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IRFBA Chair’s Statement on Vietnamese Religious Prisoners of Conscience Y Yich and Y Pum Bya
By State Newswire Report | Apr 6, 2023
As Chair of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance, I express my grave concern at the imprisonment of two Montagnard Christians in Vietnam.
DRL Local Democracy and Human Rights Initiative
By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2023
Release: I. Requested Objectives for Statements of Interest.
Four press releases or notices published in March by U.S Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2023
There were four press releases or notices published by the U.S Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons in March.
Administrator Samantha Power at the Swearing-In Ceremony for Kerry Pelzman as Mission Director in Cambodia
By State Newswire Reports | Apr 3, 2023
Administrator Samantha Power at the Swearing-In Ceremony for Kerry Pelzman as Mission Director in Cambodia
One-Year Anniversary of the Yemen Truce’s Commencement
By State Newswire | Apr 3, 2023
Release: Today marks one year since the UN-meditated truce in Yemen began and initiated the longest period of calm since the war started. For one year, Yemenis have benefitted from a halt to airstrikes, regular civilian flights from Sana’a airport, enhanced and unrestricted humanitarian and food assistance, and...
Secretary Blinken’s Call with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
By State Newswire | Apr 3, 2023
Release: The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel...
Hong Kong’s Declining Rule of Law
By State Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
Release: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) continues to erode Hong Kong’s judicial independence and the rule of law. This past year, PRC and Hong Kong authorities have further criminalized dissent, undermining the human rights and fundamental freedoms of people in Hong Kong and dismantling the city’s promised...
Transgender Day of Visibility
By State Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
Release: On Transgender Day of Visibility, the United States reaffirms that transgender rights are human rights. We celebrate the achievements and resilience of transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming persons around the world. We recognize their bravery in their hard-fought work for equality, inclusion, and the full recognition of their human rights, which continues to this day.
In Defense of Democracy – Citizens Summit on Democracy
By State Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
Release: Good afternoon, everyone. It is a pleasure to be back in Zambia and here with you all today. I’d like to thank the Global Democracy Coalition and the Youth Democracy Cohort for this opportunity to speak with you all today, and to William Carew and Karine Kakasi for joining this discussion. I can’t think...
Secretary Antony J. Blinken on Advancing Technology for Democracy
By State Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Well, good afternoon, everyone. Jeanne, thank you so much for the introduction and for helping to move us along today.
The Dissolution of Political Parties in Burma
By State Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
Release: We strongly condemn the Burma military regime-controlled Union Election Commission’s decision to abolish 40 political parties, including the National League for Democracy (NLD).
Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative Code of Conduct Released at the Summit for Democracy
By State Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
Release: The United States continues to put human rights at the center of our foreign policy. The Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative - launched at the first Summit for Democracy as part of the Presidential Initiative for Democratic Renewal - is a multilateral effort intended to counter state and non-state...
International Food Relief Partnership Uzbekistan
By State Newswire Report | Mar 31, 2023
The USAID International Food Relief Partnership (IFRP) in the Republic of Uzbekistan is a sub-program of the Title II U.S. food assistance program, USAID Food for Peace.
USAID Eliminating Tuberculosis in Central Asia
By State Newswire Report | Mar 31, 2023
The USAID Eliminating Tuberculosis in Central Asia Activity reduces the burden of tuberculosis (TB) in Central Asia, including Uzbekistan, by building local and regional capacity to improve the detection and treatment of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB)
Judicial System Strengthening Activity in Uzbekistan
By State Newswire Report | Mar 31, 2023
Through its Judicial System Strengthening Activity, implemented by the East-West Management Institute (EWMI), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provides technical assistance for ongoing reforms to the judicial system of Uzbekistan.
Feed the Future Tanzania - Kilimo Tija Factsheet
By State Newswire Report | Mar 31, 2023
The Feed the Future Tanzania Kilimo Tija Activity (KTA) is implemented in the country’s SAGCOT regions (Mbeya, Njombe, Iringa and Morogoro) and Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba), with strategic market sheds in the Dar es Salaam, Songwe, Dodoma, and Arusha regions.
Breakthrough ACTION Factsheet
By State Newswire Report | Mar 31, 2023
Breakthrough ACTION is a social and behavior change (SBC) project, funded by USAID, designed to increase the practice of priority health behaviors and enable positive social norms, including gender norms, for improved health and development outcomes, with an emphasis on family planning/ reproductive health. HIV. Maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH), malaria and other infectious diseases.
Afghanistan Health Sector Fact Sheet
By State Newswire Reports | Mar 31, 2023
Following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, cascading humanitarian and economic crises are threatening the hard-won social and development gains made over the last two decades.
Endline Methane Assessment of KCDMS Dairy and Fodder Value Chain Activities in Kenya
By State Newswire Reports | Mar 31, 2023
The dairy industry is among the fastest growing agricultural subsectors in Kenya.
Methane Reductions and Dairy
By State Newswire Report | Mar 31, 2023
The Feed the Future Kenya Crops and Dairy Market Systems (KCDMS) Activity is a five-year USAID-funded program that works to increase agricultural production and reduce poverty and malnutrition in Kenya by spurring competitive, inclusive, and resilient market systems in the horticulture and dairy sectors