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Articles with keyword "Economic Justice"
Indigenous Women Leaders at Rio+20 Available for Interviews
Posted on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Keywords: Environmental Justice, Brazil, Economic Justice, South America
MADRE partners organize around UN summit.
GlobalGiving Gives Back to MADRE!
Posted on: Thursday, May 24, 2012
Keywords: Guatemala, Latin America and Caribbean, Economic Justice
Our friends at GlobalGiving.org just chose our Sustainable Chicken Farm for Guatemalan Women project as one of their favorite projects!
MADRE Demands a Women's Human Rights Agenda for the G8
Posted on: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Keywords: US Foreign Policy, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Peace Building, Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Advocacy
As the leaders of the 8 largest economies prepare to meet, MADRE demands an end to business-as-usual policies.
Mothers Need More than Just One Day
Posted on: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Keywords: Reproductive Rights, Mother's Day, Human Rights Advocacy, Women's Health, Economic Justice
This Mother's Day, MADRE is envisioning a world where mothers are appreciated all year long.
A Women's Human Rights Agenda for the G8
Posted on: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Keywords: Environmental Justice, Economic Justice, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, US Foreign Policy
Help us draft a new G8 Agenda that upholds women's human rights worldwide.
Media Advisory: Montclair Salon Owner Launches Sister Salons for Guatemala
Posted on: Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Keywords: Guatemala, Latin America and Caribbean, Combatting Violence against Women, Event, Economic Justice
Nonna and Yifat invite you to celebrate the launch of
MADRE to Present Findings on Rapes in Camps to Officials in Haiti
Posted on: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMADRE: Rights, Resources, and Results for Women WorldwideContact: Diana Duarte, Media Coordinator (Haiti), media@madre.org, 917-477-3977Yifat Susskind, Policy and Communications Director (New York), 212-627-0444MADRE to Present Findings on Rapes in Camps to Officials in HaitiTuesday, July 27, 2010-Port-au-Prince, Haiti...
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...
US Delegation Finds Inadequate Response and "Victim-Blaming" Approach to Rapes in Haitian Displacement Camps
Posted on: Monday, May 17, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
Lawyers collect rape survivor accounts and plan legal strategy LAWYER’S EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE NETWORK For Immediate Release May 17, 2010Contacts: Marie St. Cyr, Board Member & Lisa Davis, Human Rights Advocacy Fellow, MADRE(212) 627-0444, lisadavisnyc@gmail.com Blaine Bookey, Institute for Justice &...
Press Conference on Haiti Reconstruction Featuring Edwidge Danticat and Marie St. Cyr
Posted on: Monday, March 29, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
As donor nations gather in New York this week for a major conference on reconstruction in Haiti, Haitian women are demanding that their voices be heard in all phases of the deliberation. To amplify their call, a ...
MADRE to Haiti Donors: Respect Women's Human Rights in Recovery Policies
Posted on: Thursday, March 18, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
In advance of a crucial donors' conference on Haiti, 300 organizations today joined together and submitted a two-page letter of principles to participating states. MADRE, an international women's human rights organization, participated in this...
Empowering Indigenous women leaders in Bolivia and across Latin America and the Caribbean
Posted on: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Keywords: Bolivia, Latin America & Caribbean, Indigenous Rights, Economic Justice
In January of 2010, close to 100 Indigenous women leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean met in La Paz, Bolivia for the conference Building Strategic Partnerships for Governance and Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean ("Warmis KAY...
Haiti Earthquake Wreaks Massive Devastation; Women's Organizations Respond
Posted on: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Earthquake
The worst earthquake in 200 years struck Haiti yesterday, causing catastrophic destruction in the hemisphere's poorest country. The quake struck near the capital of Port-au-Prince, the most densely populated part of Haiti, and thousands are...
Haiti Slammed by Four Severe Storms; Women's Organization Launches Emergency Response with Local Groups
Posted on: Monday, September 8, 2008
Keywords: Haiti, Emergency Relief, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Latin America and Caribbean
September 8, 2008-New York, NY-With the impact of Hurricane Ike over the weekend, Haiti has been hit by four severe storms in less than four weeks. The most recent heavy flooding has killed another 50 people, pushing the death toll...
G8's Food Crisis Agenda Must Focus on Women's Human Rights
Posted on: Monday, July 7, 2008
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Global Food Crisis, Food Sovereignty
July 7, 2008—New York, NY—As the Group of 8 (G8) nations today begin their three-day summit in Toyako, Japan, MADRE issued an open letter to world leaders emphasizing that upholding women's human rights is key to resolving the global food...
Women Leaders Submit Letter to the G8, Demand Action on Food Crisis
Posted on: Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Global Food Crisis, Food Sovereignty
July 1, 2008—New York, NY—Next Monday, as the G8 gathering of the world's wealthiest countries begins, devising solutions to the food crisis raging across the planet will be high on the agenda. Today, MADRE and four of its sister organizations...
