Originally published in Out Magazine. Lesbian couple Pen Nol, left, and Chhon Nhoeng, live together on their farm in rural Cambodia. They are members of Rainbow Community Kampuchea (RoCK), a Phnom Phen-based LGBT advocacy organization supported by AJWS. Nheap Pen, center left, and Yarn Mok, center right, live with their grandchildren in rural Cambodia. The …Read More
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Twenty-two years ago, I made a promise that has shaped my life and my work ever since. My beloved partner Eddie, a talented musician, was dying of AIDS.
Read MoreTrip is part of American Jewish World Service’s new year-long Global Justice Fellowship NEW YORK, NY — Today, American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading international Jewish human rights and development organization focused on ending poverty and realizing human rights in the developing world, announced that 17 Jewish New York City Young Leaders were selected …Read More
Read MoreAmerican Jewish World Service has worked in Nicaragua for 14 years, focusing on two of the most pressing challenges facing some of the most disadvantaged groups in the country: The struggle for land, food, water and resources needed for the survival of indigenous people Human rights violations against women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and …Read More
Read MoreMore than a year ago, Nicaragua passed the Comprehensive Law Against Violence Toward Women (Law 779), which represents significant advances in addressing a pervasive problem in the country. The law recognizes that violence takes many forms—physical, psychological, sexual and economic. It also calls for more state resources to respond to violence against women—in all ways …Read More
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Teresa, a Nicaraguan woman, married her husband when she was 19 years old. She agreed to follow him anywhere he wanted, including the community of San Rafael, a very remote, rural area. She had six children with him—three sons and three daughters—and lived on four acres of farmland nestled in the mountains.
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Dayanara, a woman from Nicaragua, came out to her family as transgender when she was a teenager. Ostracized by her parents and siblings, and thrown out of her home, Dayanara became a sex worker to support herself financially. She lived on the streets for years, developed a drug addiction and ended up in prison, where …Read More
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In 1996, Nicaragua issued permission for a corporation to cut trees on land owned collectively by an indigenous community known as the Awas Tingni, without the consent of the people. The Awas Tingni, only 630 people strong, have occupied their rich and fertile land on the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua for generations …
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