Women Redefining Democracy
Alda Facio, a member of the MADRE Network of Experts, has written this article for openDemocracy about the role of women in defining democracy. I've included an excerpt below, but you can read the...
View ArticleInternational Indigenous Women’s Forum: “A Forum for the Voices of All”
This is a guest blog entry by Mónica Alemán, who was MADRE's Program Director for many years. She is now the Executive Director of the MADRE sister organization, the International Indigenous Women's...
View ArticleIndigenous Protesters Confronted with Violence in Peru
The images that have emerged out of the Amazon region of Bagua in Peru over the past few days have been deeply disturbing. For months, Indigenous Peoples have spoken out against increasing incursions...
View ArticleIndigenous Women Speak Out Against Violence in Peru
Yesterday, we blogged about the violence that broke out early Friday, as the Peruvian government confronted groups of Indigenous Peoples organizing to defend their right to land. While this violence...
View ArticleBuilding an Underground Railroad for Iraqi Women (Video Interview)
In the years since the invasion of Iraq, and as the US lent support to fundamentalist political forces keen on undoing women’s rights, women have been increasingly targeted with violence and death...
View ArticleCombating Racism in Peru
Last November, the Peruvian government issued an apology to Afro-Peruvians for a history of “abuse, exclusion and discrimination” spanning centuries. This announcement marked an important...
View ArticleMADRE Partner Tarcila Rivera Zea Speaks at CSW Session
Tarcila Rivera Zea, president of MADRE's partner organization in Peru, CHIRAPAQ, spoke during the morning session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on March 3. Tarcila, a Quechua activist,...
View ArticleRemembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
MADRE just received this message from Sunila Abeysekera, a longtime friend of MADRE. She wrote about commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire last Friday, March 25....
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