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Articles with keyword "Peace Building"
MADRE Demands a Women's Human Rights Agenda for the G8
Posted on: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Keywords: US Foreign Policy, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Peace Building, Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Advocacy
As the leaders of the 8 largest economies prepare to meet, MADRE demands an end to business-as-usual policies.
A Women's Human Rights Agenda for the G8
Posted on: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Keywords: Environmental Justice, Economic Justice, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, US Foreign Policy
Help us draft a new G8 Agenda that upholds women's human rights worldwide.
Midwives for Peace: A New Ultrasound Machine for Palestinian Midwives!
Posted on: Thursday, March 22, 2012
Keywords: Palestine, Middle East, Women's Health, Peace Building
An update from MADRE's partner organization, Midwives for Peace.
Midwives for Peace: Empowering Birth Experiences Last a Lifetime
Posted on: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Keywords: Palestine, Middle East, Women's Health, Peace Building
An update from MADRE's partner organization Midwives for Peace.
2011's Big Wins - Brought to You by Women
Posted on: Thursday, December 29, 2011
Keywords: Peace Building, Middle East, Africa, UN, Human Rights Advocacy, Economic Justice
From New York City to Egypt to South Sudan, 2011 was a year of transformations.
Women Living Under Muslim Laws Releases Statement on Libya and Sharia Law
Posted on: Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Keywords: Libya, Middle East, Peace Building, Human Rights
The following statement was issued by Women Living Under Muslim Laws in response to the Libyan National Transition Committee's decision to impose sharia law as the country's primary source of legislation.Women Living Under Muslim Laws Statement on Libya 25 October...
Midwives for Peace Come Together in Friendship
Posted on: Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Activism, Peace Building, Middle East
An update from MADRE sister organization Midwives for Peace
US base ammunition training contaminates and devastates District of Haweeja in Iraq
Posted on: Friday, August 26, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Women's Health
Hundreds of childbirths with disabilities and teenagers struck with cancer.
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 New Era for Women in Sudan: A Q&A with Yifat Susskind and Fatima Ahmed
Posted on: Monday, July 25, 2011
Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Peace Building
Earlier this month, South Sudan became the world’s newest country. To gather information about this historic occasion for MADRE members, and about what it means for women and their communities, MADRE’s Executive Director Yifat Susskind spoke with...
Despite Barriers, Palestinian and Israeli Midwives Join to Defend Women's Health
Posted on: Monday, July 25, 2011
Keywords: Palestine, Middle East, Women's Health, Peace Building, Reproductive Rights
Palestinian and Israeli midwives refuse to be enemies.
Video: Iraqi Women Protesters Continue to Face Sexual Harassment
Posted on: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building
MADRE's partner organization, OWFI, appeared on Al Jazeera this week to talk about their continuing protests.
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.
MADRE Encourages Peace in Aftermath of Sudan Split
Posted on: Friday, July 8, 2011
Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Peace Building
As we witness the creation of new state, MADRE calls for an end to violence and the inclusion of women's voices as both countries chart their paths forward.
Alice Walker: Why I'm joining the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza
Posted on: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Keywords: Gaza, Israel, Middle East, US Foreign Policy, Peace Building
Author and long time MADRE supporter, Alice Walker tells us why she is sailing on the U.S boat to Gaza.
Video: A Message to MADRE Supporters from Yanar Mohammed
Posted on: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building
Yanar speaks about MADRE's support of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq.
Community Organizer and Activist is Assassinated in Colombia
Posted on: Friday, June 17, 2011
Keywords: Colombia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Indigenous Rights, Women Human Rights Defenders, Peace Building
Ana Fabricia Cordoba, a community organizer and member of the Ruta Pacifica de las Mujeres was assasinated in Medellin, Colombia on June 8, 2011.
Updates on the Use of Repressive Tactics against Peaceful Protesters in Iraq
Posted on: Monday, June 13, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building
Violence and intimidation against women's rights activists continues in Baghdad.
Women from Around the World Condemn Attack on Peaceful Protesters in Iraq
Posted on: Friday, June 10, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building
MADRE joins women from around the word in calling for an end to sexual assault of women protesters.
Iraqi Human Rights Activists Are Sexually Assaulted and Beaten
Posted on: Friday, June 10, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building
Today, MADRE learned that pro-democracy activists who gathered in Baghdad's Tahrir Square were brutally attacked by un-uniformed forces.
Project Update: Sharing Midwifery Skills to Build Peace
Posted on: Thursday, May 19, 2011
Keywords: Palestine, Middle East, Peace Building, Reproductive Rights, Women's Health
MADRE's sister organization Midwives for Peace is expanding their work of ensuring safe deliveries in the West Bank.
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.
Take Action: Join the "To Gaza With Love" Letters Campaign
Posted on: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Keywords: Palestine, Middle East, Peace Building
Write a letter and join this collective action of friendship with the Palestinian people.
No More Arrests and Torture of Demonstrators in Iraq: Release Youth Activist Firas Ali
Posted on: Friday, April 15, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Human Rights Advocacy, Peace Building
We just received a statement from Yanar Mohammed, President of our partner in Iraq, condemning the torture of youth activists.
Video: Pro-Democracy Activists in Iraq Under Threat
Posted on: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Human Rights Advocacy, Peace Building
A conversation with Yanar Mohammed about threats facing Iraqi protesters.
Letter to Iraqi Officials: Kidnapping and Torture of Youth Activist, Alaa Nabil
Posted on: Monday, March 28, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Human Rights Advocacy, Peace Building
MADRE's Executive Director Yifat Susskind and Yanar Mohammed, the Executive Director of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), have written this letter to Iraqi officials in response to the kidnapping and torture of youth activist, Alaa Nabil. To...
Violent Crackdown Against Protesters in Bahrain; Hospitals Also Targeted
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Keywords: Bahrain, Middle East, Peace Building
MADRE received the following appeal from Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) who in turn received it from their colleagues in Bahrain:Civil society organizations in Bahrain are appealing for support, as developments in the country today have led to serious safety risks...
See What MADRE Members Have Accomplished in Colombia
Posted on: Thursday, December 16, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Child Soldiers, Peace Building, MADRE
We profile Stella Duque of Taller de Vida
US Abandons Principle on Child Soldiers
Posted on: Monday, November 1, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Child Soldiers, Peace Building, Africa
MADRE letter to the editor, originally printed in the Washington Post on 10/31.
