MADRE Articles

December 2009

Sex Workers' Rights are Human Rights

Posted on: Thursday, December 10, 2009

Keywords: Sexual Rights, Human Rights Advocacy

The Declaration of Human Rights includes the rights to be free from harm, to access adequate health care and housing, and the right to fair employment that pays a living wage. The failure to recognize sex work as labor means...

Climate Change and Women's Human Rights: The MADRE Model

Posted on: Friday, December 4, 2009

Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Climate Change, UN, Water Rights

Evidence is mounting that sustainable agriculture is our best hope for feeding a growing population and restoring the stability of the climate. Worldwide, the vast majority of those who farm sustainably are women. Securing the full range of their human...

Six Alternatives to a Troop Surge in Afghanistan

Posted on: Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Keywords: Afghanistan, Peace Building, US Foreign Policy

Tonight, President Obama will tell us that he must expand the war on Afghanistan in order to end it. He will say that another troop surge is necessary to prevent al-Qaeda from using Afghanistan as a base. What he won’t...

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