JASS Southern Africa

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JASS Mobilization Fund: A Feminist Response to Crisis

The Fund channels funds (within 24 hours) to our allies in times of crises to support women-led organizing responses that repair communities in the short and long-term. Read its impact.
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Economic justice, Women’s human rights, Alliance-building
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JASS 2021 Calendar

As we step into 2021, we are celebrating womendriven solutions in transforming power and creating lasting change. We would like to share with you inspiring words from our partners and staff in the regions we work. We hope these words fuel your spirits, reignite your imagination and agency to join us as we continue to cross the line and build a more just world.
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Gender, Protest and Political Change in Africa: A conversation with Dr Awino Okech

JASS had the pleasure of chatting to Dr Awino Okech about her new book ‘Gender, Protests and Political Change in Africa’ published by Palgrave Macmillan in July 2020. Find out why this book is close to Dr Awino's heart.
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Gender equality, Power analysis
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Solidarity with the Garifuna People of Honduras

We, women of JASS Southern Africa, are writing to express our deepest concern for, and solidarity with the Black Indigenous Garifuna people of Honduras. As they have struggled to defend their lands, territories and lives, they have been met with rising aggression and violence from state and non-state forces. It is a reality that we also know all too well.
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Reflections on Working with the UN to Protect and Support Women Human Rights Defenders

After two terms as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, Michel Forst left the post April 30. Women defenders reflect on gains, challenges, and what lies ahead.
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Feminist movement-building, Violence, Women human rights defenders
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Obituary for Mabel Moyo & Retelling Stories of Organising in Zimbabwe

The most important thing for you to know, if you are a young feminist in Zimbabwe or any other country for that matter, today, you are walking along paths that were cleared for you by these women and the movements they built over decades.
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Empowerment, Feminist popular education
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JASS Movements Newsletter May 2020: Collective Power in the time of a Pandemic

None of us could have anticipated that the final phase of our Leadership Transition at JASS, my stepping into the role of Executive Director, would coincide with a global pandemic!
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Phumi Mtetwa

Phumi Mtetwa is an activist working on issues of economic, gender and LGBTI equality and justice. She has a wealth of experience having worked in international and regional contexts particularly, Southern Africa and Ecuador. Phumi began her political life in 1985, her work included organising rent boycotts to combat Apartheid and mobilising against the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas. She was part of a group of activists that worked to enshrine the rights to equality, dignity and freedom for all in the South African Constitution.
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The Pandemic: JASS Organizational Pivots

In the wake of COVID-19, JASS has made some exciting organizational pivots. Embedded in our DNA is agility and responsiveness to changing contexts and crises. We are proud at how we have been able to move quickly and leverage our staff who are embedded in the movements we support to rethink our work in response to this moment. These shifts are ensuring that we help our allies and constituencies meet immediate practical needs while simultaneously finding creative ways to strengthen and support strategic organizing based on these needs in a rapidly shifting context. 
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