Just Associates

Just Associates (JASS) "is a network of justice activists, scholars and popular educators in 13 countries worldwide committed to increasing women’s voice, visibility and collective organizational power to advance a more just, equitable and sustainable world...

"Our program strategy for 2006-2008 centers around our Movement-Building Initiative, currently in progress in MesoAmerica, South East Asia, and Southern Africa. This effort is carried out in collaboration with Hivos, a Dutch NGO that supports efforts to promote gender, race and economic equality among other commitments, and the Global Fund for Women."

Past Allies.

Associates
Accessed April 2008:


 * Dina Abad, Philippines (Congressional Representative, Batanes; former Dean, Ateneo School of Government)
 * Mariela Arce, Panama
 * Patricia Ardon, Guatemala
 * Srilatha Batliwala, US / India (Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations-Harvard University; long-time activist with grassroots advocacy and women's rights initiatives in India)
 * Hope Chigudu, Zimbabwe (Gender Activist/Consultant; former Chair, Global Fund for Women)
 * Cindy Clark, Program Coordinator
 * Rashida Dohad, Pakistan
 * Ralph Fine*, US (Attorney, Fundraiser, Institutional Development Advisor, Fine & Associates)
 * John Gaventa, US/UK (Institute of Development Studies Participation Group - University of Sussex; former Director of the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee)
 * Mayela Garcia, Mexico
 * JoJo Geronimo, USA/Canada/Philippines
 * Peggy Healy, USA
 * Lori Heise*, US/UK (Founding coordinator, Microbicides Campaign; Advisor, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health; long-time gender activist)
 * Annie Holmes, Communications Manager
 * Timothea Howard, long-time cultural, community and labor organizer and educator; feminist radio host; CentroNia, Washington, DC.
 * Joanna Kerr, Canada (Executive Director, Association for Women's Rights in Development; formerly with the North-South Institute)
 * Dina Lumbantobing, Indonesia
 * Valerie Miller*, USA (Co-founder)
 * Malena De Montis, Nicaragua
 * Darshana Patel, USA/Nepal
 * Molly Reilly, Senior Program Associate
 * Atila Roque, Brazilian economic and environmental justice advocate; co-founder and coordinating committee for the World Social Forum; currently Co-Director of INESC (Institute for Economic and Social Studies – Brasilia).
 * John Samuel, India/Thailand (Regional Director for ActionAid-Asia; former Director of the National Centre for Advocacy Studies)
 * Ellen Sprenger, Canada/The Netherlands
 * Peter van Tuijl, Netherlands/Indonesia (Senior Technical Advisor with the Anti Corruption Assistance Program for the Indonesian National Police, International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program, formerly with the UNDP Partnership for Governance Reform)
 * Lisa VeneKlasen*, Executive Director
 * Heather White*, US (Founding Director, Verité; long-time corporate accountability and social responsibility advocate)
 * Everjoice Win, Zimbabwe
 * Emira Woods*, US/Liberia (Co-director, Foreign Policy in Focus) African justice advocate.
 * Nani Zulminarni, Indonesia

(* indicates member of US Executive Board of Directors)

Contact

 * Web: http://www.justassociates.org