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Village vs. Coal Mine: Defending a sacred forest in Thailand
In the verdant, mountainous Omkoi district of Thailand, the Indigenous Karen community is gripped in a battle over the land they have lived on for generations. The 4,258 people living in the village of Kaboe Din trace their lineage far before the existence of modern land deeds—and even the Thai nation itself. The villagers are …
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The Search for her Missing Son and Closure for Hundreds of Families: Letty Hildalgo’s Story
People are abducted and often murdered by criminals or even with the participation of authorities. Families all over Mexico live without answers.
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U.S. Foreign Policy on Haiti: The Way Forward
U.S. FOREIGN POLICY ON HAITI: THE WAY FORWARD As the United States and international community continue to discuss ways to support the Haitian people, American Jewish World Service and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee have issued the following joint statement and recommendations: Over the past decade, the regime governing Haiti has stolen billions of dollars …
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In the Fight for Climate Justice, David Can Beat Goliath
In the coming days, representatives from more than 190 countries will descend on Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, for the Conference of the Parties, the annual climate summit known as COP.
Read MoreSenegal Study Tour Payment and Refund Policy
I. Payment Policy The program fee for the Senegal Study Tour is $7320 based on double occupancy ($837 single supplement). In order to participate in the Senegal Study Tour, participants shall make a 30% non-refundable deposit in the amount of $2,196 payable online by credit card. Please note that your participation in the program is …
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Quality education in India: A dream worth fighting for
Grassroots journalist Neeraj Gurjar reports on a workshop where 60 local girls gathered to network and share their experiences and challenges with accessing an education.
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Kicking Harassment off the Bus: Indian Bus Drivers Learn to Stand Up for Female Passengers
Sanjay Jagtap has spent the past 25 years of his life as a public bus driver in the state of Maharashtra in India. He always thought sexual harassment was an important but distant issue, something he read about in newspapers or heard about on television. That’s before he had a major wake-up call. Thanks to …
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Shuttering a Major Corporate Project in Mexico, ProDESC Scores a Victory for Indigenous Communities
After a five-year struggle, AJWS grantee Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Project (ProDESC) secured a major win in June when federal energy authorities in Mexico announced they had definitively cancelled a massive energy project slated to be built on the lands of an Indigenous community. The project — “Gunaa Sicarú” — was awarded to a …
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To end global hunger, we need climate justice
Every day, I hear from grantees about the increasing challenges of the climate crisis — droughts depleting water supplies in Mexico, heat waves causing crop failures in India and Uganda.
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A 13-year legal battle culminates in an historic victory for the Ogiek People
“Our food is in the forest. Our medicine is in the forest. The forest takes care of us, and we protect it. The forest is our home.” Wilson Memusi, an elder of the Ogiek community in the Rift valley of Kenya, is describing his community’s deep connection to the Mau Forest—the land his ancestors have …
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