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What Coronavirus Teaches Us About Inequality, Discrimination and the Importance of Caring
by Alda Facio on July 9, 2020 on 8:50 am

They say coronavirus doesn’t discriminate, that it puts us all at risk, that it dictates an equally threatening future for all humankind. But the measures that have been implemented in Central America to deal with the pandemic are proof of the monumental, pre-existing inequality of our societies.

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Bina Masadah: How Indonesian Women Transform Coastal Communities
by JASS on February 1, 2016 on 1:37 am

In Seram Islands, Indonesia, women rise from poverty through Bina Masadah (Women, There is Hope), a women farmers’ cooperative that they formed in the coastal community of Nuruwe. Women lead the seaweed processing and run the cooperative themselves.

Keywords:
collective power, community, community development
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India: Navigating rights offline and online
by on July 19, 2015 on 12:37 pm

Everywhere at the Human Rights Council (HRC) the catchphrase on everyone’s tongue was “shrinking spaces for civil society”. But what does it mean, really? How are activists grappling with this “shrinking space” in their work? To try and find out a little more, JASS Southern Africa's Maggie Mapondera interviewed activists from as far afield as Mongolia, Brazil and India to learn from their experiences and analysis.

Keywords:
advocacy, grassroots movements, rights-based development
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Brazil: Sustainability vs Survival
by on July 19, 2015 on 12:02 pm

Everywhere at the Human Rights Council (HRC) the catchphrase on everyone’s tongue is “shrinking spaces for civil society”. But what does it mean, really? How are activists grappling with this “shrinking space” in their work? To try and find out a little more, JASS Southern Africa's Maggie Mapondera interviewed activists from as far afield as Mongolia, Brazil and India to learn from their experiences and analysis.

Keywords:
civil society, democracy & elections, community development, conference or forum, fundamentalism
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Mongolia: Fighting big business & transnational mining companies
by on July 19, 2015 on 11:49 am

Everywhere at the Human Rights Council (HRC) the catchphrase on everyone’s tongue is “shrinking spaces for civil society”. But what does it mean, really? How are activists grappling with this “shrinking space” in their work? To try and find out a little more, JASS Southern Africa's Maggie Mapondera interviewed activists from as far afield as Mongolia, Brazil and India to learn from their experiences and analysis.

Keywords:
environment, oppressive laws, political & economic organizing, World Bank
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Justice Does Not Apply to Indonesian Migrant Women, How Come?
by Niken Lestari on June 25, 2015 on 3:48 pm

Niken Lestari of FAMM-Indonesia (Forum Aktivis Perempuan Muda-Indonesia) examines Indonesian migrant women’s plight and its interconnection with death penalty as enforced in Indonesia and its “receiving” countries such as Saudi Arabia. Read more...

Keywords:
Justice
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