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.
For Thiat Keurgui (born Oumar Cyrille Touré), freedom of speech isn’t just an aspiration. As one of Senegal’s most popular rappers, and a co-founder of the social justice movement Y’en a Marre, the freedom to speak — or rap — is what his life is built upon. The harsh reality of curtailed freedoms in Senegal …
The women of AJWS grantee La Asociación Mujeres Q’eqchi Nuevo Horizonte (ANH), or Q’eqchi Women New Horizon Association, know that creating a Guatemala free of violence against women is long, paradigm-shifting work that they say will take generations. But ANH also supports survivors of violence in moments of crisis, meaning that the team’s patience and …
Read the stories giving us hope this month, from Thailand to Guatemala—and an important way to take action here at home. AJWS supports incredibly strong women around the world. Get transported to Thailand to meet Am—a rural farmer who has been unjustly evicted from her land by the government time and time again. But thanks …
Midterm voters are concerned with rising prices, attacks on immigrants, and the Iran war. But because of the outsized shadow the United States casts, our choices will also influence people’s lives around the world—particularly if majority control of both Congressional chambers flips. The last two years have seen dramatic upheaval in both U.S. foreign assistance …
In late September, the confluence of the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week 2026 put development, diplomacy, and geopolitics on the front lines of international discourse and on the busy streets of Manhattan. While presidents, prime ministers, and parliamentarians sought—or actively refused—to advance international cooperation, AJWS was on hand to ensure that global human …
Each day when Pallavi Doraiswamyakka and Radha Sankalappa sit in their university classrooms, nothing seems out of place to professors or other students. But Pallavi and Radha know the truth: They’re ushering in a revolution. Pallavi and Radha both belong to India’s Devadasi community—one of the country’s most oppressed and marginalized groups. For the vast …
