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
June 28 marked the 10-year anniversary of the coup that ousted the democratically elected President, Manuel Zelaya. This precipitated a series of political crises and a dramatic decline in the country’s human rights situation that catalyzed a broad-based citizen’s resistance movement. We spoke with JASS Mesoamerica’s Daysi Flores to hear the latest.
JASS Southern Africa
The reflections in this story offer a glimpse of the failed promise of mining as an economic development strategy for people, and underscore the need for local communities and justice activists to define and reclaim the meaning of “development.”
JASS Southeast Asia
Our JASS Southeast Asia team in the Philippines report that after more than a decade of persistent grassroots organizing and advocacy, legislation that would guarantee protection for human rights defenders (HRD) may finally come to fruition this year.
JASS Crossregional
The JASS Board of Directors honors and celebrates Founding Executive Director Lisa VeneKlasen's enduring legacy and launches the process of internal recruitment to appoint the next JASS ED.
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
Check out how women crossed many lines for justice, equality and peace in 2018!
Watch our latest live video featuring JASS Mesoamerica's Daysi Flores and Raising Voices' Jean Kemitare talking about movement building and intersectionality!
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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