Feminist movement-building

Not another Soldier on our Streets

Mahatma Gandhi used to say, “What is obtained with violence can only be maintained with violence”. It is with violence that the power elite successfully kidnapped democracy in our country. As much as they have wanted to disguise the truth by repeatedly lying in order to convince us that “national reconciliation” is underway, we are aware that this dictatorship that began with a coup d’état continues to destroy our lives and condemn many of us to death.
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Feminist movement-building, Violence, Women human rights defenders
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Making Big Ideas Practical: Webs of Activism

How do you work in diverse locations and political contexts, with a diversity of marginalized women around different issues and interests? Informative piece by JASS Board Co-Chair, Srilatha Batliwala situates JASS' work within the "meshworks" framework by Arturo Escobar.
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Feminist movement-building
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From Integration to Disruption: How to Transform Gender Relations

On September 20, 2013 The Elliot School of George Washington University held a panel discussion on the concept of "Disruption" and what that means in the context of women's movements, past and present in the shift to move beyond gender mainstreaming. JASS Director Lisa VeneKlasen and Board co-Chair Srilatha Batliwala were invited to speak alongside Aruna Rao and Joanne Sandler from Gender at Work and Alivelu Ramisetty, Gender Advisor for Oxfam America. Listen to the audio of the event! 
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Feminist movement-building
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knowledge

Women's Movement-Builder’s School Report

"I want to learn more on how to build a movement across the region as a young woman activist.”
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Feminist movement-building
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advocacy

JASS Annual Report 2012

Check out JASS' 2012 Annual Report! We hope the stories in this report do justice to the profound yet immeasurable work of JASS’ community. 
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Feminist movement-building, Women human rights defenders, Women’s human rights
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Amidst Violence, Women Organize for Protection

The work of women human rights defenders is essential to achieving democracy and peace, especially in violent contexts, and supporting their protection and wellbeing is vital. In Mexico and Central America, women defenders are organizing themselves amidst alarming violence against women and activists.
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Feminist movement-building, Violence, Women human rights defenders
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collective feminism, drug war, risk and security, safety, self care

Civic Explorations Newsletter

"There is no revolution without the other 51%: lessons from feminist movements about how change happens." In this edition, HIVOS and JASS team up to feature women's civic activism.
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Feminist movement-building, Power analysis, Women’s human rights
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arts for social justice, equality, grassroots movements

Women Activists Strategize against Backlash in Zimbabwe

As the next election cycle approaches in Zimbabwe, formulating joint strategies to deal with an established pattern of political violence against women activists while ensuring their safety, security and wellbeing is vital.
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Feminist movement-building, Violence, Women human rights defenders
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Young Indonesian Activists Organize to Defend Democratic Freedoms

Young women activists of FAMM-Indonesia stood side by side, wrists roped together, mouths taped, to express their vehement opposition to the proposed Ormas Bill, which obliges organizations to “uphold morality and ethics and nurture the country’s religious and cultural norms.”
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Feminist movement-building, Violence, Young Women
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Using Storytelling to Build Solidarity in Zambia

In a context where conservative culture, social disparities and economic struggles exacerbate violence against women, fracture communities and serve to entrench the inequalities that oppress women daily, a group of community-based activists are coming together to compose a different narrative.
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Feminism, Feminist movement-building, Feminist popular education
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