Five Ways for Grantmakers to Support Human Rights Defenders
Many countries around the world are experiencing a brutal crackdown on activism—making activists and human rights defenders (HRDs) vulnerable to vilification and attacks.
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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.
Happy Human Rights Day! Watch Our New Video — from the Streets of New York City
Over the past 70 years since its creation, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has helped shape the missions of human rights organizations and defenders around the world.
My Social Justice Heroes: Why I support courageous human rights defenders around the world
Over and over in my travels throughout the 19 countries where AJWS works in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, I’ve been struck by our grantee partners who toil tirelessly to protect the world’s most vulnerable communities. As 2018 comes to an end, I find myself reflecting on these human rights defenders. These …Read More
5 Things You Should Know About Human Rights on World AIDS Day
“We live in a fantastic moment, when if someone gets tested and is able to access effective treatment in a supportive environment, there’s no reason they should not have a full and healthy life. We’ve made tremendous progress in recent decades, and today we have the knowledge, technology and treatments to see an AIDS-free generation …Read More
Hope for Healing our Broken World
Even in challenging times, AJWS’s grantees around the globe are building a better world. They are lifting communities out of poverty, challenging gender inequality, protecting land and water, forging peace and changing millions of lives. Together with them, we are repairing the world—tikkun olam. Below, you’ll find stories of our grantees’ action and activism that …Read More
‘I can be the voice of incarcerated trans women’: Naomi’s Story
Naomi had only been volunteering with COMCAVIS Trans, an organization that defends the rights of transgender people in El Salvador, for about a month when she ran into trouble with the law. “Out of economic necessity,” she says, “I had a legal issue that led me to be incarcerated.” But as a trans woman in …Read More