MADRE Talking Points on the Millennium Development Goals: Five Years Left
Posted on: Monday, September 20, 2010
Keywords: Combating Violence Against Women, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Peace Building, Women's Health, UN
In 2000, world leaders representing all 191 countries that belong to the United Nations pledged to achieve eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. These goals aimed at tackling some of the most pressing threats of our time – gender...
Take Action: Urge President Obama to Strengthen US Foreign Assistance and Development Aid
Posted on: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Keywords: US, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Development
An Open Letter to President Obama on the U.S. Commitment to Global Development
Iraq: MADRE Partner Discusses the Withdrawal of US Troops
Posted on: Monday, August 23, 2010
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Peace Building, US Foreign Policy, Obama Administration
MADRE Partner Yanar Mohammed of the Organization for Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) was on Democracy Now! earlier this week to discuss the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq and what that means for the Iraqi people.A note from Yanar:There...
Event Update: Salt of This Sea - SUHEIR HAMMAD at Quad Cinema TONIGHT for Q and A, 7:30 p.m.
Posted on: Thursday, August 19, 2010
Keywords: Event, Israel, Palestine, Middle East, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Gaza
Cannes 2008 Selection, SALT OF THIS SEA (Milh Hadha al-Bahr), EXTENDED WEEK IN NYC:** SUHEIR HAMMAD IN PERSON THURSDAY, AUGUST 19 AT 7:30 SCREENING **Exclusive Engagement at the Quad Cinema (34 West 13th St, near Union Square)SHOWTIMES THURSDAY, AUGUST 19: ...
Event Update: Salt of This Sea Still in Theaters!
Posted on: Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Keywords: Event, Israel, Palestine, Middle East, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Gaza
There's still time to see Salt of This Sea!
Take Action: Stop the Displacement of the Afro-Colombian Community La Toma!
Posted on: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and Caribbean
If the Colombian government does not change its mind, tomorrow the 1052 families that make up the Afro-Colombian community La Toma will be evicted from the land that they have lived on for almost 400 years. We cannot let this happen. Take action today!
Take Action: Urge Secretary Ban Ki-Moon to remove Uribe from panel on Gaza flotilla
Posted on: Monday, August 16, 2010
Keywords: Human Rights Advocacy, Colombia, Israel, Gaza, Palestine, UN, Peace Building
The following is an alert from Colombia Support network. Please see below for information on how to take action regarding the appointment of Alvaro Uribe-Velez to the UN's panel of inquiry into the Israeli attack on the Gaza humanitarian flotilla.
Event: Salt of this Sea (Milh Hadha al-Bahr) Opens Friday, August 13th in New York City
Posted on: Friday, August 13, 2010
Keywords: Event, Israel, Palestine, Middle East, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy
Join us for SALT OF THIS SEA (Milh Hadha al-Bahr), this Friday, August 13, in New York City.
Take Action: Demand Withdrawal of US Troops from Colombia
Posted on: Friday, August 6, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean
The following is an alert from our friends at SOA Watch. Take action to demand the withdrawal of US troops from Colombia below. A group of nine SOA Watch activists is currently in Colombia to confront the escalation of U.S. policy...
Take Action: Sign on for peace in Colombia
Posted on: Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean
Join MADRE in signing on to this letter from Alliance for Global Justice: Send a letter to new President Santos!Dear Friend, In the final week of Alvaro Uribe's Colombian presidency, Colombia continues to generate a regional crisis in South America....
Ensuring Human Rights in Colombia: Concluding Observations from the UN Human Rights Committee
Posted on: Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean, UN
Following MADRE’s Shadow Report on Colombia and presentation at the UN Human Rights Committee last month, the Committee released its observations to the Colombian state. In the observations, the Committee expressed its deep concern at the persistence of serious human...
MADRE and partner enable UN Permanent Forum delegation to assess situation in Colombia
Posted on: Friday, July 30, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean, UN
Support from MADRE and our partner, the International Indigenous Women's Forum (IIWF/FIMI), enabled a delegation of the UN Permanent Forum to travel to Colombia in order to assess the situation for Indigenous women there.Contrary to the claims of the Colombian...
Event: NYC Boat Fundraiser for the US to Gaza Campaign
Posted on: Friday, July 30, 2010
Keywords: Gaza, Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Economic Justice, Event
MADRE is supporting the US to Gaza Campaign. Check out the fundraising event listed below. For more information about the campaign, visit www.ustogaza.org. A NYC FUNDRAISING EVENT NOT TO BE MISSED JOIN A SUNSET CRUISE IN NY HARBOR THURSDAY AUGUST...
A Peaceful Boycott Should Not be a Crime
Posted on: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Human Rights Advocacy
In its bid to maintain its occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, the Israeli government has launched a new offensive, this one against its own citizens. A bill that is currently before the Knesset would allow...
Born Into War: An Update from MADRE's Exhibit of Photos and Paintings by Former Child Soldiers
Posted on: Monday, July 26, 2010
Keywords: Event, Latin America, Colombia, Peace Building
Last Wednesday evening, MADRE members gathered at the Salt Space in NYC for our event, ‘Born into War,’ an exhibition of photos and paintings by former child soldiers in Colombia and Uganda. The paintings and photos highlighted at the event were...
MADRE Presents on Colombia Before the UN Human Rights Committee
Posted on: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean, UN
MADRE's Lisa Davis was in Geneva last week for the UN Human Rights Committee's review of Colombia's human rights record. As part of the review process, MADRE presented a shadow report that we wrote with a coalition of Colombian human...
Event: Born Into War - less than one week away!
Posted on: Thursday, July 15, 2010
Keywords: Event, Latin America, Colombia, Peace Building
Join us on Wednesday, July 21 for Born into War: An Exhibit of Photos and Paintings by Former Child Soldiers in Colombia and Uganda. When:Wednesday, July 21, 20106:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.Where: The Salt Space1160 Broadway at 27th St.Fifth...
MADRE Presents Report to UN Human Rights Committee on the Situation in Colombia
Posted on: Thursday, July 15, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean, UN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMADRE: Rights, Resources, and Results for Women WorldwideContact: Diana Duarte, Media Coordinator (New York): (212) 627-0444; email: media@madre.orgLisa Davis, Human Rights Advocacy Director (Geneva): ldavis@madre.org
MADRE Presents Report to...
