Advocating for those without a voice
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Genocide Convention 70 years later: Vision lives on despite setbacks
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Genocide Convention. Catalyzed by the “never again” sentiment pervading the aftermath of World…
Another advocacy victory: Iraq and Syria Act passes both chambers
[UPDATE: Dec. 12, 2018] President Donald Trump signed legislation on Tuesday to help ensure humanitarian relief reaches the members of religious…
Cameroon in crisis: Kidnapped children and the Anglophone / Francophone divide
UPDATE — Nov. 7, 2018: The student captives have been released after being held hostage for about two days. More…
Yemen on the brink: The U.S. must stop facilitating potential war crimes
The bodies of two children, a two-year old boy and a newborn girl, were dug up Sept. 16 from under…
Corruption investigation results in debarment of several Syria-related aid workers
Our small, extraordinarily efficient partners bringing hospital supplies into Syria are likely your best option for getting aid directly where…
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,…
Yemen: The time to act is now
Scores of innocent children died last Thursday in a senseless attack on a school bus in Yemen. On August 9,…
Ex-diplomats warn Pompeo against cutting U.S. refugee bureau
Thirty-two former U.S. diplomats and 11 aid groups penned a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on July 23,…
Jump-4-Syrian-Children
Can jumping rope help survivors of genocide and mass atrocities? It can when the Hirschhorn sisters get involved! Following in…