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.
The Pursuit of Human Rights and Judaism are Inextricably Linked: Clergy Join AJWS in Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill
Even now, weeks later, I am still energized by our Clergy Advocacy Convening on Capitol Hill. On March 19, together with a team of colleagues, eight clergy from across the country came to D.C. to meet with Congressional leaders and staff to discuss human rights priorities integral to AJWS’s work. It was exhilarating to be …
A different future: One mother’s fight for her daughters’ education in India
In Medabas village in rural Mewat, India, no girl had ever finished high school — until recently. Instead, girls were married off by the time they were teenagers, and locked into a life of housework, farming and raising children. But when AJWS grantee Alwar Mewat Institute of Education and Development (AMIED) entered Medabas and encouraged …
The Impact of a Gift to AJWS
A national movement against fossil fuels ignites across Kenya
When a massive power company proposed a coal-fired power plant to accompany a damaging new port in Lamu, a UNESCO Heritage Site in Kenya, an activist movement to stop it turned into a nation-wide campaign. The coastal plant threatened the local community’s health and livelihoods, from polluted fishing areas to toxic air pollution and displaced …