AJWS Blog

The AJWS community has a lot to say about what's happening in the world. Read our insights about the struggle for justice and human rights around the globe — and meet the activists on the frontlines of the fight to build a better world.

Marking forty years of feminist grantmaking

For 40 years, AJWS has been advocating for   global justice and equality, and women’s rights  have been an essential part of that fight. Feminist activists supported by AJWS have addressed many of the most pressing issues facing women and girls worldwide, from early, child and forced marriage to abuse like genital cutting and gender-based …

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Download our free AJWS Guide to the High Holidays!

AJWS’s global community includes people of diverse practices, backgrounds, and faiths, united by our belief that everyone deserves freedom, equity and human rights. As we approach the Jewish High Holiday season — which begins at sundown on Monday, September 22, with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year — we know that these days mean different …

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My (Final) Summer Reading Recommendations

I have always been inspired by the power of words and books, and their ability to share stories that move us, shape us, and connect us across time and place. As we head into the final days of summer and at a time marked by injustice and upheaval, both in the United States and around …

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Advocating for human rights, while responding to natural disasters in Haiti

In Haiti, the struggles of the capital, Port-au-Prince, radiate outwards. Though the city is the epicenter of the country’s compounding problems — a collapsed government that has given way to the take-over of violent street gangs, following multiple natural disasters — the fallout stretches well into Haiti’s more remote regions, where people lack any form …

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