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Articles with keyword "Haiti"
MADRE Signs on to Open Letter to the President of Haiti
Posted on: Friday, January 27, 2012
Keywords: Haiti, Latin American and Caribbean
Read a letter MADRE signed demanding justice for crimes against humanity.
Virtual Briefing on Sexual Exploitation in Haiti
Posted on: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women, Sexual Rights, Human Rights Advocacy
Listen to a recording to hear the authors discuss their report on sexual exploitation in Haiti and take questions from listeners.
Sexual Exploitation in Post-Earthquake Haiti
Posted on: Thursday, January 12, 2012
Keywords: Haiti, Latin American and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Avocacy
Learn more about a report detailing the impact of sexual exploitation on displaced women and girls.
Press Release: Groups Release Report Analyzing Sexual Exploitation in Haiti
Posted on: Thursday, January 12, 2012
Keywords: Haiti, Latin American and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Avocacy
Two years after the Haiti earthquake, MADRE releases a report on sexual exploitation.
Event: A Panel Discussion with MADRE's Human Rights Advocacy Director
Posted on: Friday, December 2, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin American and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Avocacy
On December 7 MADRE's Human Rights Advocacy Director will participate in a panel about human rights in Haiti.
Haiti Photo Update
Posted on: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Human Rights Advocacy, Combating Violence Against Women
MADRE staff members recently visited Haiti to bring shoe donations to a group of community organizers with KOFAVIV, MADRE's Haitian sister organization- and we'd like to share some of our photos with you!
To learn more about...
Photo Update from Haiti
Posted on: Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Human Rights Advocacy, Combating Violence Against Women
MADRE staff members recently visited Haiti to bring shoe donations to a group of community organizers with KOFAVIV, MADRE's Haitian sister organization- and we'd like to share some of our photos with you!
To learn more about...
Tracing MADRE's Human Rights Advocacy for Haitian Women
Posted on: Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin American and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Avocacy
Our human rights advocacy strategy helps amplify the priorities of Haitian women for safety, basic services and more. Here's how.
Haitian Women's Rights Activists Demand an End to Sexual Violence
Posted on: Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin American and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Avocacy, UN
Today, the demand of Haitian women's rights activists for an end to violations of their human rights will be heard at the United Nations in Geneva.
A Blueprint for Ending Sexual Violence after Disaster
Posted on: Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin American and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Human Rights Avocacy
After disaster, women face an increased risk of violence, including rape and sexual assault
A Visit to Our Sister Organization in Haiti
Posted on: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Human Rights Advocacy, Combating Violence Against Women
This week, MADRE staff is in Haiti to meet with our sister organization KOFAVIV to develop our work together.
MADRE Members Supply Anti-Cholera Kits for Haiti
Posted on: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Women's Health
Your support is already helping Haitians to survive regular, torrential rains.
MADRE Signs on to Letter Urging Halt to Haiti Deportations
Posted on: Friday, July 15, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin American and Caribbean
In January and April of this year, MADRE signed on to a petition calling on the US government to halt deportations to Haiti until conditions in the country had significantly improved. Despite these efforts, deportations continue. Scores...
It's Hurricane Season Again, But This Time It Can Be Different
Posted on: Friday, June 24, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin American and Caribbean, Emergency Relief
Hurricane season begins this month, and in Haiti's displacement camps, people have begun to look fearfully toward the skies.
Award Presented for International Ruling on Sexual Violence in Haiti
Posted on: Thursday, June 2, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Human Rights Advocacy, Combating Violence Against Women
MADRE's work combating violence against women in Haiti was among the winners of the annual Gender Justice Uncovered Awards.
Building a Better World in 2011 with Your Support
Posted on: Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Guatemala, Afghanistan, Palestine
Thank you for taking part in MADRE's 2011 Membership Drive.
Employment Opportunity with MADRE
Posted on: Thursday, May 12, 2011
Keywords: Job, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean
MADRE is now accepting applications for the new staff position of Haiti Coordinator.
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.
Event: "The Way We See It"
Posted on: Monday, April 25, 2011
Keywords: Event, Haiti, Combating Violence Against Women, Latin America and Caribbean
Announcing an upcoming exhibition of Haitian women's photography, opening in New York on the evening of April 28th.
Take Action: Help Stop Deadly Deportations to Haiti
Posted on: Friday, April 22, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, US Foreign Policy
MADRE urges the US government to halt deportations of Haitian people.
