Bipartisan passage of Uyghur Act critical step to demand accountability from China
Late on Tuesday evening, December 3, the House of Representatives passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act in a landslide…
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House to vote on Rohingya genocide: the time to act is now!
(Sept. 24 at 5:15 p.m.) GOOD NEWS — the BURMA Act was just approved in the House of Representatives (394…
Two major milestones in Uyghur advocacy
Jewish World Watch (JWW) is proud to report two major accomplishments in our advocacy work related to the Uyghur (or…
The Ebola epidemic in the DRC is just the tip of the iceberg
Instability continues to rock the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). With the spread of the Ebola crisis, this war-plagued…
Rohingya Refugee Megacamp: Need as far as the eye can see
Nothing blew me away on this trip to Bangladesh more than my visit to the largest Rohingya refugee camp in…
International Women’s Day with Rohingya survivors: Sisterhood and the Power of Information
I had the privilege of meeting some extraordinary women over the course of this past week in Cox’s Bazar. There…
Finally arrived: Meeting the Rohingya in the camps for the first time
Yesterday was my first day in the camps. Haythem, from one of our partner organizations, met me and my traveling…
Lemkin Summit Day 2: DRC locals play tremendous role in bringing peace – but U.S. engagement vital
The second day of the Lemkin Summit was largely focused on developing advocacy skills, in preparation for meeting with policymakers…
Congo’s democracy remains in the balance
by Susan Freudenheim, executive director, and Ann Strimov Durbin, director of advocacy and grantmaking Tear gas fired into maternity wards. Pro-democracy protesters arrested,…
University Fellow Blog: Jenna Dresner
The second semester proved to be an even greater learning experience than the one that came before it. I learned…