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Today Humanity United and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the second round of the Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention, an innovative approach to developing new ways to combat and prevent the worst human rights violations.
House Passes Key Anti-Trafficking Legislation Within Violence Against Women Act
More than a year after it expired, the cornerstone of U.S. anti-human-trafficking law is now heading to President Obama under the Violence to Protect Women Act.
Groups say agreement is not enough and outline concrete steps that need to be taken
Reiterate call for UN, US and EU to appoint Special Envoys and greater regional involvement
A group of prominent Congolese and international NGOs, including Humanity United, are calling on countries in the Great Lakes region, along with their international partners, to ensure that the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework Agreement signed in Addis Ababa is given the political backing necessary to bring an end to war in the eastern Congo.
Ten years ago, attacks in the Darfur region of Sudan set off escalating violence that led to declarations that genocide was being perpetrated on the Darfuri people. Many thousands died and millions were displaced.
Today, human rights groups around the world are recalling the beginning of this terrible crisis and demanding that the Secretary General, the U.N. Security Council, and the the African Union take urgent and meaningful action to end the suffering of the people in Darfur and throughout Sudan.
Last fall, Humanity United partnered with USAID to launch the Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention, to facilitate the development of new tools and technologies to help the human rights movement. Today, we're excited to announce the winners of our first round of challenges.
View them here, or learn more from HU's Michael Kleinman.
