MADRE News
Articles with keyword "Activist"
Three Steps to Build Resilience Through Your Giving
Posted on: Thursday, December 27, 2012
Keywords: Emergency Relief, Humanitarian Aid, Activist, Human Rights Advocacy
You are a person who cares. You see injustice and people suffering, all over the world, and you know it’s not right. You go looking for some way to fix it, but you know you can’t do it alone. So...
Crucial as Bread: Rhonda Copelon's Pioneering Work
Posted on: Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Keywords: Activist, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Advocacy
Two years since the passing of Rhonda Copelon, we still feel the presence of her vital work.
Adrienne Rich: Presente!
Posted on: Thursday, March 29, 2012
Keywords: Activist
MADRE mourns the death of pioneering feminist poet Adrienne Rich.
Indigenous Information Network: We Feel the loss of Professor Wangari Muta Maathai
Posted on: Friday, September 30, 2011
Keywords: Environment, Activist, Kenya, Africa
MADRE and the Indigenous Information Network pay tribute to Wangari Muta Maathai
Activist and Member of the League of Displaced Women in Colombia is Assassinated
Posted on: Friday, August 5, 2011
Keywords: colombia, latin america and carribean, activist
MADRE mourns the death of Keila Esther Berrio Almanza.
MADRE Mourns the Death of Argentine Singer-Songwriter Facundo Cabral
Posted on: Monday, July 11, 2011
Keywords: Guatemala, Latin America and Caribbean, Activist, Peace Building
Facundo Cabral is remembered as a teacher and a voice of protest.
Remembering Professor Rhonda Copelon
Posted on: Friday, May 6, 2011
Keywords: Activist, Haiti, Guatemala, Women Human Rights Defenders
MADRE remembers our friend and long-time ally, Rhonda Copelon, who died one year ago, at the age of 65.
MADRE Mourns the Death of Juliano Mer-Khamis
Posted on: Friday, April 8, 2011
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Middle East, Activist
MADRE joins many in mourning the death of Juliano Mer-Khamis, an activist who used theater to promote peace and human rights in Palestine and Israel. He co-founded and directed the Freedom Theater of Jenin, reaching out to the young generation...
Tonight: RACHEL Premieres at Anthology Film Archives
Posted on: Friday, October 8, 2010
Keywords: Gaza, Women Human Rights Defenders, Activist, Event
The following is a message from our friends at Women Make Movies:RACHEL is a startlingly rigorous, fascinating and deeply moving investigatory documentary that examines the death of peace activist and International Solidarity Movement (ISM) member Rachel Corrie, who was crushed...
MADRE Stands in Solidarity with Indigenous human rights defender Aida Quilcue
Posted on: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Latin America, Human Rights Advocacy, Activist, Indigenous Rights
On December 16, 2008, Edwin Legarda, the husband of Indigenous human rights defender Aida Quilcué, was killed by Colombian army personnel when they fired 17 shots into the vehicle he was driving. Aida Quilcué had recently returned from Geneva, where...
Charlotte Bunch spoke with AWID to pay tribute to her longstanding and cherished colleague and friend, Rhonda Copelon.
Posted on: Friday, June 11, 2010
Keywords: Activist, Human Rights Advocacy
Charlotte Bunch, a member of MADRE's Network of Experts, spoke with Masum Momaya of AWID.AWID: Charlotte, can you tell us how you came to work with Rhonda?Charlotte Bunch: I began working closely with Rhonda in the 1990s after she became...
Looking Towards the Future: A Note from Vivian Stromberg
Posted on: Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Keywords: Activist, Nicaragua, Latin America, Human Rights Advocacy
Dear Friends, I’m writing to you from Nicaragua, where I just had a long conversation with Mirna Cunningham, my dear friend and MADRE’s first-ever partner from 1983. We made plans for MADRE to send another shipment of medicines and school...
Rhonda Copelon, a champion of women's human rights
Posted on: Friday, May 7, 2010
Keywords: Activist
Our friend and long-time ally, Rhonda Copelon, the wonderful women's human rights lawyer and activist, died yesterday at the age of 65.Rhonda was a professor of law and the co-director of the International Women's Human Rights Law Clinic at the...
MADRE Congratulates Partner Mirna Cunningham on Appointment to UNPFII
Posted on: Monday, May 3, 2010
Keywords: UN, UNFPII, Indigenous Rights, Human Rights Advocacy, Nicaragua, Activist
We congratulate Mirna Cunningham on her recent appointment to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Mirna is a longtime friend and partner of MADRE, an expert from our Network of Experts and Vice President of our partner organization CADPI...
Event: An Evening Honoring Human Rights Activist Elsa Stamatopoulou
Posted on: Monday, April 19, 2010
Join MADRE and the International Indigenous Women's Forum (IIWF/FIMI) for an evening celebrating Elsa Stamatopoulou, a human rights advocate committed to the struggles of Indigenous Peoples and a tireless activist for women's rights.Elsa - our friend, our sisterWhen:Wednesday, April...
Event: Vivian Stromberg to be presented with the Vagina Warrior award
Posted on: Monday, April 12, 2010
Keywords: Event, Activist, Combating Violence Against Women
Join us at a special presentation of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues on Sunday, April 18th @ 7pm. Vivian Stromberg, MADRE's Executive Director, will be honored at the event for her many years of fighting for women's human rights around...
MADRE Mourns the Passing of Salvador Cardenal
Posted on: Monday, March 8, 2010
Keywords: Activist, Nicaragua, Latin America
MADRE joins the Nicaraguan people and the vast sea of humanity in mourning the loss of musician Salvador Cardenal. As part of the Latin-American folk music group Dúo Guardabarranco, Salvador and his sister, Katia Cardenal, were ambassadors to the world.We...
Howard Zinn, a Life-Long Activist for Social Justice
Posted on: Thursday, January 28, 2010
Keywords: Activist
Howard Zinn, the wonderful historian and life-long activist for social justice, died yesterday at the age of 87. Through his writing, organizing, and public speaking, Howard Zinn worked to propel MADRE's vision of a world where human rights are a...
MADRE Mourns the Passing of Paul Newman
Posted on: Monday, September 29, 2008
Keywords: Activist
After decades of prominence in film, activism and philanthropy, Paul Newman died at the age of 83 last Friday, September 26. In 1982, he founded a food company, Newman's Own, which would go on to raise $250 million for progressive...
Archives
"Press Room" Home May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 July 2006 June 2006 April 2006 March 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 April 2005 March 2005 November 2004 October 2004 April 2004 March 2004 January 2004 December 2003 October 2003 September 2003 June 2003 April 2003 January 2003 September 2002 June 2002 January 2002 November 2001 October 2001 September 2001 August 2001 January 2001Contact
Kaitlyn Soligan, Media Coordinator
PHONE: +1 212 627 0444
EMAIL: media@madre.org
Bring MADRE to You
MADRE Makes News
Stoking Fire: Addressing the Specific Needs of Female Syrian Refugees (RH Reality Check, May 17, 2013)
An Open Letter to the Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala (Common Dreams, May 15, 2013)
Mothers Fight Back (RH Reality Check, May 9, 2013)
How Not to End the War in Syria (Common Dreams, May 9, 2013)
Conditions in Jordan Syrian refugee camp are worse for women (Women's News Network, April 19, 2013)
