Civil and Political Rights: Story Collection
We aid communities and movements that speak out against injustice, hold governments accountable to respect the rights of all people, and work to recover from civil wars and other conflicts.
Know Your History, Master Your Future: How One Senegalese Activist is Mobilizing Youth By Illuminating his Community’s Forgotten Tragedy
In Thiaroye, Senegal—less than 10 miles from the country’s bustling, metropolitan capital of Dakar—a rusty…
Investing in a Democratic Future
With authoritarianism on the rise, for American Jewish World Service, investing in social movements led…
“No One Else is Helping”: Women and LGBTQI+ Legal Aids are Fighting for Survivor Justice in Indonesia
“There’s a stigma in society that we’re a curse,” says 26-year-old Feronika, a transgender woman…
Inside AyiboPost: the necessity, and danger, of independent journalism in Haiti
The headlines in Haiti are bleak. After years of increasing political corruption under former President…
Marching to protect women’s lives in Nicaragua
We believe that everyone has the right to live free from violence and constant threat.…
A Protest Consumed in the Flames: Demanding Justice for the Girls of Hogar Seguro
One year ago today, in a state-run group home for battered and neglected youth in…
Celebrating Progress Toward Universal Human Rights
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” -Dr. Martin…
Justice for the Disappeared in Mexico
On this International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, I stand in solidarity with…
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…
What Burma/Myanmar’s Historic Elections Mean for the Country
On Sunday, November 8, 2015, more than 30 million people voted in Burma*’s first contested…
Creative Campaigning: How Cambodian garment workers used fashion to fight for a living wage
On May 25, 2014, hundreds of Cambodian factory workers hosted an event that gave new…
Seynabou Male Cissé
Mobilizing women to make peace
The Politics of Gang Violence in El Salvador
Reporting from El Salvador In recent months El Salvador has been torn by a surge…
Blood in the Water
Hundreds of Maya Achi people were murdered to make way for a dam in Guatemala.…
Investigative journalists hold Haiti’s officials accountable
Investigative journalists keep Haiti’s officials accountable for responsible reconstruction. Billions of dollars in foreign aid…
As activists speak out, UDEFEGUA helps them stay safe
This award-winning NGO helps activists stay safe, so they can keep speaking out against injustice.…
Supporting Women Peacemakers in Casamance
Thirty years of armed conflict in Casamance have left many people—especially women—feeling powerless: powerless to…
Cecelia’s Story
Cecelia Danuweli has been to hell and back. As a girl during Liberia’s brutal civil…
Protecting Indigenous Communities from Mining
The rapid growth of mineral mining across Mexico has ravaged local communities. Poverty and disease…
Mending the “Open Wounds” of Mexico
When 43 college students disappeared from Iguala, Mexico in late September 2014, the incident was…
Life on $3 a Day: Garment Workers and Cambodia’s Struggle for Human Rights
A month ago, I stood outside Cambodia’s National Assembly with hundreds of Buddhist monks. They…