MADRE works toward a world where women and people who are marginalized fully participate in shaping policies and decision making, their expertise and leadership is recognized and upheld, and they equitably hold power and resources within their communities.
How our work is different.
We build solidarity-based partnerships with grassroots movements in more than 40 countries, working side-by-side with local leaders on policy solutions, grantmaking, capacity bridging, and legal advocacy to achieve our shared vision for justice.For 40 years, MADRE has built strong, long-term relationships, while responding during times of crisis, as part of an integrated approach to change.
Our relationships are built on trust and respect as we work with communities as a resource for liberation.
We engage challenges from multiple directions, addressing communities’ urgent needs, advancing new policies, and convening advocates to learn from one another and build the capacity for greater achievements.
Through our deep networks around the globe, MADRE builds solidarity and creates community among its partners, bridging the expertise and lived experiences within each community to implement change.
MADRE directs funding to people who are left out of places of power, trusting the expertise and solutions of local women, girls, and LGBTQIA+ people of all genders who are on the frontlines and know their communities best.
Proceso de Comunidades Negras organizes Black, Afro-descendant, Palenquera, and Raizal communities throughout Colombia to combat discrimination and exclusion and to defend their rights.
VIEW MORE PARTNERSMADRE provides rapid aid to communities experiencing climate disasters. We also stay the course to resource the leadership of women, girls, and LGBTQIA+ people of all genders, so they can address the climate crisis and the extractive industries driving it.
CampaignsMADRE supports grassroots women and girl leaders striving to create peaceful, just communities in which everyone can thrive. Together, we bring urgent aid to communities, work to address root causes of conflict, and advance rights through women and girls’ participation in peace processes.
CampaignsMADRE works to eliminate violence targeting women, girls, and LGBTQIA+ people of all genders. We provide tools and services to help people recover from and prevent gender-based violence and support laws to hold perpetrators accountable.
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In uncertain times, think like a mother
NPR’s TED Radio Hour recently selected MADRE Executive Director Yifat Susskind's TED Talk to show how, in unpredictable times, we can stay calm, grounded, and on course.
