Skip to content

Claiming Online Spaces for Urban Poor Womenā€™s Causes

What does online activism mean for urban poor women? Misty Lorin, an urban poor community organizer of SAMAKANA (Samahan ng Maralitang Kababaihang Nagkakaisa or Organization of United Urban Poor Women), talks about successful online campaigns on womenā€™s rights and making use of social media to provide spaces for womenā€™s causes.
Read more

Why I joined the Million People March against Corruption

When Philippine President Benigno Aquino came into power in 2010, his electoral platform focused on eradicating graft and corruption in government voiced out in his ā€œrighteous roadā€ speech. Now, apart from the recent ā€œpork barrelā€ controversy, numerous allegations of graft…

Read more

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 JASSā€™ community.

Read more

Young Women Size up CEDAW

The young women of Cambodia have come a long way. Almost four years after its groundbreaking formation, the JASS-inspired Cambodian Young Womenā€™s Empowerment Network (CYWEN) is living up to its name ā€“ empowering young women and equipping them with knowledge…

Read more

The Big “Lā€ Word

ā€œNo, I can't write about myself! What should I write? I am embarrassed!ā€ cried Swita, a 24-year-old activist. Swita works at Yayasan Harapan Ibu (Mother's Hope Foundation) and organizes women sex workers in Jayapura, Papua Province in Indonesia.Her work requires…

Read more

Breaking Barriers: Writing Herstories from the Heart

ā€œAre writers born or made?ā€ The young women activists of Indonesia have long resolved this classic Jack Kerouac question. The JASS-inspired organization Forum Aktivis Perempuan Muda ā€“ Indonesia (FAMM-Indonesia) or Young Indonesian Women Activistsā€™ Forum (erstwhile JASS-Indonesia) has been holding…

Read more
Back To Top