MADRE supports women at the epicenter of the global food crisis.
Posted on: Thursday, June 5, 2008
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Global Food Crisis, Haiti, Guatemala, Sudan, Iraq, Kenya, Nicaragua, Food Sovereignty
We are working to meet immediate needs for food, create local, sustainable solutions to hunger, and demand new economic policies that recognize that food is not a commodity, but a human right. MADRE is working through our Emergency and...
As UN Summit Ends, MADRE Emphasizes Women's Rights as Central to Resolving Global Food Crisis
Posted on: Thursday, June 5, 2008
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Global Food Crisis, Guatemala, Haiti, Sudan, Iraq, Emergency Relief, Food Sovereignty
June 5, 2008—New York, NY—Today, as more than 40 world leaders gathered in Rome wrap up a United Nations summit on the global food crisis, MADRE, an international women's human rights organization, emphasizes that small-scale women farmers should be central...
MADRE Delegation to Travel to UN Climate Change Conference
Posted on: Friday, November 30, 2007
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Climate Change
November 30, 2007—New York, NY—In preparation for next week's United Nations (UN) Conference on Climate Change, MADRE today emphasized that human rights must be the starting point for international negotiations on climate policy. MADRE also announced the launch of its...
Roadmap to a Sustainable Future: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Posted on: Monday, October 8, 2007
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Rights
A version of this resource has appeared in Foreign Policy in Focus. Last month, after 30 years of advocacy by Indigenous Peoples, the United Nations finally passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This Declaration...
New Proposal for Five-Year Ban on Agrofuels Seeks to End Global Hunger
Posted on: Saturday, October 6, 2007
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Food Sovereignty
October 25, 2007—New York—The link between the expanding agrofuel industry, also known as “biofuels,” and the dangers posed to global food security will move into the spotlight today, with the call by Jean Ziegler, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on...
Bush Agenda on Climate Change at Odds with International Push
Posted on: Thursday, September 27, 2007
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice
September 27, 2007—New York—While dozens of heads of state convened at the United Nations (UN) in New York this week for a forum to address the threat of climate change and the need for a global reduction in emissions, President...
Declaration on Indigenous Peoples' Rights Approaches Landmark UN Decision
Posted on: Thursday, September 13, 2007
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Rights
September 13, 2007—New York—Today, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly will deliberate over whether to adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, a human rights framework over twenty years in the making. In advance of these negotiations, MADRE...
Stand for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Posted on: Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Rights
MADRE Calls for the Adoption of the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesOn September 13, the UN General Assembly will decide whether to adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration establishes a framework for...
Hurricane Felix Tears through Nicaragua; Local Communities Destroyed
Posted on: Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Nicaragua, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief
September 5, 2007 — New York — As Hurricane Felix made landfall on Tuesday, pounding the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua, the impact of this category five storm reveals the situation of at-risk communities marginalized through discrimination and government neglect. As...
MADRE Makes Urgent Call for Aid for Earthquake Victims in Peru
Posted on: Thursday, August 16, 2007
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Peru, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief
August 16, 2007—New York—In the wake of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that struck Peru at 6:40 pm local time yesterday, MADRE, an international women’s human rights organization, today put out a call for emergency aid for the victims. Among the towns...
MADRE Calls for Farm Bill to Reshape Food Aid
Posted on: Monday, August 6, 2007
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Food Sovereignty
August 6, 2007—New York—MADRE, an international women’s human rights organization, calls for a change in US food aid policy so that it reaches more people and supports local farmers in countries affected by food crises. MADRE is mobilizing its 23,000...
MADRE Launches Disaster Fund that Advances Women's Rights
Posted on: Thursday, June 1, 2006
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Emergency Relief
June 1, 2006—New York—As millions in vulnerable Caribbean nations and Gulf Coast states brace for hurricane season and survivors of last weekend's earthquake in Indonesia begin their arduous recovery, MADRE, an international women's human rights organization, announces the launch of...
MADRE Representatives' Statements at Hearings on UN Reform and the Millennium Development Goals
Posted on: Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice
MADRE representatives Mirna Cunningham, Betty Murungi, and Alejandra Sarda were selected by a joint civil society-United Nations task force to participate in the UN General Assembly Hearings with Civil Society on June 23 and 24, 2005 in New York City....
A MADRE Interview with Noam Chomsky
Posted on: Wednesday, August 1, 2001
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Latin America and Caribbean
MADRE's Communications Director, Yifat Susskind, interviews Noam Chomsky about the World Conference Against Racism, US policy in Colombia, Bush's militarization of outer space and more.August 2001
MADRE: What do you see as the significance of the UN World Conference Against Racism...
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