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From women’s individual and collective power to political change PEKKA: Integrated approaches to movement-building and social accountability

Building on previous writings by Annie Holmes, Alia Khan, Lisa VeneKlasen, Alexa Bradley, this case study examines how a grassroots economic and political organizing approach works to transform the lives of women heads of household—in effect, the poorest of the poor—by applying a combination of feminist popular education, community organizing processes and the building of cooperative forms of saving and microfinance.  It examines how they influence key government policies and legal systems and how they hold government accountable, often in highly unfavorable circumstances of repression and
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Economic justice, Empowerment, Feminist movement-building
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The Our Bodies, Our Lives Campaign for Better ARVs in Malawi: Enacting Social Accountability Through Women’s Activism and Organizing

This case study was presented at the Scaling Accountability: Integrated Approaches to Civil Society Monitoring and Advocacy workshop organised by the Transparency and Accountability Initiative, School of International Service at American University, the International Budget Partnership and Government Watch of Ateneo School of Government, held 18-20 June 2015, in Washington, D.C. It discusses JASS’ work in Malawi, which began in 2007 as an effort to facilitate and support the greater participation of women living with HIV / AIDS (WLHIV) in all matters affecting their lives.
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Alliance-building, Economic justice, Feminist movement-building
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Strategic Conversation on the Changing Context For Women's Rights and Movement-building in Southeast Asia

From June 17-18, twenty-five Southeast Asian researchers, human rights advocates, grassroots leaders, and activists came together for a conversation about the changing context in Southeast Asia and its impact on women, women’s rights and women’s activism.
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Violence, Women’s human rights, Young Women
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Amplifying women’s voices: Zambian Women Speak

Basali Amoho provides a container for women’s activism as individuals and as a community. The group aims to bring diverse women together, whatever their religion or background, to advocate against gender imbalances and violence against women.
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HIV/AIDS, Power analysis, Women’s human rights
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JASS Annual Report 2013

This report brings you stories and insights from across the JASS network. Here, you'll read how different women see their world and the innovative ways they are challenging abuses of power and building deeply democratic alternatives.
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Feminist movement-building, Women human rights defenders, Women’s human rights
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Making Change Happen 5: Indigenous and Rural Women in Defense of Land, Territories and Women's Rights

This issue of Making Change Happen examines the threats, challenges, strategies and aspirations of indigenous and rural women within the greater JASS community. Why this focus? There is plenty of evidence to indicate that indigenous and rural women are facing increasing difficulties throughout the world.
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Economic justice, Empowerment, Violence
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Rethinking the Drug War in Central America and Mexico: analysis and recommendations for U.S. legislators

U.S. security policy in Mexico and Central America, focused on militarized counter-narcotics efforts known as the war on drugs, has had severely negative effects on the region. This report analyzes the effects in four areas – militarization, drug policy, violence against women and forced migration—and examines the impact of this security policy on three countries: Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.
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Paving the Road for Freedom & Equality

Read reflections about the achievements, lessons and experiences of the Mesoamerican Women Human Rights Defenders Initiative and how it has contributed to the protection of women defenders.  “Paving the Road for Freedom and Equality” highlights the efforts and details the IMD's support of women defenders in Mexico and Central America who carry out their justice work in a context of extreme violence, violence against those who dedicate their lives to justice and the defense of universal human rights.  
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Women human rights defenders
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Violence against Women Human Rights Defenders: Summary Findings 2012

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Infograph 2012: Violence against Women Human Rights Defenders in Mesoamerica

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