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.
This month, Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader won his re-election campaign, making headlines around the world. But activists on the ground say much of his popularity draws from Abinader’s support of the Caribbean Island nation’s open secret: the Dominican Republic is now over 10 years into a crisis that has kept more than 100,000 Dominicans …
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 …
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 …
