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

Paese

Stati Uniti

Main Telephone

212-627-0444

Data adesione

20.06.1999

Citazioni

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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Temi/paesi correlati: [Kenya]

Foto: © MADRE

Perspectives Magazine: Gender Matters

Politics, Not Culture, Explains Iraq Women Killings

14.01.2008 "US media generally portray violence against Iraqi women as an unfortunate part of Arab or Muslim 'culture,'" but this explanation of the unusually high female death toll in Basra ignores the reality that the US occupation has actually empowered fundamentalist Islamic factions in the region, says an international women's rights group.

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Temi/paesi correlati: [Iraq]

Foto: Iraqi women at a protest. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network

Latest Coverage: Iraq

Perspectives Magazine: Gender Matters

Climate Change Talks Should Focus on Gender

05.12.2007 Stating that women are disproportionately affected by the negative impacts of climate change, an international women's organization is calling on the UN Conference on Climate Change to address the global rise in temperatures within a human rights framework.

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Perspectives Magazine: Gender Matters

Perspectives Magazine: Climate Change

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