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.
When global development professionals talk about early marriage and health, they often focus on reproductive health consequences, like how early marriage raises a girl’s risk of dying during childbirth. However, other serious health effects of early marriage—like depression and anxiety—tend to get overlooked.
Women’s rights activists are enraged that a popular African rumba musician Koffi Olomide has spent recent weeks posting music videos to the web and playing gigs in his native Democratic Republic of Congo—despite the fact that earlier in the summer, a cell phone camera captured him allegedly assaulting one of his dancers.
“Even if you were to bring guns and machetes, we would still stand for our land. We would not fight [you]…but we would face you non-violently, and we would stand…You will not take [our land].” That’s the message Joseph Cheo Johnson—a chief elder in Grand Bassa County, Liberia—has for anyone seeking to claim the land …Read More
Today is World Humanitarian Day, an annual reminder that we need to act to alleviate the suffering of the 130 million people worldwide who need humanitarian assistance to survive. In the wake of disasters, too many people are ignored by mainstream relief efforts. That is why we focus on supporting local groups helping those who …Read More
Before setting out to march in the Dominican Day Parade in New York City on Sunday, organizers of We Are All Dominican (WAAD)—a U.S.-based human rights organization supported by AJWS that fights to raise awareness about the controversial citizenship crisis unfolding in the Dominican Republic—issued a warning to their participants: Don’t lose your composure around …Read More