Taking advantage of the presence of feminist activists from around the world at the International AIDS ConferenceĀ (IAC) in Mexico,Ā JASSĀ convened a dialogue among women from Africa and the Americas ā primarily Mexico and Central America ā to share perspectives about the state of womenās movements in their context, the distinct challenges they face, and the new directions they see in womenās organizing. A number of the African and Central American women have been involved in JASSā multiregional feminist movement-building initiative which seeks to build the voice, visibility and collective organizing power of women.