MADRE Brings Gaza to the United Nations' Attention
Posted on: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Gaza, UN
The blockade of goods to Gaza imposed by the Israeli government has had crippling effect on Palestinians, severely impacting the flow of essential supplies including food, medicine and water. Restricting supplies has led to critical decline in the water supply....
Event: Bil'in Habibti (Bil'in My Love)
Posted on: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Keywords: Event, Israel, Palestine, Middle East, Peace Building
Jewish Voice for Peace-New York Presents Bil'in Habibti (Bil'in My Love), the 2005 movie by Israeli Shai Pollack about the joint Palestinian-Israeli struggle against the Wall in Bil'in.
Video: Born Into War - Child Soldiers in Colombia
Posted on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean
MADRE sister organization Taller de Vida provides life-changing support to former child soldiers and children at risk of becoming child soldiers in Colombia. Watch the video to find out more.
Demanding Human Rights in Colombia
Posted on: Friday, July 9, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean, UN
For over 40 years, Colombians have endured an armed conflict over their country’s highly concentrated sources of natural wealth, especially land. Instead of battling one another directly, Colombia’s armed groups usually attack civilians suspected of siding with their enemy. The...
Take action for child soldiers in Colombia
Posted on: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean
All sides in Colombia's armed conflict exploit children as soldiers. Some are as young as eight years old. These children are virtual slaves, often sexually abused and forced to commit violence--even murder--so that their childhood and humanity are destroyed.The Colombian...
Help Recover a Stolen Childhood
Posted on: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean
Tania isn't her real name. I can't use it or show her picture without putting her life in danger from the Colombian armed forces who tried to recruit her as a child soldier. ...
Testimony of a Former Child Soldier in Colombia: One Young Girl's Story
Posted on: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean, Profile
Thousands of children, some as young as eight years old, are being used as soldiers in Colombia's armed conflict. Through our local partner, Taller de Vida, we provide trauma counseling, art therapy, and recreational programs to young people who have been uprooted from their homes by war and poverty.
Colombia's Election Results Lack Promise of Change
Posted on: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean
On Sunday, Juan Manuel Santos was elected to succeed Álvaro Uribe as president of Colombia with 69% of the vote in a runoff election. Only 45% of the population participated in the election, as many who supported the left-wing candidate...
Take Action: Colombian Organizations Receiving Death Threats Again
Posted on: Monday, June 21, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Indigenous Rights, Latin America and the Caribbean
The Colombian government has not taken the necessary measures to investigate and end the hostility towards Afro-descendants, indigenous people and women leaders, who are solely defending their human rights. Take action for their human rights.
Event: Free Gaza Flotilla Survivor Tells Her Story
Posted on: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Keywords: Event, Israel, Palestine, Middle East, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Gaza
Where: All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Avenue between 79th and 80th Sts., New York CityWhen: 7 pm Wednesday, June 9Ann Wright, retired US Army Colonel and former U.S. diplomat, and outspoken anti-war activist will talk about her experiences with...
Physicians for Human Rights Israel's actions & response to Gaza Flotilla incident
Posted on: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Keywords: Event, Israel, Palestine, Middle East, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Gaza
A letter from Gila Norich, Director of Development at Physicians for Human Rights Israel. Waking up to Monday's events was disheartening and shocking, to say the least. Throughout the ordeal, Physicians for Human Rights- Israel has remained in constant contact...
Ending Gender-Based Violence in Colombia
Posted on: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean
LIMPAL, MADRE's sister organization in Colombia, recently published there their May 2010 bulletin. You can read the original here. Summaries are below.International League15 years after the 4th World Conference on Women met in Beijing, civil society organizations are calling for...
Event: Born Into War
Posted on: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Keywords: Event, Latin America, Colombia, Peace Building
An Exhibit of Photos and Drawings by Former Child Soldiers in Colombia and Uganda Please join us!When:Wednesday, July 21, 20106:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.Where: The Salt Space1160 Broadway at 27th St.Fifth FloorNew York, NY 10001(map)Wine and refreshments will be served Admission:$20.00 to...
MADRE Condemns Israel's Killing of Activists Bringing Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
Posted on: Monday, May 31, 2010
Keywords: Gaza, Israel, Peace Building, Palestine
MADRE strongly condemns Israel’s killing of as many as 19 international activists early this morning and the wounding of dozens of others aboard the “Gaza Freedom Flotilla,” a convoy of ships attempting to deliver urgently-needed humanitarian aid to Gaza. The...
Event: Demonstrate to Support Free Gaza Flotilla - Thursday, May 27 5 pm until 7:30 pm
Posted on: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Keywords: Event, Israel, Palestine, Middle East, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Gaza
COME THURSDAY, MAY 27, 5 PM-7:30 PM TO DEMONSTRATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE FREE GAZA FLOTILLA. TELL THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT HANDS OFF HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA. Meet at 5 pm on 42nd Street and 2nd Avenue in New York City. ...
Take Action for Honduran Activists
Posted on: Monday, May 24, 2010
Keywords: Honduras, Latin America, Economic Justice, Peace Building
Take action for Honduran activists! From Grassroots International:Honduran resistance leader and former Independent presidential candidate Carlos Reyes received a death threat on his cell phone last night. More than 40 activists, journalists, environmentalists, feminists and gay rights activists have been...
Event: Women in Black, Union Square
Posted on: Monday, May 24, 2010
Keywords: Event, Israel, Palestine, Middle East, Peace Building
Women in Black are holding a special event to acknowledge 43 years of Occupation by Israel of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza—and the disastrous effects it has had upon the Palestinian people.Please join us.Thursday June 3, 2010, 5:30...
Event: Ending Militarization in the Americas
Posted on: Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Keywords: Event, Latin America, Honduras, Peace Building
The Latin America Solidarity Coalition will host a one-day Anti-militarization Organizers Conference on Thursday, November 18, 2010 in Columbus, GA.The conference will take place in the lead-up to the November Vigil to close the School of the Americas (SOA). It...
Event: Mother's Day Picnic for Peace
Posted on: Monday, May 3, 2010
Keywords: Event, Peace Building, Mother's Day
Join us at a CodePink Mother's Day Weekend Picnic for Peace in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, May 8th. CodePink: Women for Peace is organizing a powerful women's gathering to bring the message of peace and disarmament to the annual military...
