Lisa Veneklasen

Lisa VeneKlasen is the co-founder and executive director of <a href="JASS http://www.justassociates.org/documents/AR/jass_annual_2010_web.pdf">Just Associates</a> (JASS), an international feminist org

Berta Vive! Lessons from Honduras on resistance

A year on from the assassination of indigenous leader Berta Caceres, five Honduras leaders give key lessons on carrying forward the global fight.

By Lisa Veneklasen

/ 3 Mar 2017

Climate and Indigenous Peoples: the real dispute at the UN

With both the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the Climate Summit underway at the UN, far more important than official declarations will be who is allowed to speak and to be heard. Whose voice matters in this clash of worldviews.

By Lisa Veneklasen

/ 23 Sep 2014

Citizen action and the perverse confluence of opposing agendas

When opposing political interests are using the same terms and tactics in diametrically opposed agendas, Lisa Veneklasen asks how we can transform the power of citizen action into sustained change for justice and equality

By Lisa Veneklasen

/ 10 Nov 2011