MADRE Articles
Articles with keyword "Indigenous Rights"
Demanding Women's Human Rights in Guatemala: At a Glance
Posted on: Thursday, March 22, 2012
Keywords: Guatemala, Latin America and Caribbean, Human Rights Advocacy, Indigenous Rights, UN
Indigenous women, women in prisons and women working in maquilas face widespread abuses in Guatemala.
Justice Delayed But Not Denied for Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala
Posted on: Monday, February 6, 2012
Keywords: Guatemala, Latin America, Indigenous Rights, Combating Violence Against Women
MADRE stands with Indigenous Guatemalan women demanding justice for war crimes under Rios Montt.
Bringing Together Women Leaders in Kenya (Video)
Posted on: Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Keywords: Kenya, Africa, Women Human Rights Defenders, Water Rights, Indigenous Rights
One of the important roles that MADRE plays is to connect the women leaders of our sister organizations.
Declaration of Indigenous Peoples for Food Sovereignty
Posted on: Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Keywords: Indigenous Rights, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Food Sovereignty
Representatives of Indigenous Peoples from the regions of Asia, the Pacific, Latin America, North America, Africa and Northern Europe, gathered at the Global Forum for Peoples’ Food Sovereignty in Rome from the 13th to the 17th of November 2009.Reaffirming our...
MADRE Denounces Peruvian Police Crackdown on Indigenous Protesters
Posted on: Monday, June 8, 2009
Keywords: Peru, Indigenous Rights
Early Friday June 5, as hundreds of Indigenous protesters blocked a highway in the northern province of Bagua, a police force of some 600 opened fire into the crowd, killing 25 and injuring more than 150. In subsequent clashes over...
Indigenous Women and Sustainable Development
Posted on: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Rights
A MADRE Position Paper Indigenous Peoples have fought for centuries against genocide, displacement, colonization, and forced assimilation, preserving their cultures and their identities as distinct Peoples. The ongoing attack has left Indigenous communities among the poorest and most marginalized...
Indigenous Women: Fighting for Rights, Creating Change
Posted on: Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Peace Building, Indigenous Rights
MADRE Speaks Spring/Summer 2007 Long-time MADRE supporters may recall that our first partnership—formed in 1983—was with Indigenous women in Nicaragua. Ever since then, MADRE has worked with Indigenous women who are organizing to...
Violence against Indigenous Women
Posted on: Thursday, April 26, 2007
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Latin America and Caribbean, Africa, Indigenous Rights
by Mónica Alemán April 25, 2007 We as Indigenous women have always worked to combat rape and other forms of sexual violence through strategies that recognize that their rights as women and as Indigenous Peoples are inextricably...
Indigenous Women and International Law
Posted on: Tuesday, April 1, 2003
Keywords: Indigenous Rights
Indigenous Women and International LawBy Dr. Myrna Cunningham KainApril 2003There has been much talk of democracy in recent decades. But even a cursory observation reveals that institutionalized racism against Indigenous Peoples is the norm in every "democratic" country. This racism...
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