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AJWS Grantees Win “International Women of Courage” Award
Service (AJWS) is proud to announce that two of its grantees, Ann Njogu and Sonia Pierre, will receive the “International Women of Courage Award” – an award given by the U.S. Department of State for outstanding women leaders around the world who have demonstrated courage in their struggles for social justice and human rights.
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Ruth Messinger and Other Faith Leaders Call on Congress to Seize New Opportunity for Action on Sudan As April Elections Near
Faith Leaders Host Prayer Breakfast, Deliver Humpty Dumpty Books to Congress and Run Print Ad Urging Congress to Act Washington, DC; March 2, 2010— Representatives from faith communities nationwide appealed to Congress today to re-focus its attention to Sudan. The leaders are members of the Interfaith Sudan Working Group, a coalition of Jewish, Muslim and …
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AJWS Invites U.S. Jewish Communities to Observe Global Hunger Shabbat in March
AJWS has invited Jewish communities and individuals nationwide to observe a “Global Hunger Shabbat”—a day of solidarity, education, reflection and advocacy to raise awareness about global hunger on March 19-20, 2010.
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AJWS Creates Fund to Promote Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights in Uganda
New York, NY; January 8, 2010—In response to egregious human rights violations against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals in Uganda, AJWS has established the URGENT LGBT UGANDA FUND. The fund will support Ugandan grassroots organizations working to defend the rights of sexual minorities and to defeat a dangerous piece of proposed legislation—”The Anti-Homosexuality …
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Fourteen Faith Groups to U.S Trade Representative: Support Developing Country Demands to Safeguard Food Staples at WTO Ministerial
Delivery of more than 100 rice bags to USTR headquarters highlights interfaith campaign for trade policy that supports global food security Washington, D.C; Nov. 25, 2009— A coalition of 14 faith groups, led by American Jewish World Service (AJWS), delivered more than 100 “gift bags” of rice today to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) demanding …
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AJWS Earns Charity Navigator’s Top Rating for Eighth Time
AJWS today announced that it has, once again, received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, an independent evaluator of more than 5,300 non-profit organizations. Charity Navigator bases its annual ratings on a complex formula that examines an organization’s efficiency and capacity in seven key areas.
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AJWS Encouraged by Obama Administration’s Unity on Sudan Strategy
AJWS president Ruth W. Messinger issued a statement today in response to the Sudan policy directive unveiled by the Obama administration. The policy focuses on a combined strategy of incentives and pressures for the Sudanese government to play a constructive role in sustained peace efforts.
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Ruth Messinger Delivers World Food Day Message: Challenge Unfair Trade Policies, Reform Foreign Assistance and Support Local Farming
AJWS president Ruth W. Messinger has issued a statement in response to this week’s report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which concluded that hunger now affects more than 1 billion people worldwide. On World Food Day, Messinger is calling on Americans to challenge international trade policies that favor corporations at the expense of the world’s poorest people.
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Ruth Messinger Joins Other Faith-Based Leaders at White House Meeting on Sudan
Representatives from faith communities nationwide met with Reverend Joshua DuBois, Director of the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, today, to discuss the ongoing violence in Sudan.
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Longtime AJWS Grantee A Focus In Highly Anticipated Book By The New York Times’s Nicholas Kristof And Author Sheryl WuDunn
AJWS is proud to congratulate its grantee Tostan, which is the focus of a chapter in acclaimed journalist Nicholas Kristof’s and author Sheryl WuDunn’s upcoming book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.
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