Colombia: Death threats against over 60 human rights organisations and individual human rights defenders
Posted on: Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Latin America and Caribbean, Human Rights Advocacy, Peace Building
Action Alert from Front Line, a member of the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition Please take action on behalf of human rights defenders MOVICE, FUNDEPAZ and CODHES and others.Copy the enclosed letter and send it to the address provided.TARGET ADDRESS:...
MADRE Speaks: Stories of our Sisters 2010
Posted on: Thursday, April 22, 2010
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice
This month, MADRE published Stories of our Sisters 2010, our Spring/Summer Newsletter. Read the letter from Executive Director Vivian Stromberg below and check out the newsletter online. If you would like us to send you a print copy, please call...
The Seven-Year Anniversary of an Illegal War
Posted on: Friday, March 19, 2010
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Peace Building, US Foreign Policy, Obama Administration
Today, March 19, 2010 marks the 7th anniversary of the launch of the Iraq war. Since the very beginning, MADRE has been part of the movement against the war. Together with our partner, the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq...
Event: Pogroms in Hebron
Posted on: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Keywords: Event, Israel, Palestine, Middle East, Peace Building
Jewish Voice for Peace - New York Presents Their Kick-Off Community EventPogroms in Hebron: Courtesy of America
Hebron is a city under siege. The final resting place of Abraham, revered by Jews and Muslims alike, is home to the...
Calling on President Obama to Reconfirm Administration's Commitment to Withdrawal from Iraq
Posted on: Friday, March 5, 2010
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Peace Building, US Foreign Policy, Obama Administration
MADRE joins other organizations in calling on President Obama to reconfirm his commitment to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by August 31, 2010.To: President Barack Obama1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington DC 20500 Dear President Obama:We are deeply concerned by recent indications...
Event: Protest Friends of the IDF and Ashkenazi!
Posted on: Thursday, March 4, 2010
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Human Rights Advocacy, Event
Printable Flyer Join human rights organizations for a moving procession to protest the annual fundraising dinner of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces & and keynote IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi. WHEN: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 from 5:00 -...
Event: Procession for Justice for the Palestinian People
Posted on: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Human Rights Advocacy
Israeli War Criminals Feast at the Waldorf while Palestinians Hunger for JusticeJoin us for a moving procession to protest the 2010 Annual New York Gala Dinner of the Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)WE WILL NOT BE SILENTNO to...
Palestinian and Israeli midwives come together for professional development
Posted on: Friday, February 19, 2010
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Women's Health, Reproductive Rights
MADRE's partners in Palestine, Midwives for Peace, hosted their first co-existence meeting of 2010 earlier this week. Midwives and health practitioners from both Palestine and Israel gathered for a professional development meeting as well as to share personal stories about...
MADRE Partner Travels to Doha to Participate in Peace Process for Darfur
Posted on: Friday, February 12, 2010
Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Peace Building
Fatima Ahmed of MADRE's Sudanese partner organization Zenab for Women in Development recently travelled to Doha, Qatar in order to participate in the peace process talks for Darfur. Fatima is part of an initiative organized by Sisterhood for Peace to...
Codification of the Human Right to Peace
Posted on: Monday, February 1, 2010
Keywords: UN, Human Rights Advocacy, Peace Building
MADRE and partner organizations signed on to this statement for the Human Rights Council, Session 13. See a full list of organizations that signed the statement » I The Spanish Society for International Human Rights Law (SSIHRL) welcomed on 30...
Take Action:
Posted on: Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Gaza
MADRE belongs to the coalition US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. Unfortunately, it's not too often that we get the opportunity to thank Members of Congress for doing the right thing. That's why it's so important to do so...
Gaza Freedom March Ends--But Our Work of Ending Israeli Apartheid Continues!
Posted on: Monday, January 11, 2010
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Gaza
MADRE is a member of the coalition US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. The Gaza Freedom March is over, but our work of changing U.S. policy toward Israel/Palestine is more important now than ever!Over 1,300 people from across the...
Event: No Peace Prize for the War President
Posted on: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Peace Building, US Foreign Policy
As President Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize, War Resisters League and Other Groups March with Coffins, Signs to Oppose Surge and Ongoing War in Afghanistan."NO PEACE PRIZE FOR THE WAR PRESIDENT"On December 10, as President Barack Obama accepts the Nobel...
Take Action on the Anniversary of Israel's Assault on Gaza!
Posted on: Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East
Join MADRE and other members of the coalition US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation: join us in taking action for Gaza. Find a Gaza Freedom March event in your area. Learn how to organize your own Gaza Freedom...
Six Alternatives to a Troop Surge in Afghanistan
Posted on: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Peace Building, US Foreign Policy
Tonight, President Obama will tell us that he must expand the war on Afghanistan in order to end it. He will say that another troop surge is necessary to prevent al-Qaeda from using Afghanistan as a base. What he won’t...
Human Rights Abuses in Honduras: An Open Letter to Hillary Clinton
Posted on: Thursday, November 19, 2009
Keywords: Honduras, Latin America, Economic Justice, Peace Building
Open Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States of AmericaThe Honorable Hillary ClintonDepartment of StateWashington, DCDear Secretary Clinton,We are writing to you as a world leader in women’s rights. Your courageous track record on this issue has...
WOMEN AMONG WARLORDS: Rebuilding Afghanistan - October 27th Panel
Posted on: Monday, October 26, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Peace Building
A panel discussion moderated by: Laura Flanders, MADRE Board Member and GritTV Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 3.00 pm CUNY Graduate Center, Center for Place, Culture & Politics, Skylight Room (9th floor) Democratization in Afghanistan is ineluctably tied to realizing...
Colombia: Protecting Children of War, Project Update
Posted on: Monday, October 19, 2009
Keywords: Colombia, Latin America & Caribbean, Peace Building
In July 2009, Miguel Macias, a MADRE volunteer and youth media producer, returned to Bogota to conduct workshops with the youth of Taller de Vida. For two weeks, Miguel worked with 15 students on writing for the web, photography, journalism,...
Childbirth under Occupation: A Conversation between Aisha Saifi and Yifat Susskind
Posted on: Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Women's Health, Reproductive Rights
In the West Bank, Palestinian women in labor are routinely denied access to necessary medical care by Israeli military checkpoints and roadblocks. MADRE partners with a group of Palestinian and Israeli midwives to ensure that skilled, well-equipped midwives are available...