Gender-Based Violence Against Haitian Women & Girls in Internal Displacement Camps
Posted on: Thursday, April 7, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, UN, Combating Violence Against Women, Latin America and Caribbean
MADRE submitted this report to the UN Human Rights Council, in preparation for a review of human rights in Haiti in October 2011. To download a pdf version of this report in its entirety, click here. 1. This...
New York Times Editorial Shines a Light on Sexual Violence in Haiti
Posted on: Monday, April 4, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin American and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women, Earthquake
Today, the New York Times published an editorial about the crisis of sexual violence in the displacement camps in Haiti and about the work of our sister organization, KOFAVIV, to offer urgent care to rape survivors. We applaud the New...
International Human Rights Hearing on Rape Epidemic in Haiti
Posted on: Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Advocacy, Earthquake
This Friday, MADRE and KOFAVIV will testify before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the crisis of rape in Haiti.
As Aristide Lands in Haiti, MADRE Upholds His International Right to Return
Posted on: Friday, March 18, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, US Foreign Policy
Today, former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned to Haiti after seven years of exile in South Africa. Aristide, the nation’s first democratically elected president, was twice ousted from power with support from the United States. MADRE calls for all members...
KOFAVIV Celebrates International Women's Day in Haiti
Posted on: Thursday, March 10, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, International Women's Day, Latin America and Caribbean
Take a look at these photos we just received of the celebration of International Women's Day by our sister organization in Haiti, KOFAVIV! To learn more about MADRE's work in Haiti, click here.*Photo credit: IJDH/BAI
Amplify Women's Voices
Posted on: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Guatemala, Iraq, Sudan, Women Human Rights Defenders, International Women's Day
For 100 years, women worldwide have demonstrated for their rights every March 8. In honor of this 100th International Women’s Day, through the month of March, MADRE is mobilizing 100 people to each give $100 to help secure the rights...
Project Update from Haiti: Human Rights Advocacy Training for Grassroots Women
Posted on: Friday, February 25, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Human Rights Advocacy, Combating Violence Against Women
Read the second part of the update on MADRE's recent trip to Haiti.
Haiti Update: Visiting KOFAVIV: A Refuge for Rape Survivors
Posted on: Friday, February 25, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women
Read part one of the update on MADRE's recent trip to Haiti.
Vote for MADRE in the Third Annual Gender Justice Uncovered Awards
Posted on: Friday, February 18, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Combating Violence Against Women
MADRE is proud to announce some exciting news! We have been nominated for the Third Annual Gender Justice Uncovered Awards, which recognizes advances in international law for women’s human rights. This incredible honor acknowledges our recent victory, when the Inter-American...
MADRE's Executive Director Yifat Susskind Blogs about her Trip to Haiti
Posted on: Thursday, February 3, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women
MADRE's Executive Director Yifat Susskind is keeping us informed about her first work trip to Haiti through the myMADRE Blog. She updates us on the current atmosphere in Port-au-Prince, and shares her experiences visiting with MADRE's sister organization KOFAVIV, meeting...
Coalition of Organizations Call on Haiti to Prosecute Jean-Claude Duvalier
Posted on: Friday, January 21, 2011
Keywords: Haiti
As organizations concerned with human rights in Haiti, we call on the Government of Haiti to immediately take steps to investigate and prosecute Jean-Claude Duvalier for human rights violations committed during his 1971-86 rule of Haiti. ...
Human Rights Groups Call for Immediate Arrest of Jean-Claude Duvalier
Posted on: Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Keywords: Haiti
Breaking News: Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier has been taken into custody by the Haitian police and waits in a courthouse for the decision on whether he will be arrested and what charges he will face. (Tuesday January 18)MADRE endorses the...
A Message To Our Sister Organization KOFAVIV
Posted on: Thursday, January 13, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin American and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women, Earthquake
Yesterday, to recognize the year that has passed since Haiti's earthquake and to express our ongoing committment to the women and girls of Haiti who have faced an escalating epidemic of sexual violence since the disaster, we...
Halt Deportations to Haiti
Posted on: Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin American and Caribbean, Human Rights Advocacy, Earthquake
MADRE signs on to a letter urging the US government not to resume deportations of Haitian nationals to Haiti
One Year Since the Haiti Earthquake
Posted on: Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin American and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women, Earthquake
Read MADRE's one-year update on sexual violence against women and girls in Haiti's displacement camps
One-Year Report Released on Sexual Violence in Haiti
Posted on: Monday, January 10, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin American and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women, Earthquake
A new report, entitled Our Bodies Are Still Trembling: Haitian Women Continue to Fight Against Rape, is released today
IACHR Sets Recommendations for Haitian Government to Address Sexual Violence in IDP Camps
Posted on: Thursday, January 6, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Advocacy, Earthquake
A group of human rights advocates and attorneys call on the Haitian government to take immediate steps to prevent sexual violence against Haitian women and girls.
