Press and Publications

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Special Video Message with MADRE's New Executive Director

Watch the video below for a special message from Vivian Stromberg and Yifat Susskind, MADRE's new Executive Director. After 14 years of working together, Vivian shares her reflections on how far MADRE has come and on the invaluable contributions Yifat...

published: 01/20/2011

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A Media Spotlight on MADRE's New Executive Director

Over the years, MADRE's new Executive Director Yifat Susskind has often lent her voice and her analysis to shape the discussion on women's human rights worldwide. In the media and in policy debates, her perspective has been informed by...

published: 01/20/2011

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Welcoming Our New Executive Director

MADRE is proud to introduce to you our new Executive Director, Yifat Susskind. Yifat has been part of the MADRE family for 14 years, working with women and families around the globe to build life-saving programs and longstanding partnerships. It...

published: 01/20/2011

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Human Rights Groups Call for Immediate Arrest of Jean-Claude Duvalier

Breaking News: Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier has been taken into custody by the Haitian police and waits in a courthouse for the decision on whether he will be arrested and what charges he will face. (Tuesday January 18)MADRE endorses the...

published: 01/18/2011

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MADRE Applauds Latest US-Cuba Policy Changes and Calls for Full Normalization of Relations

On Friday, President Obama announced changes to US foreign policy towards Cuba, particularly impacting longstanding barriers to travel and remittances to that country. MADRE applauds this step as a necessary change to a failed policy that has undermined the...

published: 01/17/2011

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A Message To Our Sister Organization KOFAVIV

Yesterday, to recognize the year that has passed since Haiti's earthquake and to express our ongoing committment to the women and girls of Haiti who have faced an escalating epidemic of sexual violence since the disaster, we...

published: 01/13/2011

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MADRE Condemns Recent Shooting Attack in Arizona

MADRE joins the many who mourn the tragic events in Tucson, Arizona just days ago, when a gunman opened fire on a crowd that had gathered to participate in a discussion with Congressional Representative Gabrielle Giffords. ...

published: 01/13/2011

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Halt Deportations to Haiti

MADRE signs on to a letter urging the US government not to resume deportations of Haitian nationals to Haiti

published: 01/12/2011

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One Year Since the Haiti Earthquake

Read MADRE's one-year update on sexual violence against women and girls in Haiti's displacement camps

published: 01/12/2011

Press Release

One-Year Report Released on Sexual Violence in Haiti

A new report, entitled Our Bodies Are Still Trembling: Haitian Women Continue to Fight Against Rape, is released today

published: 01/10/2011

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MADRE Echoes Sudanese Women's Call For Peace

On January 9, the people of Southern Sudan will cast their votes to determine whether the North and South of Sudan will remain unified, or whether Southern Sudan will secede and become an independent state. On this momentous day, six...

published: 01/07/2011

Press Release

IACHR Sets Recommendations for Haitian Government to Address Sexual Violence in IDP Camps

A group of human rights advocates and attorneys call on the Haitian government to take immediate steps to prevent sexual violence against Haitian women and girls.

published: 01/06/2011

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NYC: Rally and March to Support the Haitian People- January 12th

MADRE is co-sponsoring this rally with several other organizations.

published: 01/05/2011

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See What MADRE Members Have Accomplished in Colombia

We profile Stella Duque of Taller de Vida

published: 12/16/2010

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A Thank-You Message from Vivian Stromberg

Please take a moment to read a letter from our Executive Director.

published: 12/15/2010

Press Release

Sex Worker Rights Speak-out and Arts Evening: Activists Call for End to Criminalization and Violence on International Human Rights Day

In conjunction with International Human Rights Day on December 10, a coalition of human rights, anti-violence, gender rights and sex worker rights organizations will hold a speak-out and arts event at NYU in the Great Room from...

published: 12/10/2010

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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Responds to Demand for Action to End Sexual Violence in Haiti

In October, MADRE was one of a group of advocates and attorneys for displaced women in Haiti to submit a legal petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The petition, based on multiple on-the-ground...

published: 12/03/2010

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Statement By UN Women Leader Michelle Bachelet on International Day on Violence Against Women

To end violence against women, we must all unite.

published: 11/30/2010

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See What You've Accomplished in Peru

We profile Tarcila Rivera Zea of our sister organization CHIRAPAQ

published: 11/22/2010

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MADRE Staff and Partners Speak: Feminist Dialogue on Militarism and Military Intervention

Don't miss MADRE staff and partners at this dialogue and vigil hosted by the Center for Women's Global Leadership.