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.
Imagine waking up one morning to find your crops—the food that keeps you alive—completely submerged in water and entirely destroyed. This is exactly what happened along the Sinú River in northern Colombia, a region that has supported a diverse community of indigenous people for generations. The Zenu and Embera people who live by the Sinú banks …
Today’s New York Times features several letters to the editor in response to “Experts Worry About Feeding the World as Its Population Grows,” an article published on October 22. The letter writers call attention to several issues: the political realities that perpetuate global food insecurity; the relationship between access to contraception and reduced food demand; …
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Greetings from Peru. Today was a full day in Iquitos. I traveled for several hours by a large, elongated motor boat up the Amazon River to a typical small fishing village where AJWS’s long-term partner Minga Peru is located. Founded in 1998, Minga Peru works with the indigenous populations of the Peruvian Amazon to empower …
Can food be grown in the developing world where hungry people can actually get it, at prices they can afford? For all of us at AJWS, the answer is, of course, a resounding YES. Even though poverty and difficult growing conditions plague the places that need new food production most, including sub-Saharan Africa and South …