NYC: Rally and March to Support the Haitian People- January 12th
Posted on: Wednesday, January 5, 2011
MADRE is co-sponsoring this rally with several other organizations.
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Responds to Demand for Action to End Sexual Violence in Haiti
Posted on: Friday, December 3, 2010
Keywords: Haiti
In October, MADRE was one of a group of advocates and attorneys for displaced women in Haiti to submit a legal petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The petition, based on multiple on-the-ground investigations,...
October: All About Haiti
Posted on: Friday, October 29, 2010
Keywords: Haiti, Emergency Response, Human Rights Advocacy
This month at MADRE, we saw some major developments in our efforts in Haiti.
UN Health Official Cautions Cholera Outbreak Not Yet Contained
Posted on: Thursday, October 28, 2010
Keywords: Haiti, Emergency Response, UN
"I do not think that we have reached the peak of this epidemic."
Help Us Stop Cholera in Haiti
Posted on: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Keywords: Haiti, Emergency Response
We're raising funds to help keep our sisters safe from cholera!
Human Rights Groups File Legal Petition on Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Camps for Displaced in Haiti
Posted on: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Keywords: Haiti, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Advocacy
Today, a group of advocates and attorneys for displaced women in Haiti submitted a petition calling for urgent action to confront an epidemic of sexual violence in the camps for displaced people.
Project Update: Helping Hands Shipments to Haiti and Nicaragua
Posted on: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Keywords: Helping Hands, Haiti, Nicaragua
Read more about our record shipment of supplies to Nicaragua!
"We've Been Forgotten"- IJDH new report on conditions in Haiti camps 8 months after the earthquake
Posted on: Friday, September 24, 2010
Keywords: Haiti, Emergency Response, Human Rights Advocacy
The following comes from our friends at the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH)
Haiti's Earthquake Victims: "We’ve Been Forgotten"Human rights investigation finds desperate conditions in Haiti's tent citiesSeptember 20, 2010; Boston, MA - Eight months after Haiti's...
NYC: Rally to make aid available to the Haitian people
Posted on: Friday, September 24, 2010
The following is a message from a coalition of organizations who are mobilizing for Haiti. GIVE THE AID TO THE HAITIAN PEOPLE NOW! SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2010Place: THE HAITIAN CONSULATE OF NEW YORK 271 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY (between 39th...
Photos: MADRE Partners in Haiti Organize Sit-In
Posted on: Friday, August 13, 2010
Keywords: Haiti, Combating Violence Against Women, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Human Rights Advocacy
Early yesterday morning, MADRE partner and grassroots Haitian women's organizations KOFAVIV and FAVILEK organized a sit-in at the Haitian national palace to demand shelter for earthquake survivors and action to end the gender-based violence that is so common in the camps.
US Congressional Black Caucus Hears from Haitian Civil-Society Leaders
Posted on: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Keywords: US Foreign Policy, Human Rights Advocacy, Haiti, Earthquake, Economic Justice
MADRE was part of the group that enabled Haitian civil-society members, including Loune Viaud of MADRE partner organizations Zanmi Lasante and Partners in Health, to testify before the Congressional Black Caucus on July 27. This is the first time Haitian...
UN Agencies Listen to Grassroots Haitian Women's Organizations
Posted on: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women
Two weeks ago, MADRE's Lisa Davis and Diana Duarte traveled to Haiti to meet with our partners from KOFAVIV. While there, they visited one of the camps where our partner organization KOFAVIV is working, distributed supplies to the women in...
Rape a Part of Daily Life for Women in Haitian Relief Camps
Posted on: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Womens Health, Combating Violence Against Women
Below is an update from the Ms. Magazine blog by Gina Ulysse and discusses the work being done by MADRE and our partners in Haiti. Even after the aftershocks of the devastating Jan. 12 quake subsided, women’s bodies were still...
MADRE to Present Findings on Rapes in Camps to Officials in Haiti
Posted on: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMADRE: Rights, Resources, and Results for Women WorldwideContact: Diana Duarte, Media Coordinator (Haiti), media@madre.org, 917-477-3977Yifat Susskind, Policy and Communications Director (New York), 212-627-0444MADRE to Present Findings on Rapes in Camps to Officials in HaitiTuesday, July 27, 2010-Port-au-Prince, Haiti...
