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A sexual slavery survivor stands during a break in the Sepur Zarco trial in Guatemala.

Survivors of Sexual Slavery Obtain Justice in Guatemala, One AJWS Grantee Helps Keep Them Safe

“We are telling the truth. We want to be heard, and we want justice,” said…

A student at Own Your Own Community School, one of the institutions that BAWODA supports in Grand Bassa County, Liberia.

Honoring Liberia’s Ebola Fighters: How one AJWS Grantee Empowered Communities to Protect Themselves from Ebola

Supported by AJWS since 2012, BAWODA unites and empowers women across Grand Bassa County to…

Honoring Liberia’s Ebola Fighters: How a Group of Imams Helped Save Their Community

The recent reports of three new Ebola cases in Liberia—including a woman who died on…

LGBT Love and Loss in Cambodia

Rainbow Community Kampuchea (RoCK) brings LGBT people from throughout Cambodia together to reflect on their…

Nearly 100 women and girls rode through the busy streets of Mumbra in a bike rally for gender equality organized by Awaaz.

How to End Child Marriage in India

Stories from the lives and work of young activists India is home to one-third of…

A Place of Her Own

Sunita Jaiswal can’t remember a time when she was happier. On a Saturday afternoon in…

Blood in the Water

Hundreds of Maya Achi people were murdered to make way for a dam in Guatemala.…

On the Ground in Nepal: 4th Update from AJWS Staff

AJWS’s Director of Disaster Response & International Operations, Samantha Wolthuis, and Associate Director of Risk…

Nursery school students help repair the world

Our President Ruth Messinger met with some adorable, charitable four-year-old students at the JCC Manhattan’s…

On the Ground in Nepal: 3rd Update from AJWS Staff

AJWS’s former Director of Disaster Response & International Operations, Samantha Wolthuis, and former Associate Director…

nepal earthquake

On the Ground in Nepal: 1st Update from AJWS Staff

It has now been 10 days since Nepal was struck by the deadliest earthquake to…

The Movement and the Mine

In 2012, Bernardo was shot and killed. Locals allege that he was assassinated by supporters…

Global Pride: Celebrating LGBT Activists Around the World

Originally published in Out Magazine. Lesbian couple Pen Nol, left, and Chhon Nhoeng, live together…

Empowering Kenyan Girls to Overcome Poverty

This guest post from the Grassroots Girls Initiative shares the voices of girls from Fortress…