traveled to Nepal last week to lead AJWS’s response to the earthquake. This is the fourth on-the-ground update from Samantha and Aaron. Read their first, second, and third updates. Yesterday, we headed east to the Kavrepalanchok district, …
Read More