New Report Released on Haiti: Our Bodies Are Still Trembling - Haitian Women's Fight Against Rape
Posted on: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women
Six months after the earthquake in Haiti, we see a continued crisis of safety and security in the displacement camps that has exacerbated the already grave problem of sexual violence. In May and June, MADRE joined delegations coordinated by the...
Event: Focus on Haiti: The Road to Recovery - A Six Month Review
Posted on: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake, Event, US Foreign Policy
Six months after Haiti's devastating earthquake, participants will share with members of the CBC their perspectives on how U.S. policy can best advance Haitian efforts to strengthen housing, agriculture, justice, health, gender equality and overall reconstruction initiatives in post-earthquake Haiti.
Haiti Six Months Later: Reports from the Ground
Posted on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Combating Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women in Haiti
Prepared for Congressional Briefing Hosted by TransAfrica ForumHaiti Six Months Later: Reports from the Ground Epidemic of Rapes Against Women and Girls in Haiti’s IDP CampsIn the wake of the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti,...
Six-Month Progress Report on MADRE's Response to the Haiti Earthquake
Posted on: Friday, July 9, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Advocacy
MADRE has worked in Haiti since the early 1990s. When the earthquake struck, we immediately reached out to our sister organizations. Thanks to your generosity, we were able to provide them with life-saving support.
Ending Sexual Violence in Haiti Requires Women's Participation
Posted on: Thursday, July 1, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Advocacy
On June 30th the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held a special policy dialogue on “The role of women in countries in special situations.” MADRE representatives attended this dialogue and talked with State members as well as experts on the...
Testifying for Haitian Women's Human Rights
Posted on: Monday, June 7, 2010
Keywords: UN, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
This week, MADRE and our partners are in Geneva at the 14th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Malya Villard-Appolon, a Haitian women’s rights activist and MADRE partner who has lived in the camps...
MADRE Partner from Haiti Testifies Before the UN Human Rights Council
Posted on: Monday, June 7, 2010
Keywords: UN, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
Today, Malya Villard-Appolon, a Haitian women’s rights activist and MADRE partner who has lived in the camps for displaced people since the earthquake destroyed her home in January, is testifying before representatives from the Human Rights Council in Geneva.Malya, a...
Haitian Women's Rights Activist Leaves Camp for Displaced People to Testify before the UN Human Rights Council
Posted on: Monday, June 7, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake
**Additional information will be presented at a press meeting on Tuesday, June 8 at 9:45 am, in the Library of Press Room 2, Palais des Nations (Main UN Building in Geneva, Avenue de la Paix)**
June...
Advocating for Women's Human Rights in Haiti
Posted on: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Advocacy
An update on our work in Haiti:Lisa Davis, an attorney working with MADRE, traveled to Haiti last week as part of a delegation of human rights attorneys with the Lawyers' Earthquake Response Network (LERN), a project of the Institute for...
Post-Earthquake Violence Against Women in Haiti: Failure to Prevent, Protect and Punish
Posted on: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Advocacy
MADRE is working as part of a coalition of organizations seeking justice for women in Haiti. The coalition submitted the following statement to the UN Human Rights Council for the upcoming session.
Meeting With Our Partner in Haiti
Posted on: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Human Rights Advocacy
Lisa Davis, an attorney working with MADRE, traveled to Haiti last week as part of a delegation of human rights attorneys with the Lawyers' Earthquake Response Network (LERN), a project of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH),...
US Delegation Finds Inadequate Response and "Victim-Blaming" Approach to Rapes in Haitian Displacement Camps
Posted on: Monday, May 17, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
Lawyers collect rape survivor accounts and plan legal strategy LAWYER’S EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE NETWORK For Immediate Release May 17, 2010Contacts: Marie St. Cyr, Board Member & Lisa Davis, Human Rights Advocacy Fellow, MADRE(212) 627-0444, lisadavisnyc@gmail.com Blaine Bookey, Institute for Justice &...
Haiti Lawyers Collect Rape Survivor Accounts and Plan Legal Strategy
Posted on: Friday, May 14, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Advocacy
MADRE partner Maria Suarez of the Feminist International Radio Endeavor (FIRE) wrote about the delegation of human rights lawyers who recently travelled to Haiti to collect the testimony of rape survivors. Lisa Davis, an attorney working with MADRE, was part...
