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Reclaiming Women's Human Rights in Guatemala
Posted on: Thursday, July 12, 2012
Keywords: Guatemala, Human Rights Advocacy, Central America and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women
We recently presented a report before the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations on violations of women's human rights in Guatemala
In Colombia, Children of War Rebuild Their Lives Through Art
Posted on: Thursday, June 28, 2012
Keywords: Colombia, Latin America and Caribbean, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy
Executive Director Yifat Susskind reflects on a visit to our Colombian partners.
Bringing Women's Rights Home in Colombia
Posted on: Thursday, June 28, 2012
Keywords: Colombia, Latin America and Caribbean, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy
MADRE staff is in Colombia for an exciting conference on women's human rights and international law.
A Safe Space for Women in Guatemala
Posted on: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Keywords: Guatemala, Human Rights Advocacy, Central America and Caribbean, Combating Violence Against Women
MADRE partner Sandra Gonzelez talks about her crucial work tackling violence against women.
Haiti Photo Update
Posted on: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Human Rights Advocacy, Combating Violence Against Women
MADRE staff members recently visited Haiti to bring shoe donations to a group of community organizers with KOFAVIV, MADRE's Haitian sister organization- and we'd like to share some of our photos with you!
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Photo Update from Haiti
Posted on: Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Human Rights Advocacy, Combating Violence Against Women
MADRE staff members recently visited Haiti to bring shoe donations to a group of community organizers with KOFAVIV, MADRE's Haitian sister organization- and we'd like to share some of our photos with you!
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MADRE Supporters Bring Aid to Famine Survivors
Posted on: Thursday, August 4, 2011
Keywords: Somalia, Africa, Emergency Relief, Human Rights Advocacy, Famine
An update from our partner organization in Kenya, Womankind.
Project Update from Haiti: Human Rights Advocacy Training for Grassroots Women
Posted on: Friday, February 25, 2011
Keywords: Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Human Rights Advocacy, Combating Violence Against Women
Read the second part of the update on MADRE's recent trip to Haiti.
Photos: MADRE Partners in Haiti Organize Sit-In
Posted on: Friday, August 13, 2010
Keywords: Haiti, Combating Violence Against Women, Latin America and Caribbean, Emergency Relief, Human Rights Advocacy
Early yesterday morning, MADRE partner and grassroots Haitian women's organizations KOFAVIV and FAVILEK organized a sit-in at the Haitian national palace to demand shelter for earthquake survivors and action to end the gender-based violence that is so common in the camps.
Ensuring Human Rights in Colombia: Concluding Observations from the UN Human Rights Committee
Posted on: Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean, UN
Following MADRE’s Shadow Report on Colombia and presentation at the UN Human Rights Committee last month, the Committee released its observations to the Colombian state. In the observations, the Committee expressed its deep concern at the persistence of serious human...
MADRE Presents on Colombia Before the UN Human Rights Committee
Posted on: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean, UN
MADRE's Lisa Davis was in Geneva last week for the UN Human Rights Committee's review of Colombia's human rights record. As part of the review process, MADRE presented a shadow report that we wrote with a coalition of Colombian human...
MADRE Partner in Brazil for ECLAC's Regional Conference on Women
Posted on: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Keywords: UN, Indigenous Rights, Economic Justice, Human Rights Advocacy, ECLAC
MADRE’s partner organization, the International Indigenous Women’s Forum (IIWF/FIMI) is in Brazil to participate in the Economic Commission for Latin America's (ECLAC) eleventh session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. The theme of the...
Video: Born Into War - Child Soldiers in Colombia
Posted on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean
MADRE sister organization Taller de Vida provides life-changing support to former child soldiers and children at risk of becoming child soldiers in Colombia. Watch the video to find out more.
Six-Month Progress Report on MADRE's Response to the Haiti Earthquake
Posted on: Friday, July 9, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Advocacy
MADRE has worked in Haiti since the early 1990s. When the earthquake struck, we immediately reached out to our sister organizations. Thanks to your generosity, we were able to provide them with life-saving support.
MADRE Member Support is a Lifeline for Zarbobo
Posted on: Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Keywords: Afghanistan, Combating Violence Against Women, Profile, Human Rights Advocacy
I am so pleased to be able to tell you what an important difference MADRE members have made - support for the Afghan Women's Survival Fund was a lifeline for Zarbobo, a woman who lived in fear and hunger for...
Testimony of a Former Child Soldier in Colombia: One Young Girl's Story
Posted on: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean, Profile
Thousands of children, some as young as eight years old, are being used as soldiers in Colombia's armed conflict. Through our local partner, Taller de Vida, we provide trauma counseling, art therapy, and recreational programs to young people who have been uprooted from their homes by war and poverty.
Colombia's Election Results Lack Promise of Change
Posted on: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean
On Sunday, Juan Manuel Santos was elected to succeed Álvaro Uribe as president of Colombia with 69% of the vote in a runoff election. Only 45% of the population participated in the election, as many who supported the left-wing candidate...
MADRE Fights for Reproductive Choice at the UN 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. About the BanIn 2006, Nicaragua's National Assembly voted to...
Ending Gender-Based Violence in Colombia
Posted on: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Keywords: Colombia, Peace Building, Human Rights Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean
LIMPAL, MADRE's sister organization in Colombia, recently published there their May 2010 bulletin. You can read the original here. Summaries are below.International League15 years after the 4th World Conference on Women met in Beijing, civil society organizations are calling for...
STANDING UP FOR AFGHAN WOMEN: The Afghan Women's Survival Fund
Posted on: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Keywords: Afghanistan, Combating Violence Against Women, Profile, Human Rights Advocacy
Afghan women have been denied their human rights for decades—the right to education, to work, to health care, to political participation. More than 87 percent of Afghan women cannot read or write. Pervasive violence against women is now considered a...
Advocating for Women's Human Rights in Haiti
Posted on: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Combating Violence Against Women, Human Rights Advocacy
An update on our work in Haiti:Lisa Davis, an attorney working with MADRE, traveled to Haiti last week as part of a delegation of human rights attorneys with the Lawyers' Earthquake Response Network (LERN), a project of the Institute for...
Meeting With Our Partner in Haiti
Posted on: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Latin America and Caribbean, Earthquake, Human Rights Advocacy
Lisa Davis, an attorney working with MADRE, traveled to Haiti last week as part of a delegation of human rights attorneys with the Lawyers' Earthquake Response Network (LERN), a project of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH),...
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