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Women Watch Afrika Condemns the administration’s new Xenophobic, Racist, Anti-Immigrant, and Anti-Muslim Travel Ban.

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For Immediate Release June 5, 2025 Atlanta, GA – Women Watch Afrika Condemns the administration’s new Xenophobic, Racist, Anti-Immigrant, and Anti-Muslim Travel Ban. [And Call to Action!] On June 4, 2025, the administration issued a Proclamation: “Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the US from Foreign Terrorists and other national security and public […]

Decades of Unwavering and Tireless Advocacy Yields Historic Relief for Immigrant Families: Women Watch Afrika’s Statement on President Biden’s Executive Action

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Decades of Unwavering and Tireless Advocacy Yields Historic Relief for Immigrant Families STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2024 CONTACT: Preye Cobham, Esq.,  Legal Director, Women Watch Afrika, womenwatchafrika@gmail.com, 404-668-2241 ________________________ Atlanta, GA —Today the Biden Administration announced a plan to use his executive action (parole authority) to protect thousands of spouses of U.S. Citizens, […]

Women Watch Afrika is Disappointed at the signing of the Executive Order Limiting Asylum Access at the Southern Border

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Women Watch Afrika is Disappointed at the signing of the Executive Order Limiting Asylum Access at the Southern Border STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2024 CONTACT: Preye Cobham, Esq.,  Legal Director, Women Watch Afrika, womenwatchafrika@gmail.com, 404-668-2241 ________________________ Atlanta, GA — Women Watch Afrika is disappointed at the signing of the Executive Order limiting Asylum […]

Women Watch Afrika Condemns the Signing of the Dangerous and Discriminatory HB 1105 by the Governor

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Women Watch Afrika Condemns the Signing of the Dangerous and Discriminatory HB 1105 by the Governor STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2024 CONTACT: Preye Cobham, Esq.,  Legal Director, Women Watch Afrika, womenwatchafrika@gmail.com, 404-668-2241 ________________________ Atlanta, GA — Women Watch Afrika condemns the signing into law of HB 1105.  Today, May 1, 2024, the governor […]

Diverse Group of Immigrant Rights Organizations Condemn HB 1105 As Dangerous and Discriminatory

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Women Watch Afrika and several Immigrant Rights organizations have come together to condemn HB 1105 see press release below: Diverse Group of Immigrant Rights Organizations Condemn HB 1105 As Dangerous and Discriminatory STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2024 CONTACT: Preye Cobham, Esq., Women Watch Afrika, womenwatchafrika@gmail.com 404-668-2241 James Woo, Advancing Justice-Atlanta, jwoo@advancingjustice-atlanta.org Daniela Rodriguez, […]

Women Watch Afrika is Disappointed with the Georgia Supreme Court Decision to uphold the state’s Restrictive Abortion Ban

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Today, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the state’s six-week abortion ban (LIFE Act), in a ruling reversing the lower’s court decision that stated that the law was invalid.  In November 2022, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney said that the law was “unequivocally unconstitutional” because it was enacted in 2019, when Roe v. Wade […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CAIR-GA, Partners Condemn Forced Resignation, Alleged Harassment of Black Muslim Woman Clarkson City Manager

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CONTACT: Azka Mahmood, CAIR-Georgia Interim Executive Director, azkatmahmood@cair.com, 678 653 5822 Glory Kilanko, Founder and CEO, Women Watch Afrika, womenwatchafrika@gmail.com   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CAIR-GA and Partners Condemn Forced Resignation, Alleged Harassment of Black Muslim Woman Clarkson City Manager   (ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 8/11/2023) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), Women Watch […]

Clarkston Community Speaks Out stating The City Manager is NOT the Problem

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A Frustrated Community Speaks Out Advocates: The problems in Clarkston have preceded the appointment of the city manager and there have been too many threats being made FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 7, 2023   Clarkston, GA – Several members of the Clarkston Community are gathering to speak out as they feel their voices are not […]

America is NOT an English-Only Nation; Language Justice and Language Access are Important

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Women Watch Afrika, Inc. is shocked, disappointed, and disturbed by this situation in which a Morrow city councilwoman stated (on video) that her Vietnamese-American colleague “failed as a citizen of this country” and “dishonored” her office because she backed a petition for multilingual ballots ahead of Morrow’s upcoming election. Our nation is not an English-only […]

Women Watch Afrika (WWA) Condemns the US Supreme Court Ruling Against Race-Conscious Admissions Policies

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2023 CONTACT INFORMATION Glory Kilanko, Founder and CEO, Tel: 404-759-6419 Atlanta, GA — Women Watch Afrika (WWA) condemns the Supreme Court ruling against race-conscious admissions policies. Today the U.S. Supreme Court struck down race-conscious student admissions program policies currently used at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Women […]