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AJWS Haitian Grantee Wins U.N. Red Ribbon Award for HIV Prevention
SEROvie, one of the only Haitian organizations offering services to LGBT communities, wins prestigious U.N award New York, NY; July 25, 2012— American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, is proud to share that its grantee SEROvie has been awarded the prestigious 2012 Red Ribbon Award. SEROvie, along with the …
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Getting to the Promised Land at Last: Lessons from Moses to Speed the Fight Against AIDS
Each year when we reach Parashat Dvarim I experience a rush of exhilaration when I imagine the scene: the Israelites are gathered high on the steppes of Moab, having finally reached the end of their 40-year ordeal in the desert. As they wait for Moses to deliver his final address, they look out at the expanse …
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Women and Girls are More Than an Investment
With World Population Day, the London Summit on Family Planning, and initiatives like the Girl Effect, it seems like women and girls have moved to the top of the international development community’s agenda. Since only two cents of out of every international aid dollar is directed to girls, this new focus couldn’t be more welcomed …
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Flawed Laws and Policies Will Not Right Our Wrongs
Originally posted on the blog of Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever. Just two months back, I marched with hundreds of sex workers in India to demand justice for Anu Mokal. Anu, a sex worker, was picked up by the police at a bus stop one evening, charged with ‘soliciting’ customers at the …
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Interview With Ruth Messinger: AJWS’s Liberia Study Tour
An intergenerational group of American Jews recently traveled with AJWS to Liberia to learn how Liberian women are effecting social change. Melia Plotkin, an AJWS intern, caught up with AJWS President Ruth Messinger to learn about the trip: Melia: This was your first trip to Liberia. What was it like to travel to a country …
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American Jewish World Service New Report: “To Stop AIDS, Help Girls”
“Girls at the Center: Lessons from Kenya on Investing in A World Free of AIDS” Profiles Successful AIDS Programs, Advocates for Girl-Centered Foreign Aid Policies (Washington, D.C.; July 11, 2012) – As Washington, D.C. prepares to host the XIX International AIDS Conference this month, American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights …
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Eradicating HIV Requires More Than Medicine
With the International AIDS Conference right around the corner, there has been a flurry of articles about stemming the spread of HIV in the developing world. We have certainly made great strides, but many countries’ efforts to maximize access to HIV treatment do not always succeed. Botswana is one example. In the early 2000s, the country …
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Toward Peace and Coexistence in India
This week’s New York Times article, “Justice and ‘a Ray of Hope’ After 2002 India Riots,” examines the possibility of peace and coexistence a decade after religious violence plagued Gujarat, India. A few weeks ago, Gagan Sethi, the founder of Janvikas, the Dalit Foundation (an AJWS grantee) and the Center for Social Justice, visited AJWS’s New York office and reflected on a …
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Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Balak 5772
“God has told you, human, what is good, and what Adonai requires of you: Only to do justice, and to love goodness, and to walk modestly with your God. Then will your name achieve wisdom.” These beautiful and tantalizing words from the prophet Michah close the haftarah portion that accompanies this week’s parasha, Balak. Beautiful, because they lay …
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Fighting for LGBT Rights in Sri Lanka
During Pride Month, many countries around the world have been celebrating progress, equality and human rights gains for LGBT people. But in Sri Lanka, we are fighting to simply survive. Since 1886, LGBT people in Sri Lanka have suffered tremendous bigotry and oppression. The criminalization of same-sex relationships along with cultural and social stigmas means …
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