MADRE Articles
Articles with keyword "Colombia"
From Congo to Colombia: Extending the International Criminal Court's Landmark Child Soldiers Verdict
Posted on: Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Keywords: Colombia, Latin America and Caribbean, Africa
Today, the International Criminal Court issued its first ever verdict.
The US-Colombia Unfair Trade Agreement Revisited: Just Say No!
Posted on: Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Keywords: Colombia, Free Trade, South America, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Human Rights Advocacy
Today, Congress is preparing to vote on a Free Trade Agreement with Colombia that was signed—but not ratified— in 2006 by then-Presidents George W. Bush and Alvaro Uribe. Today’s passage of the agreement would end almost five years of negotiations...
US Abandons Principle on Child Soldiers
Posted on: Monday, November 1, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Child Soldiers, Peace Building, Africa
MADRE letter to the editor, originally printed in the Washington Post on 10/31.
Demanding a Second Chance for Colombia's Children of War
Posted on: Monday, July 12, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Latin America and Caribbean
The shy 14-year-old was not sure how many people she had killed. “When it was my turn to shoot someone, I always hid my face because I was afraid.” Julia (not her real name) is one of thousands of children...
The US-Colombia Unfair Trade Agreement: Just Say No!
Posted on: Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Colombia, Latin America and Caribbean
With Congress back in session, the Bush Administration is pushing hard to pass another trade agreement based on the failed NAFTA model, this time with Colombia. The Administration is in a race against public opinion, which is quickly turning against...
CSW Events
Posted on: Monday, February 25, 2008
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Peace Building, Colombia, Latin America and Caribbean
Event Announcements MADRE at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 2008 Launch of the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign Human Rights for Women — Human Rights for All: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration...
Violence Against Women in Latin America
Posted on: Friday, January 6, 2006
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Latin America and Caribbean, Guatemala, Colombia
A MADRE Position Paper Violence against women in Latin America reflects global trends, mediated by histories and conditions specific to the region. These include colonization, war, migration, and neoliberalism. As in other regions, gender-based violence was integral to the...
Colombia's Conflict: The Basics
Posted on: Friday, September 27, 2002
Keywords: Peace Building, Latin America and Caribbean, Colombia
Over the past decade, Colombia has become the leading recipient of US military aid in the hemisphere and, at the same time, the worst violator of human rights. As in Central America in the 1980s, the US is supporting repressive...
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