Press and Publications

The military coup in Sudan is a terrible setback to the powerful work for democracy that women have led. We spoke to one of our partners in Sudan, about what’s happening now and what it means. 

In a letter to United Nations (UN) agencies and member states, Feminist Action for Afghanistan, a global coalition of Afghan and international women’s and feminist organizations condemns a growing pattern of exclusion of Afghan women from key mechanisms to address Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis.

The answer to extremist violence and authoritarianism lies in feminist organizing.

Afro-descendant women advocates in Colombia and their international have released the results of a Community Hearing held earlier this year in Tumaco, titled "Development and Racism: Realities and Impacts of Violence Against Black/Afro-descendant Women within Our Diverse Identities." 

We're partnering with networks of grassroots women's groups on the frontlines of these crises. We’re able to get support where it's needed most and in ways that prioritize the women and families most at risk.

Your support makes it possible for MADRE to fund a wide range of efforts that protect the rights of the LGBTIQ+ community. 

Together with the Colombian organization Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN), and supported by Oxfam, Outright Action International, and Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, MADRE sent a letter to the UN Security Council and UN human rights experts encouraging them to hold the Colombian Government accountable

MADRE was honored to receive InterAction’s 2021 Disability Inclusion Award for our focus on “organizational commitment, best practice, outstanding contribution, and innovation.

We lift up our voices for peace and justice, and demand an end to the violence.

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MADRE condemns racist policing and the systemic oppression that Black people in the US have faced for generations and pledges to continue our work confronting this injustice worldwide.