Staff Article
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Impact Investing Is Solving Unmet Needs
Tags Share Amanda White is the Editor of top1000funds.com. She is also responsible for the content across all Conexus Financial’s institutional media and events. Impact investors need to start with a problem they are trying to solve, not an opportunity set, according to Tim Crockford, head of impact investing at Hermes Investment Management. Speaking at…
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RFK Human Rights Board Member José E. Feliciano Honored at Toigo 2019 Gala
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights board member José E. Feliciano was honored at the 30th Annual Toigo 2019 Gala in New York last night on June 13, 2019. The Toigo Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the career advancement and increased leadership of under-represented talent. While accepting the award, José spoke…
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Five Years Later: Nothing But Broken Promises
Five years after Law 169-14 promised to restore nationality to Dominicans of Haitian descent, the international community must ensure that the Dominican government is held accountable for its ongoing violations of human rights.
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RFK Young Leaders Join Inaugural Titan Generator Summit at SXSW
Over 120 youth activists from around the country gathered for the inaugural Titan Generator summit hosted by Generation Titans and RFK Human Rights at Google’s Austin headquarters.
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Inter-American Court Sets Historic Precedent in Case of Assassinated Journalist
Tags Share Cross-posted from IFEX. IFEX spoke with the people involved in the process to gain an understanding of the lessons learned, with an eye to possible future use in other cases in the fight against impunity. This is a translation of the original article. Impunity: The phantom that walks between the shadows of corruption…
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Victims Around the World Speak Out to Eliminate Violence Against Women
Tags Share In honor of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25th, we’ve highlighted the ongoing fight against gender based violence, and recognized the vital role that human rights defenders, including our partners and laureates, play in addressing this violence around the world. Recently, Nadia Murad, a 2018 Nobel peace…
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Recognizing World Mental Health Day
Carlos Rodriguez, a RFK Young Leader, shares his personal journey navigating mental health stigmas.
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RFK Human Rights Submit Amicus Brief on Gómez Virula Case
The brief highlights the dire situation faced by labor unionists like Gómez in Guatemala, as well as the state’s failure to prevent Gómez’s forced disappearance and murder 23 years ago.
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The Bonfilio Rubio Villegas Case
An example of the relationship between military checkpoints and gross human rights violations in Mexico.
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9th Annual RFK Compass Investor Conference in Hyannis Port
Tags Share Last month we hosted our 9th Annual RFKennedy Compass Investor Conference in Hyannis Port, bringing together over 300 institutional investors, fund managers and thought leaders around the themes of Diversity, Social Investing and Private Equity at the historic Kennedy Compound. Fifty years ago, Bobby Kennedy ran an inspiring and pivotal Presidential campaign that…
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