Learn about the courageous organizing initiatives of four extraordinary networks that we have helped to build, accompany, and sustain.
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Women Crossing the Line
Regional
JASS Mesoamerica
The JASS Board of Directors is thrilled to announce our next Executive Director: Shereen Essof!
JASS Southern Africa
The JASS Board of Directors is thrilled to announce our next Executive Director: Shereen Essof!
JASS Southeast Asia
The JASS Board of Directors is thrilled to announce our next Executive Director: Shereen Essof!
JASS Crossregional
Join us for the next 16 days as we take part in an annual campaign to end gender-based violence: #16DaysofActivism!
Blog Entries
Happy JASS Day! In 2014, Santa Fe, New Mexico declared October 18 at day of celebration and solidarity with women human rights defenders fighting for land, water, and territories. JASS Executive Director Lisa VeneKlasen writes about how growing up in Santa Fe influenced her politics and her feminism in this letter of appreciation to our growing Santa Fe community.
In recent months, abortion bans have dominated the headlines. But these battles are not only happening in the U.S. We talked to colleagues and allies about abortion rights in Nicaragua, Mexico, the Philippines, and Zimbabwe – and what that means for people who need to access the full range of reproductive care.
Resources
OBOL leaders created the first-ever grassroots feminist treatment literacy manual and educational initiative that meets women’s needs while helping everyone.
Are relocation programs fitting women human rights defenders’ needs?
Newsletter
“We have seven territories in dispute: body, land, nature, memory, history, worldview, and the state. We have a lot to do.”
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