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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 5 in a context of closing civic space and increased violence

Global South perspectives from JASS’ regions: hear from different JASS staff from around the world on How to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 5 (gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls) in a context of closing civic space and increased violence? Investments in women’s political education, organizing and movement-building across social movements is essential for: Building constituencies and strong civic engagement for accountability

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CMI! Statement in solidarity with Zimbabwean sisters

The Count Me In! Consortium stands in solidarity with our Zimbabwean sisters in protest of the armed forces' sexual violence against women.

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Violence, Women’s human rights, Sex & sexuality

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Migrant Caravan & Women

JASS collaborated with filmmakers Maria del Pilar Godoy and Renato Martínez to develop this short documentary on women within the migrant caravan travelling through Central America and Mexico in 2018.

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Economic justice, Violence, Women’s human rights

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CMI! Consortium Statement on Situation in Nicaragua

The Count Me In! Consortium, integrated by Mama Cash, AWID, JASS, CREA and the Urgent Action Funds, expresses its concern and rejection towards the escalation of violence against human rights defenders, journalists, feminists, social movements and civil society organizations in Nicaragua.

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Violence, Women human rights defenders, Women’s human rights

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civil society, democracy & elections, impunity, international solidarity, militarization, violence against women

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Women, Power, and Change in Southeast Asia

A contextual analysis of Southeast Asia highlighting the ways that ordinary people, activists, human rights defenders, and social movements are organizing to protect their communities from destruction and injustice, even in extremely precarious and dangerous situations

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JASS Annual Report 2017

If there is one thing we can say about this past year, it is that 2017 was the year of women. Find out why in our annual report! Cover photo credit: Center for Women's Resources (CWR)

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Economic justice, Feminist movement-building, HIV/AIDS

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How Does Change Happen? Reflecting on the feminist future of women's rights

Reflections about power, movement-building, and our feminist futures; drawn from conversations among 1,700 women’s rights advocates over a four-day dialogue.

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Feminist movement-building, Gender equality, Power analysis

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conference or forum, social movements, training tools, women's leadership, women's organizing

Solidarity, Safety and Power: Young Women Organizing in Indonesia

FAMM is a network of more than 350 young women from 30 provinces across Indonesia uniting diverse activists across issues. See how a grassroots human rights network emerged in a context of closing space and rising fundamentalism.

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Alliance-building, LGBT, Young Women

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collective power, crossregional dialogue, fundamentalism, grassroots movements, solidarity

Recommendations for the implementation of the UN Human Rights Defender Declaration

Read the recommendations of 32 women defenders to states and to the United Nations on how to implement the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and protect women activists from violence.

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Gender equality, Women human rights defenders, Violence

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advocacy, civil society, democracy & elections, gender based violence, united nations, safety