The AJWS community has a lot to say about what's happening in the world. Read our insights about the struggle for justice and human rights around the globe — and meet the activists on the frontlines of the fight to build a better world.
In June 2024, Thailand’s LGBTQI+ people achieved a massive human rights victory when the country legalized same sex marriage. But activists know there is still work to do. “Marriage equality opened more space for us to talk about trans rights,” AJWS partner Hua Boonyapisomparn (she/her) of the Foundation of Transgender Alliance for Human Rights (ThaiTGA), …
Welcome to 2026 — a year that will undoubtedly be filled with challenges, challenges we’ll meet together with stronger resolve and greater resistance. Thank you for standing with AJWS and our partners over the past year, and thanks in advance for continuing to support the kind of human rights progress that’s so essential right now. …
When Ana Elizabeth Pop Jor was growing up outside Chisec in rural, northern Guatemala, violence was never far away. The oldest daughter in a family of 11 children, Ana still remembers the day that the low ceilings of their small home saved her mother’s life. “My father lunged at my mom with a machete and …
In the Adjumani district of Northern Uganda stands the Zoka Forest Reserve, one of the country’s magnificent rainforests. Its canopy provides shade to an extraordinarily biodiverse population. Rare butterflies, flying squirrels, primates, old-growth mahogany trees and hundreds of plant species make Zoka a place worth protecting at all costs. And to the native communities who …
As we enter the season of light, many members of the AJWS community cannot escape feeling mired in darkness. But — taking inspiration from the name of this newsletter — we move forward in hope that our vision of human rights for the most oppressed will prevail. In that spirit, it’s a pleasure to be …
