Church World Service (CWS) Updates

NGOs urge the Biden-Harris Administration to adjust course on its approach to Gaza given the catastrophic harm to civilians. Earlier this year, the Biden-Harris Administration created a new policy,...

*Washington, D.C.—*CWS today celebrated the extension and redesignation of Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for Haitians fleeing violence, economic crisis, and instability at home. Homeland Security...

InterAction and 50 Member CEOs, some of whom have organizations that work in Gaza, urge President Biden to take decisive and actionable steps to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Detailed...

The Women’s Refugee Commission joined more than 80 other organizations in a letter urging the Department of Justice and Homeland Security to rescind harmful regulations that limit access to asylum...

The U.S. government should immediately and publicly commit to ending the use of solitary confinement in U.S. immigration detention, demanded a coalition of 194 medical, academic, faith, human rights,...

Washington, D.C.— Church World Service today marked the two-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, by renewing its pledge to stand with the Ukrainian people—including those still living...

We, the undersigned 150+ international, national, state, local, and faith-based organizations, are deeply alarmed at reports that you may wield your executive power to further endanger asylum seekers...

The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Mr. President: We are non-governmental organizations supporting the...

As Members and partners of InterAction, the largest alliance of U.S.-based NGOs that implement and advocate for U.S. humanitarian, health, development, and democracy programs, we welcome the...

Washington, D.C.— 75 years ago, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It established the international foundation for humane treatment of all people, and secured such...

Christian Aid and other humanitarian agencies have put their names to a joint letter by Christian church leaders from around the world to the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak MP. It’s been signed by 69...

November 2, 2023 Washington, D.C.---Church World Service today condemned the decision by the government of Pakistan to expel Afghan refugees back to danger in Afghanistan. Thus far, over 70,000...

InterAction—the largest alliance of U.S.-based NGOs dedicated to implementing and advocating for U.S. humanitarian, health, development, and democracy programs—and its Members and partners...

Situation: On October 7, Hamas launched horrific attacks that resulted in the killing of hundreds of Israeli civilians. Counter attacks by the State of Israel killed thousands more Palestinian...

Preamble: In an era marked by the increasingly palpable ramifications of climate change, the interplay between its impacts and humanitarian crises has intensified. Marginalised and vulnerable...