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The Cochabamba Protocol: People's Agreement on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Posted on: Thursday, April 22, 2010
Keywords: Bolivia, Latin America & Caribbean, Indigenous Rights, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Climate Change
People's Agreement from the World People’s Conference on Climate Change in Bolivia.Today, our Mother Earth is wounded and the future of humanity is in danger.If global warming increases by more than 2 degrees Celsius, a situation that the “Copenhagen Accord”...
The People's World Conference on Climate Change: Civil Society Has a Voice in Bolivia
Posted on: Monday, April 19, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Bolivia, Latin America & Caribbean
This week, from April 19-22, Bolivia is hosting the People's World Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth (CMPCC), where over 20,000 people have gathered to debate the causes of and solutions to Climate Change.Unlike the December...
Haiti NGO Letter to the Donors' Conference
Posted on: Thursday, March 18, 2010
Keywords: Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America & Caribbean, Haiti, Economic Development, Emergency Relief
MADRE joined organizations from around the world in calling on the Donors' Conference on Haiti to adopt a human rights-based approach to rebuilding Haiti. Attendees of the conference include: United States, Canada, France, Japan, EU (presidency with Spain until July...
Searching for a Representative to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Posted on: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Keywords: Latin America & Caribbean, Human Rights Advocacy, UN, Indigenous Rights
An interview and LETTER OF SUPPORT for the candidacy of Mirna Cunningham of MADRE's sister organization CADPI.By Tarcila Rivera Zea.The Central American Indigenous Council (CICA) and the Continental Network of Indigenous Women of South America have nominated Dr. Mirna Cuninngham...
Evo Morales Elected to Second Term in Bolivia
Posted on: Monday, December 7, 2009
Keywords: Bolivia, Latin America & Caribbean, Indigenous Rights, Economic Justice
MADRE extends its warm congratulations to President Evo Morales on the occasion of his re-election to the Presidency of Bolivia. His overwhelming victory belongs not only to President Morales, but to the great numbers of women and men including our...
Congressional Hearing on Cuba Scheduled - Take Action!
Posted on: Monday, November 16, 2009
Keywords: Cuba, US Foreign Policy, Latin America & Caribbean
This Thursday, November 19th at 10 AM, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a public hearing on travel to Cuba: “Is it Time to Lift the Ban on Travel to Cuba?” (Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office...
Nicaragua: Police harassment and detention of women's rights defenders
Posted on: Friday, November 6, 2009
Keywords: Nicaragua, Latin America & Caribbean, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Rights
A call to action from Front Line, a MADRE partner organization through the Women Human Rights Defenders Coalition. Re: Nicaragua – Police harassment and detention of women's rights defenders, and ill-treatment of Ms Patricia Orozco upon arrestOn 30 October 2009, women...
Obama Continues Failed Bush-Era Policy on Cuba
Posted on: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Keywords: Cuba, UN, US Foreign Policy, Latin America & Caribbean
Today, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on a resolution calling for an end to the US embargo against Cuba. For the 18th consecutive year, a nearly unanimous grouping of nations came together to condemn this 47-year-old policy, now...
Bolivia: Training on Rights, Governance and Political Participation, Project Update
Posted on: Thursday, October 22, 2009
Keywords: Bolivia, Latin America & Caribbean, Indigenous Rights, Economic Justice
From MADRE's partner organization: International Indigenous Women's Forum (IIWF/FIMI) United and StrengthenedTraining on Rights, Governance and Political Participation to Rural Indigenous Women of CNMCIOB A Space for Empowering Political and Leadership Capacities Cochabamba, BoliviaOctober 2009The International Indigenous Women's Forum (IIWF/FIMI)...
Day of Indigenous Resistance
Posted on: Monday, October 12, 2009
Keywords: Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America & Caribbean, Indigenous Rights
Today is a day that has embedded itself in the public consciousness of many people living in the US—but too often for the wrong reasons. Today, school children will be taught about an explorer who “sailed the ocean blue,” but...
Second Forum of Indigenous Women from Wangki: United we Construct our own Worth, Strength, Happiness and Wellness
Posted on: Friday, October 9, 2009
Keywords: Nicaragua, Latin America & Caribbean, Indigenous Rights, Combating Violence Against Women
A Declaration from the Second Forum of Indigenous Women from Wangki held in Waspam, Nicaragua. Representatives from MADRE and our partner organization Wangki Tangni attended.Women from the following communities gathered in Waspam, the capital of Wangki, from October 1st through...
Honoring Mercedes Sosa (1935-2009)
Posted on: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Keywords: Latin America & Caribbean, Human Rights Advocacy
Mercedes Sosa died on October 4, 2009 and with her passing the world lost a great lady. She wrapped her soul, her heart, her humanity, her uncompromising commitment to justice around songs which she shared with all of us. Her...
Saving Lives in Nicaragua: Preparing for Hurricane Season
Posted on: Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Keywords: Nicaragua, Latin America & Caribbean, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Rights, Water Rights, Emergency Relief
Deadly WaterHouses submerged entirely in floodwaters. Whole villages leveled by winds gusting more than 160 miles per hour. These are often the images that come to mind when we think about the devastation caused by a hurricane in a poor...
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