SAVING OUR ALLIES

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Last week, the House overwhelmingly passed in a 407-16 vote the Afghan Allies Act, which will authorize an additional 8,000 special immigrant visas for our Afghan allies.  This bill would remove burdensome application…

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Piecing Together One Family’s Holocaust History Global Film Screening and Live Discussion (Virtual Event)

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After fleeing Nazism, many Jews concealed their identities to survive and protect their loved ones. Following the war, these Holocaust survivors and their descendants struggled to find those left behind.…

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Advancing Justice for Children: innovations to strengthen accountability for violations and crimes affecting children in conflict

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Save the Children and the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. This research is the result of a partnership between Save the Children and the Oxford Programme on International Peace and Security,…

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Read more about the article New wave of COVID 19 worsens the ‘shadow pandemic’ of domestic violence
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 30: Protesters wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus, seen during a gender based violence protest outside parliament on June 30, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. South Africa's president stated that the country now faces two pandemics, COVID-19 and the violence against women and children that has risen sharply since alcohol sales were allowed again on June 1. President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a national address that 21 women and children have been killed since the start of the month. (Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

New wave of COVID 19 worsens the ‘shadow pandemic’ of domestic violence

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The lockdowns triggered by the latest wave of COVID 19 infections is expected to worsen the ‘shadow pandemic’ of family and domestic violence. The U.N. is predicting a 20% rise…

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