Invest in Human Rights for Africa’s Future
August 4, 2014 – Today in Washington, D.C., President Obama is making history by welcoming multiple heads of state from Africa to the first-ever U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.
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Ugandan Court Overturns Anti-Homosexuality Law
NEW YORK, NY—American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, today congratulates advocates of human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Uganda for their hard-won victory in persuading Uganda’s constitutional court to overturn the Anti-Homosexuality law passed by the Ugandan Parliament in December 2013 and signed by President Yoweri Museveni in February 2014.
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Top American Jewish Organization Condemns Appointment of Ugandan Leader as President of UN General Assembly
NEW YORK – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, condemns the election of Uganda’s Foreign Minister, Sam Kutesa, as President of the United Nations General Assembly.
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American Jewish World Service Applauds Obama Administration Actions Supporting Rights of LGBT Ugandans
WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, today applauds recent actions by the Obama administration in response to the passage and implementation of the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) by the government of Uganda.
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Global Pride: Celebrating LGBT Activists Around the World
Originally 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 …
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