
As Dual Storms Hit Central America, AJWS Grantees Work to Keep Communities Safe
Hurricane Iota hurtles towards the same coastlines just battered by Tropical Storm Eta, as Central America braces for more catastrophic damage.
Read MoreHurricane Iota hurtles towards the same coastlines just battered by Tropical Storm Eta, as Central America braces for more catastrophic damage.
Read MoreSince April, Nicaragua’s citizens have been waging a fierce uprising against the repressive, authoritarian government of President Daniel Ortega.
Read MoreOriginally published in Out Magazine. Lesbian couple Pen Nol, left, and Chhon Nhoeng, live together on their farm in rural Cambodia. They are members of Rainbow Community Kampuchea (RoCK), a Phnom Phen-based LGBT advocacy organization supported by AJWS. Nheap Pen, center left, and Yarn Mok, center right, live with their grandchildren in rural Cambodia. The …
Read MoreTwenty-two years ago, I made a promise that has shaped my life and my work ever since. My beloved partner Eddie, a talented musician, was dying of AIDS.
Read MoreTrip is part of American Jewish World Service’s new year-long Global Justice Fellowship NEW YORK, NY — Today, American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading international Jewish human rights and development organization focused on ending poverty and realizing human rights in the developing world, announced that 17 Jewish New York City Young Leaders were selected …
Read MoreWe believe that everyone has the right to live free from violence and constant threat. Yet around the world, an estimated 1 in 3 women will experience assault, rape or other abuse in her lifetime. Nicaragua is no exception, where each year dozens of women are murdered while their attackers roam free. AJWS grantees in …
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