MADRE Statements
Articles with keyword "Nicaragua"
Congratulations to Rose Cunningham on her Women's World Summit Foundation's Prize!
Posted on: Thursday, August 23, 2012
Keywords: Nicaragua, Latin American and Caribbean, Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Peace Building, Indigenous Rights, Women Human Rights Defenders
Dear Rose, We would like to extend our most heartfelt congratulations to you on being awarded the Women's World Summit Foundation's Prize for Women's Creativity in Rural Life! This award marks an important stride in generating visibility to the powerful work you are...
Videos from Our Partners
Posted on: Thursday, March 8, 2012
Keywords: International Women's Day, Women's Human Rights, Latin America and Caribbean, Africa, Sudan, Nicaragua
Celebrate International Women's Day with videos from our partners in Kenya, Nicaragua and Sudan.
MADRE Founding Partner Mirna Cunningham Receives the 2012 NGO CSW Woman of Distinction Award!
Posted on: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Keywords: Nicaragua, Latin America, Indigenous Rights, CSW
MADRE congratulates Mirna on receiving the Woman of Distinction Award.
MADRE Partner Recognized for Dedication to Rural Women's Issues
Posted on: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Keywords: Nicaragua, Latin America, Indigenous Rights, CSW
MADRE congratulates founding partner Mirna Cunningham on receiving the 2012 NGO CSW Woman of Distinction Award.
Emergency & Disaster Relief Fund: Flooding in Central America
Posted on: Friday, October 28, 2011
Keywords: Guatemala, Nicaragua, Latin America, Women's Health
MADRE's sister organizations in Nicaragua and Guatemala are reeling from the flooding that has swept through Central America. They are mobilizing to save lives in their communities—and you can help.The flooding, triggered by relentless torrential rain, has killed...
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
Congratulations from MADRE to Mirna Cunningham!
Posted on: Monday, May 16, 2011
Keywords: UN, Indigenous Rights, Nicaragua, Latin America and Caribbean
MADRE congratulates our long-time partner Mirna Cunningham, the newly appointed...
MADRE founding partner Mirna Cunningham awarded honoris causa doctorate from Autonomous National University of Mexico
Posted on: Sunday, September 19, 2010
MADRE congratulates Mirna Cunningham, who was part of MADRE's creation in 1983.
Statement at the Human Rights Council
Posted on: Thursday, June 10, 2010
Keywords: UN, Human Rights Advocacy, Nicaragua, Women's Health, Reproductive Rights
On June 9, 2010, MADRE lent a hand to Nicaraguan women's rights activist Azahalea Solis Roman, who testified before the UN Human Rights Council against her country's ban on therapeutic abortions. Her testimony is below. 1.- Introduction The report to...
Looking Towards the Future: A Note from Vivian Stromberg
Posted on: Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Keywords: Activist, Nicaragua, Latin America, Human Rights Advocacy
Dear Friends, I’m writing to you from Nicaragua, where I just had a long conversation with Mirna Cunningham, my dear friend and MADRE’s first-ever partner from 1983. We made plans for MADRE to send another shipment of medicines and school...
MADRE Congratulates Partner Mirna Cunningham on Appointment to UNPFII
Posted on: Monday, May 3, 2010
Keywords: UN, UNFPII, Indigenous Rights, Human Rights Advocacy, Nicaragua, Activist
We congratulate Mirna Cunningham on her recent appointment to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Mirna is a longtime friend and partner of MADRE, an expert from our Network of Experts and Vice President of our partner organization CADPI...
MADRE Mourns the Passing of Salvador Cardenal
Posted on: Monday, March 8, 2010
Keywords: Activist, Nicaragua, Latin America
MADRE joins the Nicaraguan people and the vast sea of humanity in mourning the loss of musician Salvador Cardenal. As part of the Latin-American folk music group Dúo Guardabarranco, Salvador and his sister, Katia Cardenal, were ambassadors to the world.We...
Call on Nicaragua to Allow Cancer Patient a Therapeutic Abortion
Posted on: Thursday, February 25, 2010
Keywords: Reproductive Rights, Women's Health, Nicaragua, Latin America and Caribbean
Since October 2006, women in Nicaragua have been denied the right to an abortion, even in cases where pregnancy puts a woman's life at risk.Amelia, a 27-year-old Nicaraguan woman and the mother of a 10-year-old child, has cancer. Despite the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Note from Vivian Stromberg for International Women's Day
Posted on: Friday, March 6, 2009
Keywords: Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Congo, International Womens Day
This Sunday, March 8, is International Women’s Day.I'm writing to you from Nicaragua, where I am meeting with women I have worked with since MADRE made a major contribution of medicines, equipments and other supplies to the area's first women's...
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