MADRE News
February 2012
Many Voices: Combining International Human Rights Advocacy and Grassroots Activism to End Sexual Violence in Haiti
Posted on: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Human Rights Advocacy, Combating Violence Against Women, Women's Health
On January 12, 2010, less than one minute of violent shaking took over 200,000 lives in Haiti and rendered more than one million more homeless. The reverberations of the earthquake are still being felt.
Haiti's Women Face Echoes of a Violent Past
Posted on: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Keywords: Haiti, Latin American and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Avocacy
The current epidemic of sexual violence is rooted in a history of violence against women.
Events: MADRE at CSW
Posted on: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Keywords: Events, Women's Health, Economic Justice, Combating Violence Against Women, Environmental Justice, CSW, UN
Join MADRE and our partners for the following events at the 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Rural Women Leaders from Kenya, Sudan, Haiti and Nicaragua Speak Out
Posted on: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Keywords: CSW, Kenya, Sudan, Haiti, Nicaragua, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, UN
Join MADRE and our partners at a panel event on rural women at the United Nations.
MADRE Founding Partner Mirna Cunningham Receives the 2012 NGO CSW Woman of Distinction Award!
Posted on: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Keywords: Nicaragua, Latin America, Indigenous Rights, CSW
MADRE congratulates Mirna on receiving the Woman of Distinction Award.
Interviews Available: Women's Rights Leaders from Haiti, Kenya and Sudan
Posted on: Friday, February 24, 2012
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Sudan, Africa, Kenya, CSW
MADRE partners are in New York City and available for interview.
MADRE Benefit Concert by Judy Gorman and Wool & Grant
Posted on: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Keywords: Event
Support great music and women's human rights worldwide.
Project Update: Sustainable Solutions for Clean Water in Nicaragua
Posted on: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Keywords: Latin America, Nicaragua, Indigenous Rights, Water Rights
Read a project update from MADRE's partner organization Wangki Tangni.
MADRE Condemns the Assassinations of Syrian Civilians
Posted on: Thursday, February 9, 2012
Keywords: Syria, Middle East, Human Rights
MADRE calls an immediate end to attacks against protesters and civilians in Syria.
Broadcasting for Indigenous Rights in Peru
Posted on: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Keywords: Peru, Latin America, Indigenous Rights
Read an update from our partner organization in Peru, CHIRAPAQ.
Alice & The Power of One
Posted on: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Read Senior Advisor Vivian Stromberg's story of Alice in her special letter from Kenya to you.
Justice Delayed But Not Denied for Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala
Posted on: Monday, February 6, 2012
Keywords: Guatemala, Latin America, Indigenous Rights, Combating Violence Against Women
MADRE stands with Indigenous Guatemalan women demanding justice for war crimes under Rios Montt.
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Bring MADRE to You
MADRE Makes News
The G8's PR Strategy on Rape in Conflict (Women Under Siege, June 18, 2013)
Peace advocates speak out against U.S. military intervention in Syria (Women News Network, June 14, 2013)
Syrie : Fuir les combats armés pour faire face aux violences sexuelles dans les camps de réfugiés (Opinion Internationale, June 5, 2013)
Historic Guatemala Dictator Conviction Thrown Out for Now (AlterNet, May 27, 2013)
Women in post-earthquake Haiti: moving beyond survival (Open Democracy, May 26, 2013)
