Press and Publications

The Colombian government has not taken the necessary measures to investigate and end the hostility towards Afro-descendants, indigenous people and women leaders, who are solely defending their human rights. Take action for their human rights.

MADRE strongly condemns Israel's killing of as many as 19 international activists early this morning and the wounding of dozens of others aboard the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla, " a convoy of ships attempting to deliver urgently-needed humanitarian aid to Gaza....

Lawyers collect rape survivor accounts and plan legal strategy LAWYER'S EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE NETWORK For Immediate Release May 17, 2010Contacts: Marie St. Cyr, Board Member & Lisa Davis, Human Rights Advocacy...

As donor nations gather in New York this week for a major conference on reconstruction in Haiti, Haitian women are demanding that their voices be heard in all phases of the deliberation. To amplify their call, a...

*The following is today's press release from UNIFEM. London – In the lead-up to the 28 January London Conference on Afghanistan hosted by the UK Government, Afghan women human rights defenders...

Naseema is frightened, but incredibly relieved to finally have the means to escape her murderous husband.

During these dangerous days, while Naseema's husband is hunting for her, she and her children are being sheltered by our partners in Kabul. MADRE has been able to cover the costs of temporary emergency housing, transportation and passport fees for Naseema and the children.

With a recent court filing in the case of a woman from Mexico seeking asylum in the US, the Obama Administration has signaled a shift in immigration law to make it possible for women survivors of severe domestic and sexual...

In preparation for the NATO summit this weekend, high-level discussions have already taken place in recent days on a topic likely to dominate the summit agenda: President Obama's strategy of military escalation in Afghanistan. Today, MADRE released a set of...

Today, with President Obama's signature of an executive order to repeal the Mexico City Policy, also known as the Global Gag Rule, a major global barrier to access to crucial women's health services is to be removed. MADRE applauds...

On the thirty-sixth anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, a major step in protecting a woman's legal right to an abortion, MADRE calls on President to end the controversial and harmful Mexico City Policy, also known..

Every year, nearly 1.8 million people (90 percent of them children under five) die from diarrhea caused by dirty water.

June 5, 2008–New York, NY–Today, as more than 40 world leaders gathered in Rome wrap up a United Nations summit on the global food crisis, MADRE, an international women's human rights organization, emphasizes that small-scale women farmers should be central...