Indispensable Measures to ensure the Holistic Protection And Leadership of WHRDs
Over a dozen global organizations that work for the protection of women human rights defenders, have created a historical document…
Post-Coup Honduras
JASS and the Nobel Women’s Initiative urge the Obama Administration to condemn violence perpetrated against women’s and human rights defenders since the…
Migrant Caravan & Women
JASS collaborated with filmmakers Maria del Pilar Godoy and Renato Martínez to develop this short documentary on women within the…
We’ve Had Enough: A Call to Action to Protect Women Human Rights Defenders & Their Communities
On the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, we gathered with women human rights defenders from…
Making Change Happen 5: Indigenous and Rural Women in Defense of Land, Territories and Women’s Rights
This issue of Making Change Happen offers information, concepts and reflections from women, not just for other activists concerned with the rights…
From Survivors to Defenders: Women Confronting Violence in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala
Targeted killing of women—including women human rights defenders—has risen alarmingly in recent years in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala, reaching crisis…
Violence Against Whrds in Mesoamerica, 2012-2014 Report
Drawing on data collected by the Mesoamerican Registry of Attacks on Women Human Rights Defenders through the Regional Monitoring and Information System, this report provides updated information…
Berta Lives! Copinh Continues…
Visit Sur: International Journal on Human Rights for the full text of this article. This academic article, published on Sur, contextualizes…
Defending Rights in Hostile Contexts: Insights From Southern Africa
In June 2019, JASS Southern Africa with Amnesty International and Oxfam South Africa convened adialogue between grassroots activists, HRDs, lawyers,…
Are We Sweeping Domestic Violence Under the Rug?
As an avid fan of the TV show, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, I couldn’t help but take interest in its…
Climate and Indigenous Peoples: The Real Dispute at the UN
As a global capital, New York City is accustomed to high-level discussions on earth-shaking issues. But something different is happening.…
