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Articles with keyword "Africa"

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.

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.

To Reverse Climate Change, We Need the Voices of Grassroots Women

Posted on: Monday, November 28, 2011

Keywords: Environmental Justice, Africa, UN, Climate Change

MADRE underscores that prioritizing the expertise of grassroots women worldwide is critical to addressing climate change while upholding human rights

Sudanese Women Farmers Mobilize to Support Women Facing Famine in Neighboring Somalia

Posted on: Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Keywords: Africa, Emergency Relief, Kenya, Climate Change, Sudan, Environmental Justice

This week, the United Nations declared that the famine in East Africa has spread to a sixth region in Somalia.

MADRE Staff Returns with Updates from Drought-Stricken Kenya

Posted on: Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Keywords: Africa, Emergency Relief, Kenya, Climate Change

Today, MADRE staff returned from a week-long trip to Kenya.

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...

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...

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MADRE Makes News

Don't Put Monstanto in Charge of Ending Hunger in Africa (Common Dreams, May 21, 2012)


Mothers Need More than Just One Day (ZNet, May 1, 2012)


We Need to Talk: Guatemala (The Huffington Post, April 30, 2012)


Seeking Justice for Haiti's Rape Victims (CNN, April 27, 2012)


On Earth Day, we need to acknowledge women (The Progressive, April 21, 2012)


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