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AJWS lobby days in Washington, D.C., remain crucial to our commitment to upholding human rights for marginalized communities around the world.
05/26/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/26/2021 14:32 ASSISTANT SPEAKER CLARK, MENENDEZ INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO REPORT ON THE STATUS OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD ASSISTANT SPEAKER CLARK, MENENDEZ INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO REPORT ON THE STATUS OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD The Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act would permanently require the State Department to report on the status of reproductive rights in its annual human rights reports. Washington, D.C. - Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (D-MA-5) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair...
Markey, Lowenthal to re-introduce International Human Rights Defense Act Feb 3, 2021 | Sen. Edward Markey, left and Congressman Alan Lowenthal Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Congressman Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif., announced Wednesday Feb. 3, that they will re-introduce the International Human Rights Defense Act, a “bicameral effort to reaffirm the United States’ role as a world leader in the promotion of LGBTQI equality.” In a press release announcing their effort, the two lawmakers noted that nearly 70 nations around the world have enacted laws that criminalize homosexuality, addin...