{"id":1269,"date":"2008-05-29T16:34:37","date_gmt":"2008-05-29T14:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.world-citizenship.org\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:04:11","slug":"madre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/?p=1269","title":{"rendered":"MADRE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Demanding Human Rights for Women and Families around the world<\/strong><\/p>\n

We know that the world has reached a tipping point in its ability to absorb the harmful impacts of unsustainable resource use, economic greed, and militarism. This planet-wide crisis is the defining issue of our time and a keen reminder that there are no single issues: global problems are interrelated and so are smart solutions … (about 1\/2<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Homepage<\/a>; sitemap<\/a>;
\nprograms<\/a>; resources<\/a>; where we work<\/a>; working to End Violence against Indigenous Women<\/a>; photo gallery<\/a>; sister organizations<\/a>; newsletter<\/a>; links<\/a>;
\ncontact<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About 2\/2<\/a>: MADRE is driven by a commitment to solutions. We use human rights to advance social, environmental, and economic justice, understanding that human rights are not a hierarchy, but an indivisible set of standards for all people to enjoy. MADRE’s focus is on delivering results – meeting immediate, local needs and creating sustainable, long-term alternatives.<\/p>\n

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Over the past 24 years, MADRE has built a network of community-based women’s organizations worldwide. This network encompasses thousands of women and families – in Sudan, Iraq, Nicaragua, Cuba, Haiti, Guatemala, Kenya, Peru, Colombia, Panama, Palestine and elsewhere – who are on the frontlines of our global crisis. Yet, as part of the MADRE network, they know that change is not only possible – it is already happening.<\/p>\n

Through our programs in peace building, women’s health\/freedom from violence, and economic and environmental justice, MADRE researches and develops innovative social and political strategies that:<\/p>\n