This is the time to fly, to create, to investigate, to listen, to refresh, to reinvent together. Twenty plus years ago, JASS was born! Determined to go against the grain and create a movement-oriented alternative to the NGO model, our…
Celebrating PEKKA’s 22nd anniversary in person in Jakarta, the author, Lori Cajegas, been privileged to witness and experience power from within in all its greatness and diversity. Women powering up with each other does change and transform lives. Written by…
Despite a turbulent 2021, women made some big moves. Learn about how Power Up! supported women's organizing and strategies for transformative change. Power Up! Annual Report 2021
A riddle: What is more powerful than power? As the oceans boil, and the hurricanes beat violently against our shores, and the air sweats with the heat of impending doom, and our fists protest the denial of who and what…
Strong women ’bout to walk across the line // This ain’t no once upon a time // These stories we ’bout to write are true // Sweat n’ bleed for the rights of me n’ you In Ukraine and…
In the early hours of March 15 2021, two ‘houses’ occupied by LGBTQ+ human rights defenders were torched in Kakuma Block 13, a refugee camp in Kenya, leaving 2 LGBTQ+ members of the community with 2nd-degree burns. The police and…
Women in Power Up! countries and regions are living in a time of precarity that severely limits their ability to access their rights and places them at risk. This baseline report has been prepared on behalf of the Power Up!…
JASS Mesoamerica’s playbook is full of exercises for centering play as part of wellbeing and care
By JASS Southern Africa and Coalition for African Lesbians (CAL) JASS (Just Associates) Southern Africa and the Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) condemn the ongoing targeted brutal attacks on LGBTQ+ refugees in Kakuma Block 13. Read the complete statement…