Stories of our Sisters 2010
Posted on: Monday, April 26, 2010
Keywords: Haiti, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Colombia, Palestine, Iraq, Sudan
Stories of our Sisters 2010 This month, MADRE published Stories of our Sisters 2010, our Spring/Summer Newsletter. Below you can read the stories from our sisters. To read the newsletter as a whole, check out the newsletter online. If you...
Take Action Now to Stop Gender-Based Violence in Haiti
Posted on: Monday, April 26, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Combating Violence Against Women
Targeting: Major General Gerardo Christian Chaumont (UN Pol, MINUSTAH), Edmond Mulet (UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General), Yukio Takasu (President UN Security Council), Force Commander Major General Luiz Paul Cruz (MINUSTAH), Rashida Manjoo (UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women)...
Conversation with Haitian Partner: Women's Clinic Providing Ongoing Treatment for Earthquake Survivors
Posted on: Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake, Womens Health
Yesterday, we had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Lise Marie Déjean, director SOFA, a MADRE sister organization in Haiti.MADRE is working with SOFA, a national Haitian women's organization, to provide medical services to earthquake survivors. SOFA and MADRE partnered...
Ensuring Haitian Women's Participation and Leadership in All Stages of National Relief and Reconstruction: Executive Summary
Posted on: Monday, April 5, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Human Rights Advocacy, Emergency Relief
The Executive Summary of "Ensuring Haitian Women's Participation and Leadership in All Stages of National Relief and Reconstruction," a Gender Shadow Report in response to the 2010 Haiti Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA). Haiti at a Crossroads On January 12, 2010 the...
Organizing for Haitian Women's Human Rights
Posted on: Friday, April 2, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Human Rights Advocacy
On Wednesday, March 31, governments gathered at UN headquarters in New York for a major conference on reconstruction in Haiti. On the same day, MADRE organized a press conference as part of a coalition of Haitian and international women's organizations...
Press Conference on Haiti Reconstruction Featuring Edwidge Danticat and Marie St. Cyr
Posted on: Monday, March 29, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
As donor nations gather in New York this week for a major conference on reconstruction in Haiti, Haitian women are demanding that their voices be heard in all phases of the deliberation. To amplify their call, a ...
Event: A Call for the Inclusion of Haitian Women in International Donor Meeting
Posted on: Friday, March 26, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
As donor nations gather in New York for a major conference on reconstruction in Haiti, Haitian women are demanding that their voices be heard in all phases of the deliberation. To amplify their call, a coalition of Haitian and international...
Determining Long-Term Health Care Needs for Women in Haiti
Posted on: Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake, Womens Health
MADRE is continuing to partner with Circle of Health International (COHI) to support women's health volunteer teams in Fonds Parisien, Haiti.The teams are working to build and maintain a stable, sustainable response to women's health needs in the aftermath of...
Ensuring Haitian Women's Participation and Leadership in All Stages of National Relief and Reconstruction
Posted on: Friday, March 19, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
An Open Letter to Donors of the Haiti ReconstructionWe are a coalition of women from diverse backgrounds working both on the ground in Haiti and within the international arena. As organizations committed to partnering with Haitian women to ensure their...
Forthcoming: Gender Shadow Report on Haiti Post-Disaster Needs Assessment
Posted on: Friday, March 19, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
In recent weeks, Haitian government officials and global stakeholders representatives have worked to draft a Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) to serve as a blueprint for Haiti’s reconstruction. Although the PDNA is comprised of eight themes: governance, productive sectors, social sectors,...
MADRE to Haiti Donors: Respect Women's Human Rights in Recovery Policies
Posted on: Thursday, March 18, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
In advance of a crucial donors' conference on Haiti, 300 organizations today joined together and submitted a two-page letter of principles to participating states. MADRE, an international women's human rights organization, participated in this...
Haiti NGO Letter to the Donors' Conference
Posted on: Thursday, March 18, 2010
Keywords: Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America & Caribbean, Haiti, Economic Development, Emergency Relief
MADRE joined organizations from around the world in calling on the Donors' Conference on Haiti to adopt a human rights-based approach to rebuilding Haiti. Attendees of the conference include: United States, Canada, France, Japan, EU (presidency with Spain until July...
A Video from International Women's Day in Haiti
Posted on: Friday, March 12, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, International Womens Day
On March 8, women gathered in Haiti for a tribute to the women activists who died during the earthquake on January 12, 2010. Earlier this week, María Suárez Toro, of the Feminist International Radio Endeavor (FIRE), sent us a description...
Haiti: Women's Health Delegation Continues to Provide Support to Haitian Clinic
Posted on: Thursday, March 11, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake, Womens Health
The women's health delegation is still in Haiti. New volunteers arrived at the end of February, relieving members of the volunteer team who had arrived immediately following the earthquake. The maternity ward has been moved to a larger part of...
