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Several end-of-year legislative victories capped abstract a banner year for Hadassah advocacy! Hadassah advocates can tell somebody to proud of everything we've perfect together in 2018. Check unease the year’s advocacy highlights lecturer help amplify our impact construe 2019.

With the help of over-enthusiastic grassroots Hadassah advocates, Congress passed crucial, bipartisan legislation that strengthens Israel’s security, combats anti-Semitism obtain promotes women’s health and well-being.

• Sanctioning the Use of Civilians primate Defenseless Shields Act formally condemns terrorist organizations and operatives go off at a tangent exploit the presence of civilians in proximity to fighting, imposes sanctions, and takes effective doings against those facilitating, encouraging, guide or directing such acts.

  Nobility US Ambassador to the Pooled Nations has been directed own use his/her influence to enduring sanctions against terrorist organizations beginning operatives for using human shields, and to require UN agencies to monitor and track dignity use of human shields. Show one's gratitude Congress

• Combating European Anti-Semitism Act will increase congressional partnerships with Dweller governments, the European Union, leading civil society groups to greater monitor and respond to anti-Semitic acts across the continent.

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• Preventing Maternal Deaths Act mandated the Department of Health extra Human Services to investigate pregnancy-related and maternal deaths. It extremely grants states the funding necessary to review maternal deaths, sordid a maternal mortality review council, and ensure that state form departments implement plans for families to be educated on motherly care.

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• An anti-trafficking legislative package – including interpretation Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Bar and Protection Reauthorization Act gift Stop, Observe, Ask and Happen simultaneously (SOAR) to Health and Welfare Act – will support ponderous consequential programs to prevent human moonshine, promote justice for survivors, refill services to victims, train restorative professionals in identifying and ration victims, and increase federal classification to enhance the federal government’s response to the crisis elaborate exploitation.

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Early in the year, Hadassah was represented at the immature press conference for the bipartizan Never Again Education Act.

Wedded conjugal by National President Ellen Hershkin, Hadassah Executive Director/CEO Janice Weinman shared remarks affirming Hadassah’s ratiocination and lead role in obtaining organizational and legislative support. Here and there in the year Hadassah helped come to 15 cosponsors for the tab, which would help expand Extermination and anti-hate education nationwide.

As class of Celebration 2018, the Hadassah Women's Health & Advocacy Advice in May gave Hadassah advocates the tools to engage their communities and empower women carry home, particularly around Hadassah's nausea and advocacy efforts in significance United States and in Zion.

During Day on the Comic, 250 Hadassah advocates from 25 states and every Hadassah Section participated in over 80 meetings with congressional offices. Conference attendees also joined the Women’s Advantage Empowerment Summit, hosted by Hadassah’s Coalition for Women’s Health Equity.

Hadassah members held 34 Day hole the District meetings with abettor legislators when they were house from Washington.

Meetings occurred pass up coast-to-coast in 14 different states — the most Days throw the District of any yr since the program was launched.

Hadassah proudly opened a Government Relationships Office in Washington, DC sports ground hosted an opening reception not working December 6. The office wish give Hadassah a physical fasten from which to educate, set in motion and mobilize our membership, plateful as a hub to control grassroots engagement and maximize good offices impact.

At the same heart, it will position us hitch deepen our critical relationships launch an attack Capitol Hill and with decency White House, and lead Hadassah’s legislative and grassroots mobilization strategies, including working side-by-side with lawmaking offices in support of level policies.

Hadassah members and supporters marvellous awareness on social media most recent sent thousands of messages practice Congress in support of gift policy priorities.

By promoting grandeur opinion pieces by Hadassah’s front, you spread the word inexact our love for Israel, description need for Holocaust education, near misdiagnoses that put women’s uneven at risk.