Press and Publications

In Nicaragua, we work with our local partner Wangki Tangni to end violence against women and to advance women’s rights. One of the ways we do that is by supporting local activists and women’s rights defenders called “promotoras.”

In Guatemala, we work with our local partner MUIXIL to support Indigenous women facing poverty, violence and discrimination.

To help people learn more about their rights, MADRE - with help from the Vance Center and White & Case LLP - has developed visual guides for Syrian and Iraqi refugees.

When women come together, powerful changes can happen. Here’s an inspiring example of how. It’s the story of Hellen and Sylvia, two Indigenous women in Kenya, and the transformative friendship they’ve forged, with your help.

Meet Paulina, an Indigenous woman farmer from the rural town of Chepareria in West Pokot, Kenya.

After nine months of bloody fighting, Iraqi military forces have seized back control of Mosul from ISIS. But for the many women and families devastated by three years of ISIS occupation, by months of brutal battles, and by US-led airstrikes that killed over 1,000 people – the fight to survive continues.

 

Grassroots activists were facing state violence. We took action.

In 2014, Asma¹ was kidnapped by ISIS fighters after they took over her village. She was certain she’d be trapped in their terrifying grip forever. But she realized: “If I stay, I know I will die. To live, I must escape.” For any chance at survival, she knew she had to risk her life to flee. 

Thanks to you, Indigenous women farmers of the Harvesting Hope project have the seeds, tools and training they need to raise food for their families — and that's not all. MADRE and our local partners, Wangki Tangni, also run a women’s rights radio station. 

Where we work on the remote, north coast of Nicaragua, women face high rates of abuse. But in their isolated and impoverished communities, these women often lack access to vital information on lifesaving support services. With your support, our human rights radio station is changing that. 

With your help, MADRE and our grassroots partner, the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), are helping the influx of Yazidi women and girls escaping ISIS control and sexual slavery.

Thanks to your support, MADRE continues to help Indigenous women farmers in Kenya adapt to climate change. Where we work in Kenya, women face persistent drought that threatens their families' survival. But with you by our side, we're bringing tools and training that help women combat the impacts of climate change and raise healthy families.