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…
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…
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…
WATCH how women land defenders supported by the Count Me In! consortium are questioning and challenging funders and enablers of extractive projects.
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…
Wadzanayi is currently working as the Country Coordnator in Zimbabwe with JASS. She is also the Executive Director for SHDF, the past National Association of NGOs in Zimbabwe National Chairperson and former vice-Chair of the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe. With…
Azania Ajax Mbali Sengwayo, the JASS South Africa Community Organiser, is a Black radical Pan-African Feminist and social justice activist. Azania has a long history of organising within the LGBTIAQ+, anti-GBV and SRHR formations and movements. She has also been…
Lucy is the Finance and Operations Manager for JASS Southern Africa with more than 10 years of extensive experience managing finances of complex multimillion-dollar programs funded by different international and local funders in Southern Africa. She has experience in the…
This document is a call to solidarity and action from WHRDs to International and Regional NGOs. It contains 6 concrete demands, pointing out how to best support land defenders in their struggles and demands, and the need for a sustained,…
