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Photo Update from MADRE at CSW
Posted on: Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Check out photos of MADRE staff members and partners from the 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
Events: MADRE at CSW
Posted on: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Keywords: Events, Women's Health, Economic Justice, Combating Violence Against Women, Environmental Justice, CSW, UN
Join MADRE and our partners for the following events at the 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Rural Women Leaders from Kenya, Sudan, Haiti and Nicaragua Speak Out
Posted on: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Keywords: CSW, Kenya, Sudan, Haiti, Nicaragua, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, UN
Join MADRE and our partners at a panel event on rural women at the United Nations.
MADRE Founding Partner Mirna Cunningham Receives the 2012 NGO CSW Woman of Distinction Award!
Posted on: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Keywords: Nicaragua, Latin America, Indigenous Rights, CSW
MADRE congratulates Mirna on receiving the Woman of Distinction Award.
Interviews Available: Women's Rights Leaders from Haiti, Kenya and Sudan
Posted on: Friday, February 24, 2012
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Sudan, Africa, Kenya, CSW
MADRE partners are in New York City and available for interview.
MADRE Partner Recognized for Dedication to Rural Women's Issues
Posted on: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Keywords: Nicaragua, Latin America, Indigenous Rights, CSW
MADRE congratulates founding partner Mirna Cunningham on receiving the 2012 NGO CSW Woman of Distinction Award.
MADRE Partner Speaks at CSW Session
Posted on: Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Keywords: UN, CSW, Indigenous Rights
Tarcila Rivera Zea, president of MADRE's partner organization in Peru, CHIRAPAQ, spoke during the morning session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on March 3. Tarcila, a Quechua activist, spoke about the importance of including the voices...
Honoring Our Partners on International Women's Day
Posted on: Sunday, March 7, 2010
Keywords: International Womens Day, Human Rights Advocacy, CSW
On March 8, 2010, women around the world celebrate the one hundredth International Women’s Day. MADRE recognizes the many women who have made - and continue to make - vital contributions to the women's movement. We especially recognize the work...
OWFI Releases Study on Prostitution and Trafficking of Women and Girls
Posted on: Friday, March 5, 2010
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women, Economic Justice, Sexual Rights, CSW
Today, MADRE's partner organization, the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), released the report "Prostitution and Trafficking of Women and Girls in Iraq." Yanar Mohammed, director of OWFI, presented the findings at a panel discussion held by the Coalition...
Ensuring Haitian Women's Participation and Leadership Are Institutionalized in All Stages of National Relief and Reconstruction
Posted on: Thursday, March 4, 2010
Keywords: UN, CSW, Economic Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
MADRE is working with our partners in Haiti and with a coalition of women's organizations to ensure that Haitian women's human rights are upheld in all of the relief and reconstruction programs being undertaken in Haiti. The coalition submitted this...
MADRE Partner Speaks at the Opening of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Posted on: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Keywords: UN, CSW, Indigenous Rights
Monica Aleman, coordinator of MADRE's partner organization, the International Indigenous Women's Forum (FIMI), spoke at the high-level round table on the first day of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on March 1, 2010.Monica spoke of the...
Event: Indigenous Women Working for Change and Moving Ahead since Beijing 1995
Posted on: Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Join MADRE's partner organization, the International Indigenous Women's Forum (FIMI), for an event during CSW.On 3 March, 2010, the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Women will co-sponsor, together with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the...
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 2010
Posted on: Monday, March 1, 2010
15-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2000)Every year, the Commission on the Status of Women -- one of the major...
Parallel events during the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Posted on: Friday, February 26, 2010
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place from March 1-12, 2010. Here is a short list of some of the parallel events being held.See the full list of all CSW Parallel Events »March 110:00am: Sexual and...
Event: Comparative Strategies to End Violence Against Women
Posted on: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Keywords: Combating Violence Against Women, Afghanistan, Sudan, Colombia, UN, CSW, Event
Join MADRE for a Panel Discussion & Photo Exhibit Addressing Violence Against WomenWomen using human rights to strengthen anti-violence strategies: Afghanistan, Sudan, Colombia and the United States. March 3, 2010From 12pm - 1:30pmLunch Included!United Nations Church Center (10th Floor)777 United Nations PlazaNew...
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Don't Put Monstanto in Charge of Ending Hunger in Africa (Common Dreams, May 21, 2012)
Mothers Need More than Just One Day (ZNet, May 1, 2012)
We Need to Talk: Guatemala (The Huffington Post, April 30, 2012)
Seeking Justice for Haiti's Rape Victims (CNN, April 27, 2012)
On Earth Day, we need to acknowledge women (The Progressive, April 21, 2012)
