June 2, 2021
Maria Cristina’s husband Ángel disappeared in June 2018, along with three other construction workers on the way to a job in Guerrero when they unwittingly passed through a “cartel-controlled” town.
Unlike many families of the disappeared or murdered who are too fearful to report the crimes to authorities, Maria Cristina, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, pushed for a formal investigation. But the death threats were immediate. The 30-year-old mother fled the state of Morelos with her 12 and 14-year-old children after repeated threats to kill the family.
Since before the election, the Biden administration has promised to “restore humanity and American values to our immigration system” and to “address the root causes of migration.” Immigration advocates and asylum-seekers responded to these announcements with mixed hope, relief, and skepticism. But for the highly vulnerable population of Mexican asylum-seekers, the Biden administration
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The Danish Refugee Council/Danish Demining Group (DRC/DDG) is one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, working in more than 40 countries to provide adequate assistance with a rights-based approach to refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons, returnees and migrants.
DRC/DDG has been present in Colombia since 2011, and in 2018 it began to upscale its operations due to large influx of migrants and refugees from Venezuela. DRC is currently implementing a protection focused humanitarian response financed by OFDA/BHA, ECHO, UNHCR and IOM in four cities in Colombia (Riohacha, Barranquilla, Medellin and Bogota). DRC´s protection programming includes protection monitoring, legal aid, MPCA, community-based protection, case management and GBV prevention and response. DRC also co-leads the national protection working group of the Interagency Group on Mixed Migration Flows (GIFMM by its Spanish acronym).
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New York, May 13, 2021 - The Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health (HDPFH) at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health announced today the creation of the Jennifer Schlecht Memorial Scholarship for Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Justice in Fragile Settings which will be awarded annually as part of the Jennifer Schlecht Memorial Fund, hosted by Family Planning 2030 (FP2030) at the United Nations Foundation. The Scholarship s mission is to honor Jennifer s memory and her professional accomplishments by creating a group of highly trained, passionate public health leaders, who are bound together by a shared opportunity and commitment to championing the field of SRH justice.
Columbia creates Jennifer Schlecht Memorial Scholarship to support careers in sexual and reproductive health
The Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health (HDPFH) at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health announced today the creation of the Jennifer Schlecht Memorial Scholarship for Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Justice in Fragile Settings which will be awarded annually as part of the Jennifer Schlecht Memorial Fund, hosted by Family Planning 2030 (FP2030) at the United Nations Foundation. The Scholarship s mission is to honor Jennifer s memory and her professional accomplishments by creating a group of highly trained, passionate public health leaders, who are bound together by a shared opportunity and commitment to championing the field of SRH justice.
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