War on Afghanistan: Eight Years Too Long
Posted on: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Peace Building, US Foreign Policy
On October 7, 2001, the US began a military campaign that, to this day, continues to destroy civilian lives in Afghanistan. In the days before the bombs fell, MADRE spoke out against the impending so-called “war on terror” and warned:“What’s...
Open Letter to Security Council Members on Addressing the Crisis in Honduras
Posted on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Keywords: Honduras, Latin America, Economic Justice, Peace Building, UN
MADRE joins other organizations in calling on Security Council members to address the crisis in Honduras.Dear Ambassador,As feminist organizations and networks and women’s groups working to address the crisis caused by the recent coup d’état in Honduras, we look to...
Obama Addresses UN - MADRE Responds
Posted on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Keywords: Environmental Justice, Economic Justice, Peace Building, UN
September 23, 2009 – An Open LetterDear President Obama:As you bring to a close your first address to the United Nations General Assembly, we know that the time for women’s human rights advocates to amplify our voices is now. Your...
Recommitting to Peace on 9/11
Posted on: Friday, September 11, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Peace Building, US Foreign Policy
Eight years ago, nearly three thousand people in New York, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania were killed in the September 11th attacks. Today, we remember that crime against humanity and the resilience and courage that so many demonstrated in its wake. ...
Palestine: Meeting with Palestinian and Israeli Midwives, Midwives for Peace - Project Update
Posted on: Thursday, August 27, 2009
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Women's Health, Reproductive Rights
Midwives for Peace, MADRE's newest sister organization in Palestine, recently organized two meetings between Israeli and Palestinian midwives: one in Tel Aviv, Israel and the other in Ramallah, Palestine. At the meetings, Palestinian and Israeli midwives got to know each...
Ezra Nawi's sentencing delayed, Action Update
Posted on: Friday, August 21, 2009
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Ezra Nawi
The sentencing for Ezra Nawi, Israeli human rights activist, has been postponed until September 2009. Ezra Nawi was arrested for standing between an Israeli bulldozer and the home of a Palestinian family in the West Bank. Though his protest was...
A new report details the excessive use of force by Honduran police and military following the coup
Posted on: Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Keywords: Honduras, Latin America, Economic Justice, Peace Building
Today, Amnesty International released a new report detailing the excessive use of force by the Honduran police and military following the coup of President Zelaya. From the report:"Amnesty International is publishing this summary of findings to highlight serious human rights concerns...
Statement in Support of Mary Robinson, Presidential Medal of Honor Awardee
Posted on: Monday, August 10, 2009
Keywords: Peace Building, UN
Today we join with numerous women’s rights and human rights organizations around the world to salute Mary Robinson’s accomplishments and to celebrate her Presidential Medal of Freedom Award. We commend the Obama Administration for awarding the US Medal of Freedom to...
The Ezra I Knew: The Man with the Roses
Posted on: Saturday, August 8, 2009
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Ezra Nawi, Human Rights Advocacy
By Jessi Roemer, MADRE supporter, cantorial soloist and writer. I first knew Ezra Nawi as the man with the roses. He was not a florist. He was a plumber, a gentle Jerusalemite who would show up every Friday at French...
The Biggest Danger to Women's Rights in Afghanistan
Posted on: Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Peace Building
When people in the US talk about the scourge of violence against women in Afghanistan, discussion tends to stop cold at one word: culture. As if culture is some sacred terrain upon which we dare not tread. The flawed syllogism...
Stories of our Sisters
Posted on: Monday, July 13, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Colombia, Iraq, Kenya, Nicaragua, Peru, Sudan, Peace Building, Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women
Iraq: Art Action for Peace “The US gave us a government that plunged us into civil war,” Yanar Mohammed says. “But in Baghdad, there were brave Sunni and Shiite youngsters who refused to hate each other.” “With MADRE’s help,...
MADRE Commends the Suspension of US Military Aid to Honduras
Posted on: Thursday, July 9, 2009
Keywords: Honduras, Latin America, Peace Building, US Foreign Policy
On July 8, 2009, the US embassy in Honduras confirmed that the US would suspend $16.5 million dollars in military assistance, following the June coup that deposed democratically-elected President Manuel Zelaya. MADRE commends this US decision as a necessary step...
The Mission for Democracy and Human Rights in Guatemala-Honduras returns home via land
Posted on: Monday, July 6, 2009
Keywords: Honduras, Guatemala, Latin America, Economic Justice, Peace Building
Return of the delegation via land as a result of the closing of the Toncontin de Tegucigalpa international airport.Guatemala, 07/06/09 - The human rights organizations’ mission, headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Rigoberta Menchu Tum, attests to the dire...
Statement by Feminist and Women's Organizations from Honduras
Posted on: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Keywords: Honduras, Latin America, Economic Justice, Peace Building
TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES, HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND TO THE STATES OF THE WORLDOn Sunday, June 28, 2009 the democratically elected President of the Republic of Honduras, José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, was assaulted, abducted and sent to...
MADRE Denounces the Military Coup d'Etat in Honduras
Posted on: Monday, June 29, 2009
Keywords: Honduras, Latin America, Economic Justice, Peace Building
A military coup on Sunday morning ousted the democratically-elected Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who is nearing the end of his term. He was forced from the country the day of a referendum on extending term-limits from one term to two....
World Refugee Day 2009
Posted on: Monday, June 22, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Iraq, Colombia, Sudan, Refugees, Peace Building
World Refugee Day was this week, so we wanted to share a few quick snapshots of the experiences and living conditions of both refugees and internally displaced people in some of the places in which we work. For years, MADRE’s...
Afghan Women Confront Human Rights Crisis
Posted on: Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Peace Building
To help shore up domestic support for its war in Afghanistan, the Bush Administration spoke often of the need to free Afghan women from the Taliban. Indeed, that regime robbed women of even a minimal degree of self-determination, violating basic...
Afghan Women Are Killed for Demanding their Rights: MADRE Responds
Posted on: Monday, May 18, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Peace Building
Women in Afghanistan are routinely denied basic human rights, including education, healthcare, freedom from violence, and freedom of movement. Afghan women who fight to change this reality are attacked and even assassinated by ultra-conservatives. Meanwhile, US airstrikes that kill civilians...
Palestine: Gaza Emergency Relief, Project Update - Zakher Association
Posted on: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Emergency Relief, Gaza
Shortly after the Israeli ground offensive in Gaza began in January of 2009, the Zakher Association, a Gazan women’s rights organization, reached out to MADRE to request emergency relief for the women and families in the communities where the organization...
