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Articles with keyword "Africa"
MADRE and Partners Pledge to Keep Girls Safe in Kenya
Posted on: Monday, March 4, 2013
Keywords: Kenya, Africa, Elections
MADRE and their partners at the Indigenous Information Network in Kenya have pledged to keep open five shelters to accommodate young girls during the elections on March 4 and beyond, if necessary.
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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Stoking Fire: Addressing the Specific Needs of Female Syrian Refugees (RH Reality Check, May 17, 2013)
An Open Letter to the Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala (Common Dreams, May 15, 2013)
Mothers Fight Back (RH Reality Check, May 9, 2013)
How Not to End the War in Syria (Common Dreams, May 9, 2013)
Conditions in Jordan Syrian refugee camp are worse for women (Women's News Network, April 19, 2013)
