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Education: Bachelors (BA, BS) Location: New York, NY Type: Full Time Sector: Non-profit Salary: TBD Language(s): English, Spanish Last Day to Apply: July 16th, 2010

MADRE is seeking an innovative Executive Director who has a deep understanding of the non-governmental political terrain, women's....

Women in Black are holding a special event to acknowledge 43 years of Occupation by Israel of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza–and the disastrous effects it has had upon the Palestinian people.Please join us.Thursday June 3, 2010,...

An update from the Women Human Rights Defenders. The Meso American Meeting of Women Activists for Human Rights in Oaxaca, Mexico on 23 - 25 April 2010 was a meeting among women, lesbian and trans activists from Mexico, Honduras,...

The Latin America Solidarity Coalition will host a one-day Anti-militarization Organizers Conference on Thursday, November 18, 2010 in Columbus, GA.The conference will take place in the lead-up to the November Vigil to close the School of the Americas (SOA). It...

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 Afghan President Karzai wraps up his visit to Washington, DC, we at MADRE noticed something is missing. We have seen news stories about the upcoming military offensive in Kandahar, about the Taliban's continuing hold on power and about...

MADRE partner Lucy Mulenkei, Executive Director of the Indigenous Information Network (IIN), is participating at the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) meeting at the UN. CSD 18th Session, 11th May 2010 Intervention of...

Our friend and long-time ally, Rhonda Copelon, the wonderful women's human rights lawyer and activist, died yesterday at the age of 65.Rhonda was a professor of law and the co-director of the International Women's Human Rights Law Clinic at the...

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, a member of MADRE's Network of Experts, presented this at the Thematic Session on Mining during the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) at the UN. CSD18 Review Session, Interactive Panel: Thematic Session on Mining6 May 2010UN Headquarters,...

We know that women and girls around the world face violence and discrimination daily. We also know that CEDAW, the Women's Treaty, helps women and girls to go to school, to own and inherit property, to take part in public...

Join us at a CodePink Mother's Day Weekend Picnic for Peace in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, May 8th. CodePink: Women for Peace is organizing a powerful women's gathering to bring the message of peace and disarmament to the annual military...

More than one hundred nations gathered today at the United Nations headquarters for a review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Five years after the last review failed to establish a clear agreement for disarmament, MADRE calls for a...