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Saving Lives and Defending Human Rights: An Urgent Agenda for Philanthropy
Inside Philanthropy
We find ourselves at an unprecedented moment in the history of modern philanthropy. We are operating at the intersection of an extraordinary global pandemic and longstanding human-made divides. Without a doubt, COVID-19 magnifies these human-made divides in political and economic systems worldwide: glaring disparities in wealth, unequal access to healthcare and ineffective healthcare systems, lack …Read More
When the world stays silent
Newsday
New Coalition Goes on the Offensive for Abortion Rights
The Progressive
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Leading Global Jewish Human Rights Group Praises Groundbreaking U.S. House Legislation to Promote Abortion as Health Care and a Human Right Worldwide
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) Welcomes Human Rights Legislation that Repeals the Helms Amendment In response to the introduction of the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020 in the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Representative Jan Schakowsky, along with Representatives Barbara Lee, Jackie Speier, Diana DeGette, Norma Torres and Ayanna Pressley, Rori …Read More
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Register today for @NCJW's #AbortionAccess4All digital lobby day! AJWS is proud to co-sponsor this important event,… https://t.co/k0xZemdoB2
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On International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we celebrate the activists fighting for their communities' lands, languages,...
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