MADRE Statements
Articles with keyword "Iraq"
MADRE Condemns Killings of Gay Men and Emo Youth in Iraq
Posted on: Friday, March 23, 2012
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Sexual Rights
Gay men and youth in Iraq are facing targeted violence.
Today Is Not the End of the Iraq War
Posted on: Thursday, December 15, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, US Foreign Policy
As the troops return from Iraq, we must ask what the US is leaving behind.
Iraq Withdrawal Does Not Mean the War Is Over
Posted on: Monday, October 24, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, US Foreign Policy, Combating Violence Against Women
The war is far from over--especially for women and girls.
MADRE Endorses Mobilization of the Occupy Wall Street Movement
Posted on: Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Keywords: Activism, New York, Labor, Poverty, Guatemala, Iraq, Sudan
MADRE stands with the thousands of protesters who have occupied Wall Street and with their allies worldwide.
Stop Violence against Women Human Rights Defenders
Posted on: Thursday, September 8, 2011
Keywords: Women Human Rights Defenders, Combating Violence Against Women, Afghanistan, Iraq
One decade later, Afghanistan remains the most dangerous place on earth to be a woman.
Video: Yanar Mohammed Thanks MADRE Supporters
Posted on: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Human Rights Advocacy, Middle East
Watch this message from Yanar Mohammed of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq to MADRE supporters.
Video: Iraqi Women Protesters Continue to Face Sexual Harassment
Posted on: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building
MADRE's partner organization, OWFI, appeared on Al Jazeera this week to talk about their continuing protests.
Meet MADRE: Women as First Responders to Conflict and Disaster
Posted on: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Keywords: Sudan, Iraq, Nicaragua, Emergency Relief, Women Human Rights Defenders
Recently, MADRE launched the new
Video: A Message to MADRE Supporters from Yanar Mohammed
Posted on: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building
Yanar speaks about MADRE's support of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq.
Updates on the Use of Repressive Tactics against Peaceful Protesters in Iraq
Posted on: Monday, June 13, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building
Violence and intimidation against women's rights activists continues in Baghdad.
Women from Around the World Condemn Attack on Peaceful Protesters in Iraq
Posted on: Friday, June 10, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building
MADRE joins women from around the word in calling for an end to sexual assault of women protesters.
Detained Youth Activist Released in Iraq as Protests Continue
Posted on: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East
MADRE received the great news from our partner in Iraq, Yanar Mohammed, that Firas Ali, one of the pro-democracy youth activists who had been detained, was finally released yesterday. Firas Ali and Alaa Nabil, both activists affiliated with MADRE's...
Video: Pro-Democracy Activists in Iraq Under Threat
Posted on: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Human Rights Advocacy, Peace Building
A conversation with Yanar Mohammed about threats facing Iraqi protesters.
Letter to Iraqi Officials: Kidnapping and Torture of Youth Activist, Alaa Nabil
Posted on: Monday, March 28, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Human Rights Advocacy, Peace Building
MADRE's Executive Director Yifat Susskind and Yanar Mohammed, the Executive Director of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), have written this letter to Iraqi officials in response to the kidnapping and torture of youth activist, Alaa Nabil. To...
Kidnapping and Torture of Al Tahrir Organizer Alaa Nabil by Iraqi Intelligence
Posted on: Friday, March 25, 2011
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women
We just received the following statement from Yanar Mohammed, the director of our partner organization in Iraq, the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI). She writes about the kidnapping and torture of Alaa Nabil, a youth activist and organizer...
Amplify Women's Voices
Posted on: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Guatemala, Iraq, Sudan, Women Human Rights Defenders, International Women's Day
For 100 years, women worldwide have demonstrated for their rights every March 8. In honor of this 100th International Women’s Day, through the month of March, MADRE is mobilizing 100 people to each give $100 to help secure the rights...
See What MADRE Members Have Accomplished in Iraq
Posted on: Thursday, November 11, 2010
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East
We profile Yanar Mohammed of The Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq
Iraq: MADRE Partner Discusses the Withdrawal of US Troops
Posted on: Monday, August 23, 2010
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Peace Building, US Foreign Policy, Obama Administration
MADRE Partner Yanar Mohammed of the Organization for Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) was on Democracy Now! earlier this week to discuss the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq and what that means for the Iraqi people.A note from Yanar:There...
