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An Oil Miller for Zenab

Posted on: Thursday, May 9, 2013

Keywords: Sudan

Our partners at Zenab for Women in Development recently shared with us that the women of Women Farmers Unite are working hard to obtain oil mill machinery in order to process their sesame seed and groundnut crops. Oil is extracted...

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A New Tractor for Women Farmers in Sudan

Posted on: Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Environmental Justice

Our partners in Sudan have purchased a new tractor and disk to help with planting!

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Giving Women Farmers in Sudan the Seeds to Grow the Future

Posted on: Monday, June 11, 2012

Keywords: Sudan, Economic Justice, Food Sovereignty

Fatima Ahmed of our partner organization Zenab recently paid us a visit - and we'd like to share some of her updates with you!

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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