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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.

On June 29th, 2017, the Haitian Senate introduced a bill with homophobic provisions. 

Thanks to your support, MADRE and our local partners at Taller de Vida can continue to offer our healing programs for former child soldiers and sexual violence survivors in Colombia.

Rose decided to start an Indigenous Women’s Forum for women living along Nicaragua’s North Atlantic Coast.

We compiled a timeline of documented incidences of women killed by ISIS because of their gender expression, including defying ISIS ascribed roles, behaviors, and dress codes. 

Where we work in Kenya, climate change is wreaking havoc on the lives of women farmers who depend on the land. When MADRE recently traveled there to visit our local partner organization, the Indigenous Information Network (IIN), we learned more about the solutions women create.

One year ago, we launched a new project with Wangki Tangni, our partners in Nicaragua.

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. 

Wars have been fought, walls built and separation policies enacted. But we share a common belief that peace is possible. We refuse to be enemies.

Today, Trump released his budget proposal, one that eviscerates funding for vital social services at home and abroad while bloating defense spending. I’ve talked to you about his cruelty budget before, and how it will impact our work with women worldwide. With you standing with us, MADRE and our grassroots partners are fighting back.