Women Redefining Democracy
Posted on: Friday, May 8, 2009
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Peace Building, Network of Experts
Alda Facio, member of MADRE's Network of Experts, Reposted from OpenDemocracyIn the run up to the Nobel Women’s Initiative conference ‘Women Redefining Democracy’, Alda Facio argues that the masculine perspective of “control and authority through numbers” must be replaced with...
NATO Gathers to Debate Afghanistan Policies; MADRE Releases New Talking Points on Afghanistan
Posted on: Thursday, April 2, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Peace Building
In preparation for the NATO summit this weekend, high-level discussions have already taken place in recent days on a topic likely to dominate the summit agenda: President Obama's strategy of military escalation in Afghanistan. Today, MADRE released a set of...
MADRE Talking Points on Women in Afghanistan: Confronting the Legacy of US-Supported Extremism
Posted on: Thursday, April 2, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Peace Building, US Foreign Policy
Background on Afghan Women’s ActivismMost people in the US assume that Taliban-style extremism is deeply ingrained in Afghan history and culture. In fact, it’s a recent imposition and a product of US intervention. Since the mid-1800s, Afghan governments have slowly...
MADRE Talking Points: Seven Reasons to Oppose a Troop Surge in Afghanistan
Posted on: Thursday, April 2, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Peace Building
We know that elements in the military and Congress exerted great pressure on President Obama to ratchet up the war on Afghanistan. To achieve a more rational and peaceful outcome, we need to exert a counter-pressure. MADRE calls on the...
Peru: Indigenous Youth Arts, Project Update
Posted on: Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Keywords: Peru, Latin America & Caribbean, Peace Building, Indigenous Rights
For the fifth consecutive year, MADRE and our sister organization CHIRAPAQ facilitated a stone carving workshop for Indigenous Quechua and Ashaninkas youth in rural and urban communities in Ayacucho, Peru. The goal of the project is to give Indigenous children...
MADRE Talking Points on Iraq: Six Years of "Liberation" and an Epidemic of Violence Against Women
Posted on: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Peace Building
Unleashing a Campaign of Violence Since the US invasion of 2003, Iraqi women have endured a public campaign of harassment, beatings, abduction, rape, and assassinations. The main perpetrators are militia fighters who see violence against women as a way to...
After Six Years, Some US troops Will Leave Iraq. But Where Are We Leaving Iraqi Women?
Posted on: Monday, March 16, 2009
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Peace Building, Combating Violence Against Women
If you haven’t thought about the Iraq War as a story of US allies systematically torturing and executing women, you’re not alone. Likewise, if you were under the impression that Iraqi women were somehow better off under their new, US-sponsored...
MADRE Co-Sponsors a Delegation to Gaza
Posted on: Thursday, March 5, 2009
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Emergency Relief
MADRE is co-sponosoring Codepink's delegation to Gaza where they are meeting with several organizations, including MADRE's partner organization in Gaza, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society.From Codepink's website:Itinerary: Meet up in Cairo, Egypt on March 5 Travel to Gaza on March...
Palestine: Gaza Emergency Relief, Project Update
Posted on: Monday, February 16, 2009
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Emergency Relief, Gaza
Just days after the Israeli airstrikes against Gaza began, MADRE was working to facilitate an emergency response to the rising crisis. Relying on a well-established partnership with the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS), MADRE was able to channel support from...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Quotas in Upcoming Elections in Iraq to Place Women in Local Government Positions
Posted on: Thursday, January 29, 2009
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Peace Building
WHAT: On Saturday, January 31, Iraq will hold its first elections since 2005, also marking the first time that provincial councils will guarantee seats for female candidates. As increasing levels of violence in Iraq have jeopardized women’s lives, particularly in...
MADRE's sister organization in Gaza outlines 12 month plan to address massive medical and humanitarian crisis left by invasion
Posted on: Monday, January 19, 2009
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Emergency Relief, Gaza
While the bombardment of Gaza is currently halted, the impact of a month of ceaseless violence against women and families is catastrophic. MADRE's sister organization, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, has assessed the most critical needs of the population and...
Israeli military operation advancing towards PMRS head office in Gaza
Posted on: Thursday, January 15, 2009
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Emergency Relief, Gaza
An update from our sister organization in Gaza, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS): Ramallah, 15/01/09: Today, the Israeli military operation in Gaza has entered its twentieth day. It is the heaviest and most destructive day thus far and seriously...
Israel's use of non-conventional weapons in Gaza
Posted on: Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Emergency Relief, Gaza
An update from our sister organization in Gaza, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS): There is growing evidence that the Israeli army is using non-conventional weapons in its assault on Gaza according to a report released on Friday 9 January...
Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
Posted on: Saturday, January 10, 2009
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Emergency Relief, Gaza
An update from our sister organization in Gaza, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS):Saturday morning, the 27th of December, Israel started a massive offensive in the Gaza Strip, leaving behind death, destruction and intense suffering. Israeli military planes carried out...
Israeli Airstrikes Increase Cycle of Violence
Posted on: Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Emergency Relief, Gaza
MADRE condemns the latest Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and the on-going Hamas rocket-fire into Israel. MADRE calls for a halt to all violence against civilians. Both the Hamas rocket attacks and the Israeli airstrikes violate international law and further undermine...
Palestine's Guernica and the Myths of Israeli Victimhood
Posted on: Monday, December 29, 2008
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East, Gaza
Mustafa Barghouthi, founder of MADRE’s sister organization Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) and current Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, wrote a piece about the situation in Gaza published in the Huffington Post on December 29, 2008. Palestine's Guernica and...
From Mumbai to Washington: Now is the Time to Renounce the War on Terror
Posted on: Thursday, December 4, 2008
Keywords: Peace Building, India
Right now, while the horror of the attacks in Mumbai is reverberating around the world and tensions between India and Pakistan are mounting, there is a crucial move that President-elect Obama could make to chart a positive course...
16 Days, 16 Entries
Posted on: Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Peace Building, Combating Violence Against Women, Women's Health
16 Days, 16 Entries November 25 - Since 1991, the Center for Women’s Global Leadership has held the 16 Days of Activism, a time each year for us to recognize the global threat that gender violence represents. The sixteen days...
Yes We Did but We're Not Done
Posted on: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Keywords: Economic Justice, Peace Building, Women's Health
MADRE and our sister organizations join millions in the US and around the world in congratulating Barack and Michelle Obama and all who helped bring about last night’s historic victory. This election is of...
