Thousands of Maasai families in Tanzania kept their homes.

Convicted criminals were barred from office in India and Brazil. Bees across Europe  were protected with a pesticide ban.

It might not have happened over the last year without the Avaaz community acting together.

Let’s take a moment to think together: what shall we win next?

Click below to take the annual Avaaz all-member poll, and let’s decide together what we most want to win this year:

(or check poll results as they come in here) 

Last year we ran hundreds of campaigns and, on top of the Bees and Maasai wins, played a key role in dozens of victories, including:

• Many cases in the war on women, such as stopping the flogging of a 15 year old rape victim in the Maldives and getting a rape victim in Dubai released from prison for extra-marital sex.

• Ending the corrupt practice of secret voting in the Brazilian congress.

• Getting H&M and other leading clothing companies to sign an agreement making their factories in Bangladesh safe for workers.

• Getting top Indian political leaders to sign an election “Womanifesto” protecting women’s rights.

• Winning dozens of other battles, from closing Dutch ports to whale meat shipments, to saving an important park in Italy, and much, much more.

With the world undergoing profound change, and our community TWICE the size it was last year, imagine what this year’s wins list could look like. Take the poll now or see the results, along with a snapshot of our community and who we are, at the results page here.
The challenges may be coming thick and fast, but when we stick together, we can transform them into opportunities to build the world we all dream of. Here’s to building dreams in 2014.
With hope,
Ricken, Meredith, Ben, Lisa, Luca, Rewan, Alex and the whole Avaaz team