Women and the Migration Crisis
Central America and Mexico – and the United States too – have become places in which too many women’s lives don’t matter. It’s time for a change.
Nobel Peace Laureates Call for a Fair Trial for Berta Cáceres
The Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative call on the Honduran government to ensure a just trial for those charged with the murder of Berta Cáceres, land and human rights defender assassinated in 2016.
Elections in Mexico: An opportunity to reset the social fabric and strengthen movements?
Following historical elections in Mexico, there is a need for communities to come together to strengthen social fabric and movements with collective power.
Women Defending the Planet
Read day-to-day accounts by journalist and JASS-ally Laura Carlsen of our 3-day workshop with women land and territory defenders in Mesoamerica.
Day 3: Power
By Laura Carlsen, "Our Power and Our Protection: Sharing Information and Knowledge on Extractivism," Antigua, Guatemala. May 21-23, 2018
Day 2: Coming Together
By Laura Carlsen, "Our Power and Our Protection: Sharing Information and Knowledge on Extractivism," Antigua, Guatemala. May 21-23, 2018
Day 1: Ideas with Feet
By Laura Carlsen, "Our Power and Our Protection: Sharing Information and Knowledge on Extractivism," Antigua, Guatemala. May 21-23, 2018
Women and the Struggles for Land & Territory in Honduras (part 3)
Learn more about the consequences of the struggle for women and the types of violence they face in defending land and territory, in the third video of a 4-part series. This series spotlights the interesting results of a participatory mapping…
Rural Women Lead the Fight for Land in Guatemala
Meet Dalila, one of the leaders of Madre Tierra. Her organization advocates for rural women’s equal access to land, a right that Guatemalan women have on paper but not always in practice.
