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Confronting Violence against Women and Children

Despite important advances in law and social norms, the world remains gripped by an epidemic of violence whose primary targets are women and children. MADRE's programs confront multiple forms of violence, recognizing that freedom from violence is both a fundamental human right and a pre-condition to exercising other human rights.

MADRE Articles

  • Violence Against Women: Sixteen Ways Women are Fighting Back
  • The Murder of Du'a Aswad
  • Murder in the Name of 'Honor'
  • Working to End Violence against Indigenous Women
  • MADRE Condemns Attack on Transvestite Sex Workers in Guatemala
  • Violence Against Women in Iraq: A MADRE Factsheet
  • Violence Against Women in Latin America: A MADRE Position Paper
  • Violence Against Women in Latin America
  • Demanding Justice: Rape and Reconciliation in Rwanda

Other News and Views

  • More health workers needed to fight AIDS -experts (Tan Ee Lyn, Reuters)
  • A dollar more for climate change adaptation, a dollar less for health (IRIN News)
  • Security Council Revisits Rape as Tool of War (Nergui Manalsuren, IPS News)
  • Ban leads call for greater efforts to end 'silent war' of sexual violence in conflict (UN News)
  • AIDS Activists Urge Major Funding Push for G-8 (Jim Lobe, IPS News)
  • Global Gag Rule Poses Moral Challenge for U.S. HIV/AIDS Funding (Marjorie Signer, On The Issues Magazine)
  • El Salvador: Lawmakers Against Therapeutic Abortion (Raúl Gutiérrez, IPS News)
  • Africa: Women Say Regional AIDS Plan Falls Short (Nergui Manalsuren, IPS News)
  • What Is a Woman Worth? The Feminization of AIDS (Marcy Bloom, RH Reality Check)

More Women's Health News and Views or General News and Views.