International Women's Day in Haiti
Posted on: Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, International Womens Day
María Suárez Toro, of the Feminist International Radio Endeavor (FIRE), sent us this description of the International Women's Day event that took place in Haiti. The event was in part organized by our partners from the Feminist International Solidarity Camp. It’s...
Celebrating International Women's Day by Sending Supplies to Women in Haiti
Posted on: Monday, March 8, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, International Womens Day, Helping Hands
In celebration of International Women's Day, MADRE's Helping Hands program is sending a shipment of first aid supplies, blankets and bottled water to Haiti where it will be distributed through our partners, Zanmi Lasante and Partners in Health. These supplies...
Women Worldwide Will Honor the Lives of Feminist Leaders Who Died in Haiti's Earthquake
Posted on: Friday, March 5, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, International Womens Day
MARCH 8TH, CENTENARY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2010Honoring the lives of feminist Haitian leaders who died in the massive earthquake on January 12th, will be the focus of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2010, which is also the 100th anniversary...
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...
Bringing Aid to a Young Mother in Haiti
Posted on: Friday, February 26, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
MADRE is working with the Feminist Solidarity Camp (a international network of women's rights organizations) to distribute supplies to women, children and families in Haiti.Our teams provided tents and plastic roofing to Dr. Pape of GHESKIO so that he could...
Bachelet with women's organizations in Haiti: Actions to unite and reinforce the organization of women
Posted on: Thursday, February 25, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Chile
Update by María Suárez Toro of the Feminist International Radio Endeavor (FIRE) in partnership with the Feminist Solidarity Camp. “I’m not going to defend the women of Haiti by being president, but by being a woman convinced of the importance...
Providing Tents for an Orphanage and a Women's Health Clinic in Haiti
Posted on: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake, Womens Health
MADRE is working with the Feminist Solidarity Camp (a international network of women's rights organizations) to distribute supplies to women, children and families in Haiti.In Carrefour, a poor, mostly residential district in the greater metropolitain area of Port-au-Prince, our team...
Event: A Voice for Ayiti
Posted on: Monday, February 22, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake, Event, International Womens Day
Join MADRE and MADRE members at a benefit event for relief work in Haiti.HarmoNYom in association with Drom & WKCR 89.9 FM Present "A VOICE FOR AYITI"An incredible BENEFIT CONCERT On MONDAY MARCH 8 From 6:00 PM to MIDNIGHT(International Women's...
Women's Health Volunteer Teams Distributing Supplies
Posted on: Friday, February 19, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake, Womens Health
The women's health volunteer teams are still on the ground in Haiti, and the team in the clinic is seeing about 50 patients daily. The teams have been training local clinicians to ensure they are prepared to respond to needs...
Haiti: Zanmi Lasante Clinic Staff Continuing to Provide Around the Clock Care
Posted on: Thursday, February 11, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
Zanmi Lasante staff continue to work around the clock to provide care to the many injured and sick still arriving at Port-au-Prince's General Hospital (HUEH), as well as at their clinics and at field hospitals they set up during the...
Women's Health Delegation Working to Provide Pregnant Haitian Women with Critical Support
Posted on: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake, Womens Health
Several teams of MADRE-supported health workers are still on the ground in Haiti. Two new volunteers arrived yesterday. The medical volunteers are working out of a local clinic and treating 350 patients each day. The women's health teams are seeing...
Policy Recommendations to Address Critical Security Concerns and Needs of Women Human Rights Defenders in Haiti
Posted on: Thursday, February 4, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake, Women Human Rights Defenders
A position statement from the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition. MADRE is a member of this coalition.POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS CRITICAL SECURITY CONCERNS AND NEEDS OF WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN HAITI IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 12 JANUARY...
Tents distributed for use as health clinics and shelters in Haiti
Posted on: Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
The Myriam Merlet, Anne Marie Coriolan and Magali Marcelin Feminist International Camp is currently working to distribute tents in Haiti. The tents will be used as both health clinics and shelters. In addition to a resource distribution center, the Camp...
Aid is Power. Who Do You Want to Empower?
Posted on: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
In the immediate aftermath of a catastrophe like the earthquake in Haiti, you’re focused on one question: How can I help? It’s the right question, but the answer isn’t always what it seems. Many people assume that donating to a...
