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Articles with keyword "Guatemala"
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!
Indigenous Woman Testifies Before Human Rights Committee On Guatemala Human Rights Record
Posted on: Monday, March 19, 2012
Keywords: Guatemala, Latin America and Caribbean, Human Rights Advocacy, Indigenous Rights, UN
Today, Ana Ceto Chávez of Muixil in Guatemala, will testify before the UN Human Rights Committee.
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
Remembering Professor Rhonda Copelon
Posted on: Friday, May 6, 2011
Keywords: Activist, Haiti, Guatemala, Women Human Rights Defenders
MADRE remembers our friend and long-time ally, Rhonda Copelon, who died one year ago, at the age of 65.
La Belle Vie Honors MADRE
Posted on: Monday, April 4, 2011
Last week, La Belle Vie Salon & Spa in Montclair, NJ celebrated their two-year anniversary. To celebrate, Nonna Pekarev, owner of La Belle Vie Salon & Spa, honored us with a fabulous raffle and donated the proceeds to MADRE. She...
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 Condemns Assassination of Guatemalan Political Candidate
Posted on: Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Keywords: Peace Building, Guatemala, Latin America and Caribbean
August 29, 2007—New York—MADRE, an international women’s human rights organization, today categorically condemned the recent assassination of Clara Luz López, a candidate for local council in the upcoming September 9 Guatemalan elections. López was a member of Nobel Peace Laureate...
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MADRE Makes News
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)