Campaign to stop polygamy in Kurdistan-Iraq
Posted on: Monday, October 27, 2008
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Peace Building, Combating Violence Against Women
-To the Kurdish Parliament and the Kurdistan Regional GovernmentWe demand the repeal of polygamous marriages and all other discriminatory laws against women in Kurdistan.On October 27, 2008, legislation allowing polygamous marriages was passed in a parliamentary session in Erbil, the...
US Air Strikes in Afghanistan Kill 90 Civilians
Posted on: Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Keywords: Peace Building, Afghanistan, Middle East
Last week, in one of the most devastating attacks since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, US air strikes took the lives of at least 90 civilians—including 60 children. These numbers have been verified by a team of UN...
Iraq: Art Action for Peace, Project Update
Posted on: Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Keywords: Economic Justice, Peace Building, Combating Violence Against Women, Iraq, Middle East
Art Action for Peace, a MADRE and OWFI project, extended its efforts to unite Iraqi youth through poetry, music, and other art forms. Since late June 2008, young poets have organized one major community event and continued to hold small...
Opposition to ICC Indictment
Posted on: Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Keywords: Peace Building, Sudan, Africa
The following countries are members of institutions that have condemned the ICC indictment of Sudanese President Bashir. The African Union: (*also in Arab League) *Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Repulic Chad Comoros...
The International Criminal Court Targets Sudan's President: Is it Justice or Regime Change?
Posted on: Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Keywords: Peace Building, Sudan, Africa
On July 14, the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) moved to indict Sudan's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in Darfur. The move has sharply divided the international community;...
Dia de la MADRE: In Celebration of Mothers around the Globe
Posted on: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Keywords: Sudan, Iraq, Colombia, Peace Building, Latin America and Caribbean, Africa, Middle East
This piece was published in the May issue of MotherVerse Magazine. Twenty-five years ago, in the summer of 1983, a partnership was forged between a group of Nicaraguan women and a group of women in the United States. At...
Iraqi Women Say No to US Occupation, No to Islamist Violence: Will US Progressives Stand with Them?
Posted on: Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Iraq, Middle East
Since the US bombing of Afghanistan in 2001, the Bush Administration has resurrected the hackneyed colonial notion that its military intervention is intended to save Muslim women from their oppressive societies. As Laura Bush said, “The fight against...
FOR WOMEN IN IRAQ, THE WAR RAGES ON. YOU CAN HELP.
Posted on: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Iraq, Middle East
Dear Friend of MADRE, I just spoke with Yanar Mohammed, Director of our partner, the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), and I knew I needed to write to you immediately. Yanar describes a truly desperate situation...
CSW Events
Posted on: Monday, February 25, 2008
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Peace Building, Colombia, Latin America and Caribbean
Event Announcements MADRE at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 2008 Launch of the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign Human Rights for Women — Human Rights for All: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration...
Kenyan Women's Groups Mobilize to Demand a Voice at the Negotiating Table
Posted on: Thursday, February 7, 2008
Keywords: Peace Building, Kenya, Africa
February 7, 2008—New York, NY—As the political response to the violence in Kenya moves into a new phase of negotiations, MADRE supports Kenyan women’s groups demanding a voice at the negotiating table. This week, the Kenya Red Cross...
Inequality, Not Identity, Fuels Violence in Kenya
Posted on: Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Kenya, Africa
From day-one of the crisis that has gripped Kenya this year, much of the mainstream media has been quick to label the violence "tribal warfare," while the top US envoy to Africa called the Kenyan clashes "ethnic cleansing." The problem...
Rule of Law, Not Martial Law: MADRE Urges Defense of Civil Society in Pakistan
Posted on: Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Pakistan
MADRE, an international women's human rights organization, is deeply concerned about the safety and freedom of those in Pakistan who are defending human rights and the independence of the judiciary. Since November 3, more than 1,500 members of Pakistan's human...
"Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week": Conscripting Feminism into the War on Terror
Posted on: Friday, October 26, 2007
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Iraq, Middle East
US feminists found themselves in strange company this week. In days of campus activity labeled "Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week" (IFAW), conservative writer David Horowitz and his fellow travelers issued a call for an end to the oppression of women in Muslim...
Report vs. Reality: What General Petraeus Didn't Say
Posted on: Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Iraq, Middle East
September 11, 2007 Report: The General claimed that the surge has reduced the killing of Iraqi civilians. Reality: No independent assessments support this assertion. In fact, the head of the Congressional Government Accountability Office says his agency has a “strong...
Stand for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Posted on: Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Rights
MADRE Calls for the Adoption of the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesOn September 13, the UN General Assembly will decide whether to adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration establishes a framework for...
MADRE Condemns Assassination of Guatemalan Political Candidate
Posted on: Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Keywords: Peace Building, Guatemala, Latin America and Caribbean
August 29, 2007—New York—MADRE, an international women’s human rights organization, today categorically condemned the recent assassination of Clara Luz López, a candidate for local council in the upcoming September 9 Guatemalan elections. López was a member of Nobel Peace Laureate...
Neoliberal Jihadist at the World Bank
Posted on: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Global Food Crisis, Women's Health, Peace Building
This spring, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz was forced to resign because of a scandal. Of course, the real scandal is the World Bank's flagrant violation of its own mission. Charged with fighting global poverty, the Bank has consistently pursued...
Program Highlights: Summer 2007
Posted on: Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Peace Building, Latin America and Caribbean, Africa
MADRE Speaks: Spring/Summer 2007 Program Highlights KENYA Indigenous Information Network With MADRE's support, the women of our sister organization, the Indigenous Information Network (IIN), held a three-day celebration and human rights training for women. The event attracted more than...
Summer 2007: From the Executive Director
Posted on: Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Peace Building, Latin America and Caribbean, Africa
MADRE Speaks:Spring/Summer 2007 Letter from the Executive Director, Vivian Stromberg Dear Friends, In April, I visited the communities of our sister organizations on the North Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, home to most of the country's...
Indigenous Women: Fighting for Rights, Creating Change
Posted on: Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Peace Building, Indigenous Rights
MADRE Speaks Spring/Summer 2007 Long-time MADRE supporters may recall that our first partnership—formed in 1983—was with Indigenous women in Nicaragua. Ever since then, MADRE has worked with Indigenous women who are organizing to...