Haiti: Meeting Medical Needs Around the Country
Posted on: Friday, January 29, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
Equipping Medical Staff in HaitiMADRE has been working with Partners in Health to support Zanmi Lasante as they continue providing emergency care for the earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince and for those who have managed to flee the city. Through the...
Broadcasting Live from Haiti--Tune In!
Posted on: Friday, January 29, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
Earlier this week, we mentioned that a network of women’s rights activists and organizations—in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the broader Latin American and Caribbean region and around the world—have come together with MADRE to launch an incredible project in response...
Women's Human Rights Are Key to Successful Reconstruction in Haiti
Posted on: Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
In the traumatic weeks after the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, survivors have endured the loss of loved ones, severe injuries, shortages of food and water, collapsed homes and constant fear of renewed aftershocks. Through it all, we...
myMADRE Quick Post: Edwidge Danticat in the New Yorker
Posted on: Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
Edwidge Danticat, author and MADRE supporter, has written a beautiful piece in the New Yorker about her cousin Maxo, whom she recently lost in the earthquake in Haiti."This generosity, along with the Haitian sense of kindness and community, is perhaps...
Notes From Our Partner in Haiti
Posted on: Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
Ophelia Dahl, Executive Director of Partners in Health, arrived in Haiti on Friday, January 22 to meet with staff and volunteers and to assess Zanmi Lasante's needs for the coming weeks and months.MADRE is providing emergency support to Zanmi Lasante,...
Women's Health Delegation Working Around the Clock to Provide Emergency Care to Earthquake Survivors
Posted on: Monday, January 25, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
The women's health delegation arrived in Jimani, Dominican Republic last Tuesday, and they immediately began working around the clock to provide emergency services to the many busloads of people who had fled Haiti. The team has since arrived in Fonds...
International Feminist Solidarity in Action with Haiti
Posted on: Thursday, January 21, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
MADRE is part of a newly-launched effort by women’s groups to open a Feminist International Solidarity Camp on the Haiti-Dominican Republic border.This initiative will work to direct resources and to open lines of communication with Haitian women. In particular, the...
MADRE-Supported Midwife Volunteers Fill a Vital Need in Haiti
Posted on: Thursday, January 21, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
MADRE is supporting a delegation of midwives and maternal health practitioners. Four members of the first team of midwives and maternal health providers have arrived in the border town of Jimani, and three more are scheduled to arrive this weekend....
Haiti Earthquake Relief: MADRE's Ongoing Response
Posted on: Thursday, January 21, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
Over a week after the massive earthquake struck Haiti, the need for life-saving medical services remains overwhelming. Casualty estimates have risen. The death toll may be as high as 200,000 and the number of injured and homeless is in the...
Hospital in Port-au-Prince Open to Earthquake Survivors
Posted on: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
MADRE is working with Partners in Health to support Zanmi Lasante as they continue providing emergency care for the earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince and for those who have managed to flee the city.At HUEH, the general hospital in Port-au-Prince, there...
Health Practitioners Mobilize to Provide Urgent Services
Posted on: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
Nearly a week after the massive earthquake struck Haiti, the need for life-saving medical services is overwhelming. Casualty estimates have risen, now reflecting a death toll of 200,000, and the number of injured and homeless is in the millions.MADRE partners...
Update on Medical Professionals Traveling to Haiti
Posted on: Friday, January 15, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
MADRE continues to respond to the cataclysmic earthquake that struck Haiti this week on Tuesday January 12. MADRE is partnering with Circle of Health International (COHI) to send a team of midwives, women’s health providers and public health professionals in...
After the Quake, Depend on Women
Posted on: Friday, January 15, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
Editor’s Note: MADRE, an international women's human rights group, is working with the Haitian relief organization, Zanmi Lasante, to bring humanitarian aid into the country overland from the Dominican Republic. In the wake of disasters like the catastrophic earthquake...
Haiti Earthquake Relief: Why Give to MADRE
Posted on: Thursday, January 14, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
In the wake of disasters like the catastrophic earthquake that struck Haiti, it is often comforting to see big international agencies taking charge of relief and reconstruction efforts. No doubt international agencies—with their resources, know-how, heavy machinery, and access to...
Sending Medical Professionals to Haiti
Posted on: Thursday, January 14, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
MADRE is collaborating with Partners in Health to send a team of medical personnel to Haiti. In particular, surgeons (especially trauma/orthopedic surgeons), ER doctors and nurses, and full surgical teams (including anesthesiologists, scrub and post-op nurses, and nurse anesthetists) are...
