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On February 29, the US signed an agreement with the Taliban — a historic moment weighed down by the legacies of a nearly 20-year war and fundamentally compromised by the decision to exclude the voices of Afghan women peacebuilders.

On January 8, Trump announced additional “punishing” sanctions on the Iranian government, framing these as a peaceful alternative to military action.

But these sanctions are far from a de-escalation of this crisis.

Since 2001, MADRE and Taller de Vida, our local grassroots partner organization, have worked together to seek an end to years of war, to promote justice, and to sustain communities. 

I’m looking ahead to 2020 with hope and determination. 

This report, published in advance of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee's review of Iraq during the 74th Session, documents human rights violations against women and girls in Iraq.

In a tumultuous world, there’s one thing you can count on: where oppressive power reigns, people will rise up to confront it. That’s always been true, and this year it feels all the more so. On Human Rights Day, we celebrate that resistance. 

Afro-Colombian women took their demands for peace, justice and equality to the United Nations this week, as the Colombian Government faces questioning of its human rights record before the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva.

MADRE is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Zawadi Mambo Albertine, known to most as “Mambo,” National Coordinator of SOFEPADI (Solidarité Féminine pour la Paix et le Développement Intégral), who was killed in a plane crash in Goma on November 24, 2019. 

En este momento de crisis MADRE apoya a los movimientos sociales progresistas de Bolivia y a los pueblos Indígenas, ya que todavía buscan realizar una visión de justicia económica, ambiental, y el respeto a los derechos individuales y colectivos

“I didn’t think about the risks. I just knew I had to do something.”