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Restore Democracy And Human Rights To Burma Now
Robert Bank, President and CEO of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading global Jewish human rights organization, issued the following statement after today’s events in Burma. “Today’s unfolding coup is a terrifying setback for the cause of democracy and human rights in Burma. In detaining National League for Democracy (NLD) officials and pro-democracy leaders …
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Rabbis and Cantors From Every Major Jewish Religious Movement Call on the Incoming Biden-Harris Administration to Place Human Rights at the Center of U.S. Foreign Policy
Joining with rabbis and cantors, American Jewish World Service says lifting up human rights is a key step to the U.S. regaining its standing in the world. Today, more than 265 Jewish clergy — rabbis and cantors from 34 states and the District of Columbia representing all major Jewish religious movements — called on President-elect …
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Town Criers and Hand-Stitched Masks: How an AJWS Grantee Halted COVID-19 in Kenya’s Lamu Island
When Shee Kibwana Shee was growing up in Lamu Island, Kenya, he always dreamed of becoming a journalist — reporting the news that mattered most to his community and bringing people together. Decades later, he’s doing exactly that, but in a way he never expected: For the past 15 years, Shee has been Lamu’s town …
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Global Human Rights Defenders Share Their Hopes for Biden’s Presidency
In the four painful years of the Trump presidency, the advocates AJWS supports around the world have mourned the United States’ greatly diminished role as a force of justice and progress on the global stage. But since Joe Biden won the 2020 election, they have grown cautiously optimistic that we could soon see a U.S. …
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Leading Global Jewish Human Rights Group Denounces New USAID Gender Policy Which Denies the Rights of Women, Girls, and LGBTQI+ People
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) calls on incoming Biden administration to rescind disastrous policy Today, in response to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) releasing its 2020 Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy, Rori Kramer, Director of U.S. Advocacy at American Jewish World Service, released the following statement: “USAID’s new gender policy is one …
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Leading Global Jewish Human Rights Group Declares Urgent Need to Reinvigorate Human Rights in Wake of Pandemic and Four Years of Trump Administration Attacks
On Human Rights Day, the 72nd Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, American Jewish World Service (AJWS) says Rebuilding Global Human Rights is Crucial On Human Rights Day, Rori Kramer, the Director of U.S. Advocacy at American Jewish World Service, issued the following statement: “On this day seventy-two years ago, the United Nations …
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Leading Jewish Human Rights Group Denounces Secretary of State Pompeo’s Misnamed “Religious Freedom” Conference
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) says administration maliciously misuses religion to attack rights of women, girls and LGBTQI+ people To mark the opening day of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, Rori Kramer, Director of U.S. Advocacy, issued the following statement: “Today, Secretary Pompeo will maliciously misuse religion and the concept …
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Against Legal Challenges, Grantees in Kenya Are Expanding LGBTQI+ Acceptance
Living as an LGTBQI+ person in Kenya has always meant living under threat — often from your own community and certainly from the laws of the country, which makes same-sex relationships illegal. But AJWS grantees, led by truly inspiring activists, are creating change city by city. Esther “Essy” Adhiambo is one powerful activist at the …
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Internet Connection Sparks Hope for the Persecuted Rohingya People
After a full year almost completely cut off from the internet or cell phone reception, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people living in the world’s largest refugee camps finally went back online this August, thanks to the vigorous advocacy of AJWS grantees and others in the international community. The Rohingya people had been barred from …
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Pompeo’s Commission is Purely Political and Endangers Human Rights Protections Worldwide, According to Leading Jewish Global Human Rights Group
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) decries report from Commission on Unalienable Rights Late last night, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Commission on Unalienable Rights issued the final version of its report on the role of human rights and U.S. foreign policy. Rori Kramer, Director of U.S. Advocacy at American Jewish World Service (AJWS), issued the …
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