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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Law and the Fight for Human Rights
It was a moment we could barely believe had come. For more than four years, my Ugandan colleagues and I watched and waited and debated and strategized as the Anti-Homosexuality Bill emerged and disappeared from Uganda’s political agenda. Yesterday, Ugandan President Museveni signed the bill into law.
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Uganda Anti-LGBT Bill Becomes Law, Violating Rights of LGBT People
NEW YORK, NY-American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, today condemned Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s decision to sign the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law as a violation of the basic human rights of Uganda’s LGBT people. The Anti-Homosexuality Law contains many harsh and inhumane provisions, including life imprisonment for …
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American Jewish World Service Calls for Recall of U.S. Ambassadors to Uganda and Nigeria
Urges Secretary of State Kerry to reevaluate diplomatic relationships in the wake of escalating human rights concerns, new anti-LGBT laws NEW YORK, NY – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, called on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry today to recall the country’s ambassadors to Uganda and …
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American Jewish World Service Calls on Obama to use the Full Power of U.S. Diplomacy to Insist That Uganda Reject the Draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill
NEW YORK, NY – Upon learning of media reports this afternoon that Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has signaled that he may sign the draconian anti-homosexuality bill, Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, released the statement below calling on the U.S. government to act …
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American Jewish World Service Joins with Global Human Rights Activists for a Day of Action Opposing Ugandan Anti-homosexuality Bill
Will urge Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni not to sign the bill into law NEW YORK, NY – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, joined with human rights activists around the world on Monday, February 10, for a Global Day of Action, urging Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni not …
Read MoreThat’s a Wrap: What We Won in the Farm Bill
When we launched the Reverse Hunger campaign on World Food Day 2011, we set out to ensure that the U.S. Farm Bill reflected our Jewish values, ensuring that our international food aid programs feed more hungry people and support local farmers abroad. Never could we have imagined how incredible, sometimes dysfunctional, and downright comical this …
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Critical Reforms to International Food Aid Pass Congress as Part of Farm Bill
American Jewish World Service Fought for and Lauds Progress in Helping Poor Countries Feed Themselves New York, NY-American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, applauds the new reforms to the United States’ international food aid programs passed today by the U.S. Senate as part of the Agricultural Act …
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Ruth Messinger: Violence Against Women and Girls Is Intolerable Both Here and Around the World
Applauds President Obama’s action on campus rape and calls for stronger action by Congress to end violence against women and girls worldwide NEW YORK, NY — Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), praised the Obama Administration today for its recently announced efforts to combat sexual assault on American college campuses and called …
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First-ever Survey of Transgender and Intersex Advocacy Organizations Reveals Glaring Need for Support, Partners
Survey conducted by Global Action for Trans* Equality and American Jewish World Service shows groups face significant lack of funding NEW YORK, NY –Global Action for Trans* Equality (GATE) and American Jewish World Service (AJWS) released today the results of the first-ever survey of transgender and intersex groups around the world in a new report, …
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American Jewish World Service: Fire in Haitian Camp Likely a Deliberate Attack on Earthquake Survivors
Authorities must act to protect the human rights of displaced Haitians and stop these acts of violence NEW YORK, NY – American Jewish World Service (AJWS) reports that a fire in a Haitian displacement camp over the weekend is likely the latest in a string of deliberate attacks on survivors of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. …
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