US must help end tyranny against Iraqi women
Posted on: Sunday, April 8, 2007
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Iraq, Middle East
The following op-ed was distributed by the Progressive Media Project, and published by the Augusta Chronicle and the Times Union of Albany, NY. Human rights still elude Iraqi women. And the United States must take action to end the abuse...
MADRE Report on Gender-Based Violence in Iraq
Posted on: Friday, March 9, 2007
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Iraq, Middle East
Promising Democracy, Imposing Theocracy: Gender-Based Violence and the US War on Iraq Release Event On March 6, 2007, MADRE released Promising Democracy, Imposing Theocracy: Gender-Based Violence and the US War on Iraq, a groundbreaking report on the incidence,...
Promising Democracy, Imposing Theocracy: Gender-Based Violence and the US War on Iraq
Posted on: Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Iraq, Middle East
MADRE has released a groundbreaking report on the incidence, causes, and legalization of gender-based violence in Iraq since the US-led invasion. Amidst the chaos and violence of US-occupied Iraq, women—in particular those who are perceived to pose a challenge to...
MADRE Releases Report on Gender-Based Violence in Iraq
Posted on: Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Iraq, Middle East
March 6, 2007—New York—MADRE, an international women's human rights organization, announces the publication of a groundbreaking report on the incidence, causes, and legalization of gender-based violence in Iraq since the US-led invasion. The report, Promising Democracy, Imposing Theocracy: Gender-Based Violence...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Press Conference and Panel Discussion on March 6, 2007
Posted on: Friday, March 2, 2007
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Iraq, Middle East
Promising Democracy, Imposing Theocracy: Gender-Based Violence and the US War on Iraq Report Release: Press Conference and Panel Discussion The following event has been organized as part of the 51st United Nations Commission on the Status of...
Sunni and Shiite Youth Demand Peace Through Art
Posted on: Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Keywords: Peace Building, Iraq, Middle East
February 7, 2007—New York—This weekend in Baghdad, a brave group of young Sunni and Shiite artists and poets will come together to demand peace and resist the violent sectarianism consuming Iraq. MADRE, an international women’s human rights organization, is working...
The Iraq Debate: Looking for a Few Good Principles
Posted on: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Keywords: Peace Building, Iraq, Middle East
With debate raging about what the US should do in Iraq, one thing is clear: nobody has a full solution to the horror that the US has unleashed. Yet, this week's release of the Iraq Study Group's (ISG) report offers...
Ongoing Crisis in the Middle East
Posted on: Monday, November 6, 2006
Keywords: Peace Building, Middle East, Palestine, Israel
A MADRE Position Paper The Crisis Since September 2000, Palestinians have been waging their second national uprising (Intifada) in a bid to end Israel’s 38-year occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. In response, Israeli forces have shelled Palestinian...
War on Civilians: A MADRE Guide to the Middle East Crisis
Posted on: Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Keywords: Peace Building, Iraq, Middle East
As the crisis engulfing Gaza, Israel, and Lebanon continues into its second week, MADRE reiterates its call for the protection of civilians in the Middle East. On July 12, MADRE immediately condemned Hezbollah's rocket attacks on civilians in Israel, and...
MADRE Calls for Protection of Civilians as Violence Escalates in Lebanon, Israel, and Gaza
Posted on: Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Keywords: Peace Building, Lebanon, Israel, Middle East
July 12, 2006—New York—MADRE, an international women's human rights organization, expresses grave concern for the safety of Palestinian, Israeli, and Lebanese civilians as a "two-front war" looms in the Middle East. On Wednesday morning, fighters from the Lebanese-based Hezbollah...
MADRE Calls for Immediate Halt to Israeli Invasion of Gaza
Posted on: Thursday, July 6, 2006
Keywords: Peace Building, Middle East, Israel, Palestine
MADRE joins the call of Israeli, Palestinian, and international human rights organizations for an immediate end to the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and for the protection of Palestinian and Israeli civilians. Israel says that its military assault...
MADRE Mobilizes Support for Palestinian Children in Gaza and Calls for Immediate End to Israeli Invasion
Posted on: Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Keywords: Peace Building, Palestine, Middle East
July 7, 2006—New York—MADRE, an international women's human rights organization, issued a statement today calling for an immediate end to the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. MADRE is also mobilizing support to protect Palestinian children from the trauma of...
Hamas Takes Over: A MADRE Q & A
Posted on: Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Keywords: Peace Building, Middle East, Palestine, Israel
Hamas Takes Over: A MADRE Q & A On January 25, the radical Islamic movement, Hamas, scored a landslide victory in elections held in the West Bank and Gaza. Hamas swept 76 out of 132 seats in the Palestinian Legislative...
The Reconfigured Occupation: Gaza Disengagement Will Not Ease Suffering for Palestinian Women and Families
Posted on: Tuesday, August 2, 2005
Keywords: Palestine, Israel, Peace Building, Middle East
In mid-August, Israel is scheduled to begin its "disengagement" from the Gaza Strip, which it has occupied for 38 years. Under the plan, Israeli settlers and soldiers will be removed from Gaza and from four isolated West Bank settlements....
Cuba
Posted on: Thursday, April 28, 2005
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Cuba, Latin America and Caribbean
A MADRE Position Paper Proponents of neoliberal economics routinely claim that the only way to improve healthcare in poor countries is through free trade, privatization, and corporate deregulation. Yet Cuba demonstrates that high standards of health and healthcare are attainable...
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...
10 Reasons to Oppose US Militarization of Aid and Reconstruction in Iraq
Posted on: Sunday, April 13, 2003
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Peace Building
"We will deliver the food and medicine you need. We will tear down the apparatus of terror and we will help you to build a new Iraq that is prosperous and free." George Bush, televised address, 3/17/03. ...
Colombia's Conflict: The Basics
Posted on: Friday, September 27, 2002
Keywords: Peace Building, Latin America and Caribbean, Colombia
Over the past decade, Colombia has become the leading recipient of US military aid in the hemisphere and, at the same time, the worst violator of human rights. As in Central America in the 1980s, the US is supporting repressive...
BACKGROUND RESOURCE: THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
Posted on: Tuesday, January 1, 2002
Keywords: Palestine, Middle East, Peace Building
BACKGROUND RESOURCE: THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICTBy Yifat Susskind, Associate Director 1948: THE ORIGINS OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT• As in Ireland, India and Cyprus, British colonial "divide and rule" tactics culminated in November 1947 in the partition of Palestine into two newly independent states...
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