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Letters from Our Sisters
Posted on: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Keywords: Sudan, Kenya, Nicaragua, Guatemala
You are part of an inspiring global women's movement. Get a glimpse by reading these letters.
Seeds, Tools and Even Rain for Women Farmers in Sudan
Posted on: Thursday, September 22, 2011
Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Environmental Justice, Climate Change
Just a few weeks ago, it rained in the communities of the Women Farmers' Union in Sudan—welcome news!
Women Farmers Union in Sudan Purchases a Tractor!
Posted on: Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Environmental Justice, Climate Change
Work that took days by hand will now take only hours with the help of the tractor.
Women Farmers Unite in Sudan
Posted on: Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Environmental Justice
We just received a quick update from Fatima Ahmed, the President of our sister organization in Sudan.
Project Update: Sudanese Women Stand for Peace and Community Prosperity
Posted on: Thursday, March 3, 2011
Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Environmental Justice, Peacebuilding
Today, Fatima Ahmed, the director of our sister organization in Sudan, Zenab for Women in Development , stopped by our office. She told us about Zenab’s latest work to support women farmers and to ensure peace during Sudan’s recent landmark...
Stories of our Sisters 2010
Posted on: Monday, April 26, 2010
Keywords: Haiti, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Colombia, Palestine, Iraq, Sudan
Stories of our Sisters 2010 This month, MADRE published Stories of our Sisters 2010, our Spring/Summer Newsletter. Below you can read the stories from our sisters. To read the newsletter as a whole, check out the newsletter online. If you...
Women in Sudan uniting to provide for their families and their communities
Posted on: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Climate Change
During the last farming season, MADRE and our sister oganization, Zenab for Women in Development, coordinated the delivery of sorghum, millet and peanut seeds to hundreds of Women Farmers' Union members in Gungulesa, Guregana and Um Khanjar, Sudan. That support...
MADRE Programs Combating Violence Against Women in Armed Conflicts
Posted on: Thursday, March 4, 2010
Keywords: Combating Violence Against Women, Afghanistan, Sudan, Colombia, Guatemala, Palestine, Iraq
Guatemala In the past decade, nearly 4,000 women and young girls have been murdered in Guatemala. Many of them, including girls as young as 10, were tortured and raped, their bodies left in public places. As a result, women have...
MADRE Partner Travels to Doha to Participate in Peace Process for Darfur
Posted on: Friday, February 12, 2010
Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Peace Building
Fatima Ahmed of MADRE's Sudanese partner organization Zenab for Women in Development recently travelled to Doha, Qatar in order to participate in the peace process talks for Darfur. Fatima is part of an initiative organized by Sisterhood for Peace to...
Sudan: Women Farmers Unite for Darfur, Project Update
Posted on: Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Keywords: Darfur, Sudan, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Food Sovereignty
Fatima Ahmed, Director of MADRE's sister organization, Zenab for Women in Development, is in Sudan. Thanks to MADRE member support, Fatima has been buying organic seeds and is now distirbuting them to women farmers. The Problem: Hunger in DarfurIn the...
Stories of our Sisters
Posted on: Monday, July 13, 2009
Keywords: Afghanistan, Colombia, Iraq, Kenya, Nicaragua, Peru, Sudan, Peace Building, Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women
Iraq: Art Action for Peace “The US gave us a government that plunged us into civil war,” Yanar Mohammed says. “But in Baghdad, there were brave Sunni and Shiite youngsters who refused to hate each other.” “With MADRE’s help,...
Sudan: Women Farmers Unite, Project Update
Posted on: Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Sudan, Africa, Food Sovereignty
In collaboration with Zenab for Women in Development, MADRE has supported a Women Farmers' Union in eastern Sudan since its founding in 2007. Prior to the creation of the union, women farmers in Al Qadarif state, which produces 75% of...
