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April 2009

Crisis in Sri Lanka

Posted on: Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Keywords: Emergency Relief, Sri Lanka

Yesterday, tens of thousands of women and families began pouring out of the war zone in northern Sri Lanka, where they have been trapped for months. These families need our help immediately. They are traumatized and hungry. Many are sick...

Guatemala: Farming for the Future, Project Update

Posted on: Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Keywords: Guatemala, Latin America & Caribbean, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Food Sovereignty

Farming for the Future was designed to establish pig farming as a source of food security and microenterprise for Indigenous Ixil women in El Quiché department in the Guatemalan highlands. Working in collaboration with our local partner, Muixil, MADRE has...

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...

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