Myanmar: Keeping the Fight Alive
On April 15, 2021, Myo Myo Aye, a prominent labour rights activist, was taken from her office and taken to a police station for interrogation before being transferred to Insein prison.
Radical Learning for Radical Change
"Women, regardless of their level of education, where they live, or status of their marriage or in society, have knowledge and experience. In Feminist Popular Education, women are subjects at the centre, not objects."
It’s been 20 years together, what’s next?
This is the time to fly, to create, to investigate, to listen, to refresh, to reinvent together. Twenty plus years ago, JASS was born! Determined to go against the grain and create a movement-oriented alternative to the NGO model, our…
The Power of Women in Indonesia
Celebrating PEKKA’s 22nd anniversary in person in Jakarta, the author, Lori Cajegas, been privileged to witness and experience power from within in all its greatness and diversity. Women powering up with each other does change and transform lives. Written by…
16 Days of Activism: What are you standing up for?
In episode 6, we hear from the JASS community on what are they standing up for this 16 days of activism and beyond. Say the phrase: gender-based violence (GBV), and people usually think of domestic and sexual violence against women…
Confronting Extractives: Women demand accountability, safety and justice (part 2)
WATCH how women land defenders supported by the Count Me In! consortium are questioning and challenging funders and enablers of extractive projects.
IUCN Policy Matters: Special Issue on Environmental Defenders
The stories and voices of environmental defenders across the globe: Special issue of Policy Matters. IUCN's goal with this issue is to provide a broad and diverse perspective on the current reality of the struggle of environmental defenders, stressing the…
PEKKA’s Innovative Model Lauded by International Experts
Who wins over both feminist activists and the World Bank and Japanese government? The answer is PEKKA, JASS’ Indonesian partner, a network of women headed households. Nani Zulminarni, JASS Southeast Asia Regional Coordinator and founding director of PEKKA, was in Washington, DC with her colleague Petronella Peniloli, PEKKA leader and Village Chief, on January 19th for the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF). Selected after a thorough assessment by Bank experts, PEKKA was chosen as the number one best project funded by the JSDF.
Justine Alyssa A. Siscar
Justine Alyssa Siscar is a researcher, activist, and a writer from Manila, Philippines. During her time in the university, she worked with fellow students and youth from urban poor communities in Metro Manila in campaigning for access to quality education.…
