MADRE News
June 2010
MADRE Talking Points: The Role of the US in Colombia's Conflict
Posted on: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Latin America and Caribbean
The Conflict in a Nutshell For over 40 years, Colombians have endured an armed conflict over their country’s highly concentrated sources of natural wealth, especially land. In the...
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.
MADRE Speaks on Sex Work at the US Social Forum
Posted on: Friday, June 25, 2010
Keywords: Sexual Rights, Human Rights Advocacy
Lisa Davis
Taking a Stand Against Racism in Peru
Posted on: Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Keywords: Peru, Latin America and Caribbean
MADRE's partner organization in Peru, LUNDU, is dedicated to promoting respect for Peru’s populations of African descent and to combating racism and sexism. Last year, they launched a major media monitoring and anti-racism campaign, and MADRE has been working with...
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: Women's Human Rights Education Institutes 2010
Posted on: Monday, June 21, 2010
Keywords: Women Human Rights Defenders, Event, UN, Human Rights Advocacy
Join other international activists, scholars, community workers, NGO representatives, lawyers and educators at the Women's Human Rights Education Institutes 2010.
Culture Alone Fails to Account for Female Genital Mutilation
Posted on: Sunday, June 20, 2010
Keywords: Women's Health, Iraq, Middle East
The report by Human Rights Watch on female genital mutilation (FGM) in Kurdistan reveals the troubling reality facing women and girls compelled to undergo the procedure. Human Rights Watch references specifically the failure of the Kurdistan Regional Government to take...
Preparing for the G20 Summit in Toronto
Posted on: Friday, June 18, 2010
Keywords: G20, Human Rights Advocacy, Event
On June 26 and 27, as the G20 meets in Toronto, progressive organizations will be holding alternative summits, themed days of resistance and days of action. The meetings will offer the public involvement in discussions on poverty, human rights and...
Job Opening: National Organizer, SOA Watch
Posted on: Friday, June 18, 2010
Keywords: Job
SOA Watch is a nonviolent grassroots movement that works:to stand in solidarity with the people of Latin America,to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA, now renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation or WHINSECto change oppressive...
MADRE Partners Testify on Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals
Posted on: Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Keywords: UN, MDG, Indigenous Rights, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice
Yesterday was the last day of a two-day series of "informal interactive hearings" of the UN General Assembly in anticipation of the September summit on the progress of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs were set in September 2000...
Job Opening: Website and Online Membership Coordinator, MADRE
Posted on: Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Keywords: Job
MADRE is seeking an experienced, passionate, highly organized professional to serve as our Website and Online Membership Coordinator. Responsibilities: Online Membership and Donations ProcessingManage online donations and communications with online donorsProcess and disburse monthly check...
Land Rights in South Africa: MADRE Congratulates the Rural Women's Movement on Recent Victory
Posted on: Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Keywords: Indigenous Rights, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Food Sovereignty, South Africa
MADRE congratulates the Rural Women's Movement (RWM), our partner organization in South Africa, and the other organizations and people involved in the ground-breaking legal victory marked by the recent repeal of the Communal Land Rights Act (CLRA). The CLRA, enacted...
No More Promises: A Call for Action
Posted on: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Keywords: UN, MDG, Indigenous Rights, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice
Statement on the Millennium Development Goals, Women and Indigenous Peoples 2010 Acknowledging that United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted on 13 September 2007 by the General Assembly affirms that we, as indigenous peoples, have the right...
MADRE Stands in Solidarity with Indigenous human rights defender Aida Quilcue
Posted on: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Latin America, Human Rights Advocacy, Activist, Indigenous Rights
On December 16, 2008, Edwin Legarda, the husband of Indigenous human rights defender Aida Quilcué, was killed by Colombian army personnel when they fired 17 shots into the vehicle he was driving. Aida Quilcué had recently returned from Geneva, where...
Charlotte Bunch spoke with AWID to pay tribute to her longstanding and cherished colleague and friend, Rhonda Copelon.
Posted on: Friday, June 11, 2010
Keywords: Activist, Human Rights Advocacy
Charlotte Bunch, a member of MADRE's Network of Experts, spoke with Masum Momaya of AWID.AWID: Charlotte, can you tell us how you came to work with Rhonda?Charlotte Bunch: I began working closely with Rhonda in the 1990s after she became...
Statement at the Human Rights Council
Posted on: Thursday, June 10, 2010
Keywords: UN, Human Rights Advocacy, Nicaragua, Women's Health, Reproductive Rights
On June 9, 2010, MADRE lent a hand to Nicaraguan women's rights activist Azahalea Solis Roman, who testified before the UN Human Rights Council against her country's ban on therapeutic abortions. Her testimony is below. 1.- Introduction The report to...
MADRE Fights for Reproductive Choice at the UN Human Rights Council
Posted on: Thursday, June 10, 2010
Keywords: UN, Human Rights Advocacy, Nicaragua, Women's Health, Reproductive Rights
On June 9, 2010, MADRE lent a hand to Nicaraguan women's rights activist Azahalea Solis Roman, who testified before the UN Human Rights Council against her country's ban on therapeutic abortions. About the BanIn 2006, Nicaragua's National Assembly voted to...
NGO SIGN-ON to stop climate funds for World Bank
Posted on: Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Keywords: Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Economic Justice
MADRE has signed onto the statement below. Endorsements should be sent to korenstein@foe.org (the deadline for signatures is 10PM Bonn time Wednesday, June 9, 2010).Dear President Obama:The success of global climate negotiations – and the fight against climate change...
Indigenous Organizations Meet in Managua to Discuss Climate Change
Posted on: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Keywords: Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Economic Justice, UN, Indigenous Rights
On May 24th and 25th, representatives from Indigenous organizations and networks from across the Americas met in Managua, Nicaragua for the 2nd Latin American Indigenous Forum on Climate Change. The objective of this forum, which closely followed the People's World...
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...
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...
Event: Strategic Imperatives for Ending Violence against Women: Linkages to Education, Economic Security and Health
Posted on: Thursday, June 3, 2010
Keywords: Event, Combating Violence Against Women
The National Council for Research on Womenin Partnership with the US National Committee for UNIFEMAnnual Conference 2010 Strategic Imperatives for Ending Violence against Women:Linkages to Education, Economic Security and Health Hosted by The Women and Gender Studies Program and Roosevelt House,Hunter College,...
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...
Send Emergency Aid to Women and Families in Guatemala
Posted on: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Keywords: Emergency Relief, Guatemala, Latin America, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice
Emergency in GuatemalaSandra Gonzalez, our partner from the Women Workers' Committee near Guatemala City, called me earlier today. She sounded exhausted. Last Thursday, a volcano erupted in Guatemala, spewing rocks and lava and blanketing the capital in black ash. Just...
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...
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