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Articles with keyword "Kenya"
Mothers Need More than One Day
Posted on: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Keywords: Mother's Day, Sudan, Guatemala, Palestine, Kenya, Africa, Latin America and Caribbean, Middle East, Reproductive Rights
This Mother's Day, MADRE asks: what if we appreciated mothers all year long?
Women Rally to Protect Mother Earth
Posted on: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Keywords: Environmental Justice, Economic Justice, Nicaragua, Sudan, Kenya, Latin America and Caribbean, Africa, Climate Change
This Earth Day, let's cultivate the solutions that women are developing in communities worldwide.
The 99% Is Bigger Than You Think
Posted on: Monday, October 31, 2011
Keywords: Guatemala, Latin America and Caribbean, Africa, Kenya, Economic Justice, US Foreign Policy
The protesters on Wall Street know what they want. It's the same thing that the rest of the global 99% wants...
Sudanese Women Farmers Point the Way toward Food Security Worldwide: "As mothers and as farmers, the future depends on us."
Posted on: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Keywords: Africa, Emergency Relief, Kenya, Climate Change, Sudan, Environmental Justice
It's hard to imagine any bright spots in the midst of the famine that has gripped the Horn of Africa this summer.
Local Women's Organizations in Kenya and Sudan Connect Through MADRE (Video)
Posted on: Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Keywords: Africa, Emergency Relief, Kenya, Climate Change, Sudan, Environmental Justice
Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji of Womankind Kenya Receives a Gift from Zenab for Women in Development.
East Africa's Unnatural Disaster
Posted on: Friday, September 2, 2011
Keywords: Africa, Emergency Relief, Kenya, Climate Change
This famine is more than just a "natural" disaster. Its roots are man-made.
Underreported and Unchecked: Sexual Violence against Somali Refugee Women
Posted on: Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Keywords: Africa, Emergency Relief, Kenya, Combating Violence Against Women
Amal left her village in Somalia when she realized that there was nothing left there for her.
The Avoidable Famine: Emergency Response Must Address Root Causes of Environmental Disasters
Posted on: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Keywords: Africa, Emergency Relief, Kenya, Climate Change
This famine could have been avoided. The starvation is the result of a perfect storm of climate change, political chaos and bad economic policies.
MADRE Partner Rose Cunningham Leads Trainings on Indigenous Women's Human Rights in Kenya
Posted on: Thursday, August 18, 2011
Keywords: Africa, Kenya, Human Rights Advocacy
Over this past week, MADRE staff have been in Kenya visiting our sister organizations...
MADRE Meets With Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji of Womankind Kenya (Video)
Posted on: Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Keywords: Africa, Emergency Relief, Kenya, Climate Change
Hubbie discusses the various challenges women and their families face as they flee the famine in Somalia.
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.
Water and Food Still Urgently Needed; Executive Director Yifat Susskind Shares an Update from Kenya
Posted on: Monday, August 15, 2011
Keywords: Africa, Emergency Relief, Kenya
This week, MADRE staff are in Kenya visiting our sister organizations
Women Pave the Path toward a Sustainable Future
Posted on: Sunday, July 31, 2011
Keywords: Environmental Justice, Sudan, Africa, Nicaragua, Latin America and Caribbean, Kenya
It is easy to feel hopeless about the fate of our planet when we think about the inter-related crises of resource exploitation, industrial agriculture, pollution, deforestation, fossil fuel consumption and more.
On Earth Day and Every Day, Women Protect the Planet
Posted on: Friday, April 22, 2011
Keywords: Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Sudan, Nicaragua, Kenya, Earth Day
MADRE's sisters are on the cutting edge of sustainable alternatives to climate change and environmental degradation.
Why Water Rights Are Women's Rights
Posted on: Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Keywords: Environmental Justice, Kenya, Water Rights
Having an ample supply of safe water is something most of us don't think much about. Turning on the kitchen tap or running a bath is usually an effortless decision. Yet, when we flush the toilet, we use as much...
Water for All
Posted on: Saturday, May 3, 2008
Keywords: Kenya, Africa, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Water Rights
Having an ample supply of safe water is something most of us don’t think much about. Turning on the kitchen tap or running a bath is usually an effortless decision. Yet, when we flush the toilet, we use as much...
Bush's Legacy vs. African Women's Lives
Posted on: Friday, February 22, 2008
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Africa
President Bush headed home on Thursday from his five-day, five-country tour of Africa. Not since Thanksgiving 2003, when he showed up at the Baghdad Airport with a fake turkey for US troops have we seen such saccharine Presidential photo ops....
Inequality, Not Identity, Fuels Violence in Kenya
Posted on: Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Kenya, Africa
From day-one of the crisis that has gripped Kenya this year, much of the mainstream media has been quick to label the violence "tribal warfare," while the top US envoy to Africa called the Kenyan clashes "ethnic cleansing." The problem...
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