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Syrian women peacebuilders have local expertise on concrete community needs, which they can ensure are reflecting in peace agreement terms.

Despite being targets for sexual and other forms of violence by guerrilla groups, paramilitary forces and state security forces, Colombian women are on the front lines of grassroots and national efforts to support survivors and rebuild their communities.

I’d like to introduce you to Cynthia Wechabe and Edna Kaptoyo. These bold and brilliant women are in the middle of a fight — for you and for all of us.

Meet inspiring young women who transformed from survivors into empowered activists – thanks to you!

Yanar Mohammed runs a secret network of safe houses in her native Iraq. The women who come through its doors are honor-killing runaways, rape survivors, war widows and assorted others who have been to the cliff edge of hell and back.

Vivian Stromberg, founding member and former Executive Director of MADRE, was a remarkable activist and friend. She devoted her life to advocating for peace, justice and the rights of women and families worldwide. And her legacy draws us forward in our commitment to realize human rights for all.

Mohammed is the president of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq, a Baghdad-based NGO. Since 2003, OWFI has used an underground network of shelters in secret locations across the country, to help hide and protect women from traffickers and domestic violence.

Meet inspiring young women who transformed from survivors into empowered activists – thanks to you!

As official talks were held today in Vienna to negotiate an end to Syria’s four-year war, MADRE re-asserts that a diplomatic solution is the only durable path to peace and that peace cannot be achieved without women. These talks have been...

Eve Ensler recently spoke with Yanar Mohammed about the impact of the U.S. military invasion and occupation of Iraq, the people's uprisings in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, and the horrific violence, fear and trauma that Iraqi women face daily.

Eve Ensler recently spoke with Yanar Mohammed about impacts of the US military invasion and occupation of Iraq, the people’s uprisings in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, and the horrific violence, fear and trauma that Iraqi women face daily.

Yanar Mohammed, an Iraqi activist who founded an underground network of safehouses for women trying to escape violence, announced Wednesday that she plans to testify before the council on Oct. 13 about how Iraq’s ban on shelters of this type puts women and girls in danger.