MADRE

MADRE is an international women's human rights organization that works in partnership with women's community-based groups in conflict areas worldwide. Our programs address issues of sustainable development, community improvement and women's health; violence and war; discrimination and racism; self-determination and collective rights; women's leadership development and human rights education.

Primary web addresses

http://www.madre.org

madre@madre.org

Main Address

121 W. 27th St. #301
New York City New York 10001

Country

United States

Main Telephone

212-627-0444

Joined OneWorld

20.06.1999

Features

Mothers Making a Difference

12.05.2008 Fatima Ahmed from Sudan, Yanar Mohammed from Iraq, and Robitalia Moreno D�az and Mar�a del Rosario Moreno D�az from Colombia all link their experience of motherhood to their drive to work for social justice.

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Related topics/regions: [Colombia] [Iraq] [Sudan] [Peace] [Conflict] [Activism] [Gender] [Refugees] [Agriculture]

Image: A Sudanese woman and her daughter. © Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)

Perspectives Magazine: Gender Matters

Forgetting the 'Fair' in 'Free Trade'

04.04.2008 The proposed U.S. free trade agreement with Colombia will have a number of negative repercussions for the South American nation, such as worsening rural poverty, fueling armed conflict and drug trafficking, and exacerbating climate change, says Yifat Susskind.

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Related topics/regions: [Colombia] [United States]

Women Working Against Climate Change, Violence [video]

05.02.2008 Listen to women's rights and UN delegates discuss the effect climate change has on women and discover a village in rural Kenya that is run by women and has banned gender-based violence.

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Related topics/regions: [Kenya]

Image: © MADRE

Perspectives Magazine: Gender Matters

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