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Articles with keyword "Asia"
"Afghan Good Enough" Isn't Good Enough
Posted on: Monday, May 21, 2012
Keywords: Afghanistan, Asia, US Foreign Policy, Combating Violence Against Women
It's not enough for NATO to simply lower expectations and leave Afghans to clean up the mess.
Human Rights Defenders Respond to Attacks for Criticisms of Sri Lankan Government
Posted on: Friday, April 6, 2012
Keywords: Asia, Women Human Rights Defenders
MADRE ally Sunila Abeysekara and other human rights defenders respond.
MADRE Denounces Killing of 16 Afghan Civilians by US Soldier
Posted on: Monday, March 12, 2012
Keywords: Afghanistan, Asia, US Foreign Policy
Yesterday’s shooting of 16 civilians, including three women and nine children, marks yet another atrocity in the US war on Afghanistan. As news emerges that a US soldier broke into three homes near his military base to carry out the...
US No Help to Afghan Rape Survivors
Posted on: Monday, December 5, 2011
Keywords: Afghanistan, Asia, US Foreign Policy, Combating Violence Against Women
Standing with Afghan rape survivors does not mean supporting US military occupation.
Take Action: Demand a United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Burma
Posted on: Friday, September 23, 2011
Keywords: United Nations, Burma, Combating Violence Against Women, Sexual Rights, US Foreign Policy, Asia
MADRE urges the United Nations to establish a Commission of Inquiry into crimes against humanity in Burma.
Take Action: Bin Laden Is Dead. Will The Patriot Act Live On?
Posted on: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Keywords: US Foreign Policy, Pakistan, Asia, Peace Building
MADRE urges lawmakers and President Obama to put an end to the Patriot Act.
After the Death of bin Laden
Posted on: Monday, May 2, 2011
Keywords: Pakistan, Asia, US Foreign Policy, Peace Building
MADRE Executive Director Yifat Susskind responds to news of Osama bin Laden's death.
Project Update: Health Care for Women in Pakistan's Displacement Camps
Posted on: Friday, March 18, 2011
Keywords: Pakistan, Asia, Emergency Relief
For the millions of Pakistani people still living through the aftermath of last summer’s floods, the crisis continues. Families have been separated, and communities are struggling to rebuild. Almost 10 million of those affected are women, many still living in...
Pressing Reset on the Afghanistan Debate: Toward Ending the War and Upholding Women's Rights
Posted on: Friday, February 18, 2011
Keywords: Afghanistan, Asia, Combatting Violence Against Women
This week, policy circles have been buzzing with the news of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s appointment of Marc Grossman, a career diplomat and former US Ambassador to Turkey, as the new special envoy to Afghanistan and...
Pakistan Update: Spotlight On Women-Specific Flood Relief
Posted on: Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Keywords: Pakistan, Asia, Emergency Relief, Women's Health
MADRE's ally in Pakistan, Shirkat Gah was one of the first agencies on the scene in many of the worst-hit areas. Mobile medical clinics and food distribution centers have been established, and now Shirkat Gah is focusing on women.
Pakistan: Relief from the Floods, Project Update
Posted on: Monday, August 30, 2010
Keywords: Pakistan, Emergency Relief, Environmental Justice, Asia, Water Rights
Here is an update on MADRE and Shirkat Gah flood relief efforts in Pakistan.
Pakistan: The Disaster, and the Way Out
Posted on: Monday, August 23, 2010
Keywords: Pakistan, Emergency Relief, Environmental Justice, Economic Justice, Asia
This statement was put out by Labour Party Pakistan (Karachi), National Trade Union Federation.Contact: ntufpak@gmail.com The recent floods represent the worst disaster in Pakistan’s history. The country has been devastated from the Northern Areas to its Southern tip. The State, stripped...
Take Action: Don't Let the Taliban Benefit from the Flood Crisis - Send More Aid to Pakistan
Posted on: Monday, August 23, 2010
Keywords: Pakistan, Emergency Relief, Environmental Justice, Asia, Water Rights
Lack of aid to Pakistan could have dire effects for women and girls.
Update: Pakistan Flooding
Posted on: Thursday, August 19, 2010
Keywords: Pakistan, Emergency Relief, Environmental Justice, Asia, Water Rights
Yesterday, we asked for your help responding to the flooding in Pakistan. We're getting new information from our friends at Shirkat Gah all the time. Here is an update on the situation.
Women in Pakistan need you
Posted on: Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Keywords: Pakistan, Emergency Relief, Environmental Justice, Asia, Water Rights
Monsoon flooding has devastated over a quarter of the land in Pakistan, including its agricultural heartland and remote mountainous areas. The Pakistani government estimates that 20 million people will be affected by this disaster, and 3.5 million children are at...
Afghanistan Update: MADRE Members Come Through for Naseema
Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Asia, Combating Violence Against Women, Women's Health, Profile
Fantastic news! Thanks to the support we were able to raise through the Afghan Women's Survival Fund, Naseema and her three children are—right now—making their final preparations to escape Afghanistan. Naseema is frightened, but incredibly relieved to finally have the...
Naseema's Story: The Price of Her Courage
Posted on: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Asia, Combating Violence Against Women, Women's Health, Profile
Naseema knew full well what her husband was capable of—and still she chose to report him to the authorities for murder. Now, her life is in constant danger, as her husband tries to track her down, and her only hope...
Justice Not Vengeance: A MADRE Tool Kit in Response to the September 11 Attacks and the US War Against Afghanistan
Posted on: Wednesday, September 19, 2001
Keywords: Afghanistan, Asia, US Foreign Policy
The attacks of September 11 in New York and Washington, D.C. have given people in the US a terrible but important insight into the experiences of so many of our sisters and their families around the world, who regularly feel...
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