Update on Relief Efforts in Haiti
Posted on: Thursday, January 14, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
MADRE’s Emergency Medical Relief Effort is Reaching Earthquake Surviviors in Haiti. We Need Your Help to Save More Lives.You may be wondering whether MADRE is actually able to transport emergency relief given Haiti’s decimated infrastructure.We have determined that our partner...
Haiti Earthquake Wreaks Massive Devastation; Women's Organizations Respond
Posted on: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
The worst earthquake in 200 years struck Haiti yesterday, causing catastrophic destruction in the hemisphere's poorest country. The quake struck near the capital of Port-au-Prince, the most densely populated part of Haiti, and thousands are...
Emergency in Haiti! Please send humanitarian aid
Posted on: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
The worst earthquake in 200 years struck Haiti yesterday, causing catastrophic destruction in the hemisphere’s poorest country. The quake struck near the capital of Port-au-Prince, the most densely populated part of Haiti. MADRE has activated an emergency response through our...
Haiti and Cuba: Emergency Response Update
Posted on: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Cuba, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief
After a series of storms devastated Haiti and Cuba last month, MADRE members responded. MADRE was able to send emergency aid to our partner organizations in both countries. HaitiCurrent SituationThe five back-to-back storms that hit Haiti in the span of...
Haiti's Unnatural Disaster
Posted on: Thursday, September 11, 2008
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief
We've been doing all we can this week to get emergency support to our partner organizations in Haiti. Haiti—the poorest in the hemisphere—has been slammed by four major storms in the past month. More than 1,000 people have...
Haiti Slammed by Four Severe Storms; Women's Organization Launches Emergency Response with Local Groups
Posted on: Monday, September 8, 2008
Keywords: Haiti, Emergency Relief, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Latin America and Caribbean
September 8, 2008-New York, NY-With the impact of Hurricane Ike over the weekend, Haiti has been hit by four severe storms in less than four weeks. The most recent heavy flooding has killed another 50 people, pushing the death toll...
MADRE supports women at the epicenter of the global food crisis.
Posted on: Thursday, June 5, 2008
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Global Food Crisis, Haiti, Guatemala, Sudan, Iraq, Kenya, Nicaragua, Food Sovereignty
We are working to meet immediate needs for food, create local, sustainable solutions to hunger, and demand new economic policies that recognize that food is not a commodity, but a human right. MADRE is working through our Emergency and...
As UN Summit Ends, MADRE Emphasizes Women's Rights as Central to Resolving Global Food Crisis
Posted on: Thursday, June 5, 2008
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Global Food Crisis, Guatemala, Haiti, Sudan, Iraq, Emergency Relief, Food Sovereignty
June 5, 2008—New York, NY—Today, as more than 40 world leaders gathered in Rome wrap up a United Nations summit on the global food crisis, MADRE, an international women's human rights organization, emphasizes that small-scale women farmers should be central...
Human Rights Day 2006: MADRE's Partners Confront Violence against Women and Girls
Posted on: Sunday, December 10, 2006
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Iraq, Kenya, Haiti, Colombia
December 10, 2006—New York—On Human Rights Day, and at the close of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence, MADRE, an international women's human rights organization, emphasizes the imperative to combat violence against women and girls worldwide. In partnership...
Misery in the Name of Democracy: The US Works Elections in Iraq, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Haiti
Posted on: Thursday, December 1, 2005
Keywords: Iraq, Latin America and Caribbean, Middle East, Haiti
The Bush Administration is touting Iraq's December 15 election as a giant leap forward for freedom guaranteed to ignite fervor for democracy across the entire Middle East. But closer to home, the Administration has discovered that democracy has created a...
Abducting Democracy: A MADRE Statement on Haiti's 33rd Coup d'Etat
Posted on: Monday, March 1, 2004
Keywords: Peace Building, Latin America and Caribbean, Haiti
On February 29, 2004, Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was overthrown for the second time in 13 years. The opposition gangs that placed millions of Haitians under siege are armed with sophisticated weapons, including US-made M-16s...
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Report Exposes "Survival Sex Trade" in Post-Earthquake Haiti (Inter Press Service, January 13, 2012)
Sexual violence in Haiti's displacement camps still 'rampant' says new report (Women News Network, January 12, 2012)
Survivor Tells Her Story of Rape in a Haitian Tent Camp (PBS NewsHour, January 12, 2012)
Haiti Earthquake 2 Years Later: Rape Survivors Support Abused Women In Displacement Camps (The Huffington Post, January 12, 2012)
2011's Big Wins - Brought to You by Women (Common Dreams, December 27, 2011)
