Thursday, November 6, 2008

Ask Congress to generously fund life-saving reproductive health care for refugee women and girls
Support strong funding for the foreign aid budget for fiscal year 2009

More than 35 million people who have been displaced from their homes and communities because of conflict. Approximately 50 percent are women and girls. They often live in desperate circumstances and are especially vulnerable to rape and other forms of sexual violence. ...
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Ask Congress to uphold education for all, including millions of refugee and displaced children
Support the "Education for All Act of 2007" (S.1259/ H.R.2092)

More than 77 million children worldwide lack access to primary school education and millions more are denied a secondary school education. Many are refugees or internally displaced children living in war-torn countries or in countries recovering from conflict. The majority of children without access to education are girls. ...
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Help Iraqi Families: Sign the IRC Petition
Ask Congress to Protect the Rights of Immigrant Families
Support Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and Representative Hilda Solis’ (D-CA) Families First Immigration Enforcement Act, S. 2074 and H.R. 3980

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