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Articles with keyword "Latin America"
Project Update: Sustainable Solutions for Clean Water in Nicaragua
Posted on: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Keywords: Latin America, Nicaragua, Indigenous Rights, Water Rights
Read a project update from MADRE's partner organization Wangki Tangni.
Broadcasting for Indigenous Rights in Peru
Posted on: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Keywords: Peru, Latin America, Indigenous Rights
Read an update from our partner organization in Peru, CHIRAPAQ.
Votes from Silenced Voices
Posted on: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Keywords: Guatemala, Latin America, Indigenous Rights
Check out our latest project update from the Rigoberta Menchu Foundation in Guatemala.
Women Standing Up to Violence in Guatemala City
Posted on: Friday, January 20, 2012
Keywords: Guatemala, Latin America, Combating Violence Against Women
Read a project update from MADRE's partner organization in Guatemala, the Women Workers Committee.
Photo Update from Guatemala
Posted on: Saturday, December 24, 2011
Keywords: Guatemala, Latin America, Combating Violence Against Women
MADRE's Partners in Guatemala Demand an End to Gender-Based Violence MADRE's partner organization in Guatemala, The Women Workers Committee, has been dedicated to ending the epidemic of violence against women and girls in their community. Recently, on the...
Creating a Space for Justice in Colombia
Posted on: Thursday, November 10, 2011
Keywords: Colombia, Latin America, Women's Human Rights, Sexual Rights, Combating Violence Against Women
Project Update: Symbolic Tribunal in Colombia
Women Spinning Life: A Place for My Home
Posted on: Thursday, October 13, 2011
Keywords: Colombia, Latin America, Women's Human Rights
We just received an update from our sister organization LIMPAL in Colombia, and we want to share the news with you. LIMPAL is a community-based women’s organization working to promote social justice for women who have been...
Project Update: Emergency Aid Distribution in Guatemala
Posted on: Thursday, July 8, 2010
Keywords: Guatemala, Emergency Relief, Latin America, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice
In Guatemala, as many as 112,000 people were forced from their homes following a devastating volcanic eruption and tropical storm last month. In the communities where our sister organization, the Women Workers' Committee, works, an estimated 800 homes were destroyed,...
Send Emergency Aid to Women and Families in Guatemala
Posted on: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Keywords: Emergency Relief, Guatemala, Latin America, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice
Emergency in GuatemalaSandra Gonzalez, our partner from the Women Workers' Committee near Guatemala City, called me earlier today. She sounded exhausted. Last Thursday, a volcano erupted in Guatemala, spewing rocks and lava and blanketing the capital in black ash. Just...
Cancel Racist Characters on Peruvian Television
Posted on: Friday, May 21, 2010
Keywords: Peru, Latin America, Indigenous Rights
Read this on myMADRE, the MADRE Blog »(In the coming days, we will be posting more information about how you can take action to support Afro-Peruvian anti-racist efforts targeting media. The blog entry below provides background information about the issue.)We...
The Sixth Annual Youth Sculpture Workshop in Peru
Posted on: Friday, February 19, 2010
Keywords: Peru, Latin America, Indigenous Rights, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice
January marked the sixth year that Indigenous youths from Peru's Vilcashuaman Province and the Cajamarca Region traveled to Ayacucho in order to learn the techniques of stone sculpting at a workshop organized by MADRE and our partner CHIRAPAQ.In an area...