Executing Du'a Khalil's killers is not justice, but a violation of human rights
Posted on: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Advocacy
Statement by MADRE partner organization Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), Representative Abroad, Houzan Mahmoud. According to official sources at Ninawa Criminal Court, the four people charged with the stoning of Du'a Khalil Aswad on 7 April 2007 have been...
The Seven-Year Anniversary of an Illegal War
Posted on: Friday, March 19, 2010
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Peace Building, US Foreign Policy, Obama Administration
Today, March 19, 2010 marks the 7th anniversary of the launch of the Iraq war. Since the very beginning, MADRE has been part of the movement against the war. Together with our partner, the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq...
Calling on President Obama to Reconfirm Administration's Commitment to Withdrawal from Iraq
Posted on: Friday, March 5, 2010
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Peace Building, US Foreign Policy, Obama Administration
MADRE joins other organizations in calling on President Obama to reconfirm his commitment to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by August 31, 2010.To: President Barack Obama1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington DC 20500 Dear President Obama:We are deeply concerned by recent indications...
OWFI Releases Study on Prostitution and Trafficking of Women and Girls
Posted on: Friday, March 5, 2010
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women, Economic Justice, Sexual Rights, CSW
Today, MADRE's partner organization, the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), released the report "Prostitution and Trafficking of Women and Girls in Iraq." Yanar Mohammed, director of OWFI, presented the findings at a panel discussion held by the Coalition...
You and MADRE in 2010
Posted on: Thursday, January 7, 2010
Keywords: Sudan, Kenya, Guatemala, Palestine, Nicaragua, Panama, Iraq, Colombia, Afghanistan, Emergency Relief
Make this the year that you become an unstoppable force for women’s human rights.When you partner with MADRE in 2010, you’ll: Save lives, Build lasting solutions to violence and poverty, and Join the world’s bravest women in making human rights...
MADRE Year End Report
Posted on: Thursday, November 19, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq, Nicaragua, Sudan
How Your Gifts Save LivesMADRE is a small organization with a big reach. We're able to have an impact beyond our size because we know how to focus on the most strategic places to make change. We focus on the...
Stop the Execution of Female Prisoners in Iraq
Posted on: Saturday, July 25, 2009
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women
End Capital PunishmentOWFI's Campaign toStop the Execution of Female Prisoners in Iraq Eleven female prisoners were taken to the extreme protection prison in Kadhimia in Baghdad two months ago for the purpose of execute capital punishment on them.In spite of...
An Open Letter to Hillary Clinton
Posted on: Saturday, June 6, 2009
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women
Yanar Mohammed, president of MADRE partner Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq June 6, 2009 Thank you, Hillary, for submitting to our patriarchs. In a visit to Egypt which was meant to be a landmark in US-Arab relations, Hillary Clinton chose to...
The War on Iraq: Six Years of Women's Resistance
Posted on: Monday, March 16, 2009
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Advocacy
After Six Years, Some US troops Will Leave Iraq. But Where Are We Leaving Iraqi Women? March 16, 2009If you haven’t thought about the Iraq War as a story of US allies systematically torturing and executing women,...
Resources on the Provincial Elections in Iraq
Posted on: Friday, January 30, 2009
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Human Rights Advocacy
On Saturday, January 31, Iraq will hold its first elections since 2005, also marking the first time that provincial councils will guarantee seats for female candidates. MADRE Resources:MEDIA ADVISORY: Quotas in Upcoming Elections in Iraq to Place...
Campaign to stop polygamy in Kurdistan-Iraq
Posted on: Monday, October 27, 2008
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East, Peace Building, Combating Violence Against Women
-To the Kurdish Parliament and the Kurdistan Regional GovernmentWe demand the repeal of polygamous marriages and all other discriminatory laws against women in Kurdistan.On October 27, 2008, legislation allowing polygamous marriages was passed in a parliamentary session in Erbil, the...
A Conversation with Haifa Zangana
Posted on: Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Keywords: Iraq, Middle East
MADRE Communications Director Yifat Susskind recently had the opportunity to speak with Haifa Zangana, an Iraqi activist and author. In this video, they discuss the long history of the Iraqi women's rights movement and the impact of the US...
