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On #TransDayOfRemembrance, we honor the lives of trans ancestors and center the voices of trans people calling for a world where they can live, thrive, and create.
For #StoriesOfPride, DeLisha reads a submission from Uganda that challenges repression and shares a vision of liberation.
For #StoriesOfPride, DeLisha reads a submission from Uganda that challenges repression and shares a vision of liberation.
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
On #TransDayOfRemembrance, we honor the lives of trans ancestors and center the voices of trans people calling for a world where they can live, thrive, and create.
For #StoriesOfPride, DeLisha reads a submission from Uganda that challenges repression and shares a vision of liberation.
For #StoriesOfPride, DeLisha reads a submission from Uganda that challenges repression and shares a vision of liberation.
There are consequences to policies that ignore the people leaders are meant to serve and protect.
A feminist foreign policy that centers gender justice, human rights, & demands the dismantling of toxic masculinity norms is the alternative we need. https://bit.ly/4nO8eZR
A feminist foreign policy that centers gender justice, human rights, & demands the dismantling of toxic masculinity norms is the alternative we need. https://bit.ly/4nO8eZR
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
There are consequences to policies that ignore the people leaders are meant to serve and protect.
A feminist foreign policy that centers gender justice, human rights, & demands the dismantling of toxic masculinity norms is the alternative we need. https://bit.ly/4nO8eZR
A feminist foreign policy that centers gender justice, human rights, & demands the dismantling of toxic masculinity norms is the alternative we need. https://bit.ly/4nO8eZR
Congratulations to Julienne Lusenge on being awarded the Changemaker Award for her advocacy and peacebuilding efforts in the DRC!
She was one of two winners of the award, which was presented last month in Rome and accepted on her behalf by Sandrine Lusamba, who shared a powerful speech.
She was one of two winners of the award, which was presented last month in Rome and accepted on her behalf by Sandrine Lusamba, who shared a powerful speech.
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Congratulations to Julienne Lusenge on being awarded the Changemaker Award for her advocacy and peacebuilding efforts in the DRC!
She was one of two winners of the award, which was presented last month in Rome and accepted on her behalf by Sandrine Lusamba, who shared a powerful speech.
She was one of two winners of the award, which was presented last month in Rome and accepted on her behalf by Sandrine Lusamba, who shared a powerful speech.
Women and girls keep communities strong and unified. Advancing their capabilities as peacemakers is key to confronting war and authoritarianism.
We secure resources and platforms to ensure the participation of women and girls in building a lasting peace. https://bit.ly/3LwG9WI
We secure resources and platforms to ensure the participation of women and girls in building a lasting peace. https://bit.ly/3LwG9WI
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Women and girls keep communities strong and unified. Advancing their capabilities as peacemakers is key to confronting war and authoritarianism.
We secure resources and platforms to ensure the participation of women and girls in building a lasting peace. https://bit.ly/3LwG9WI
We secure resources and platforms to ensure the participation of women and girls in building a lasting peace. https://bit.ly/3LwG9WI
Facing an increase in digital threats and hacking attempts, the Innovators 4 Climate Action sought out solutions to ensure their security.
In partnership with Equality Labs, MADRE organized a training offering knowledge and feminist frameworks for understanding digital safety.
In partnership with Equality Labs, MADRE organized a training offering knowledge and feminist frameworks for understanding digital safety.
October 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Facing an increase in digital threats and hacking attempts, the Innovators 4 Climate Action sought out solutions to ensure their security.
In partnership with Equality Labs, MADRE organized a training offering knowledge and feminist frameworks for understanding digital safety.
In partnership with Equality Labs, MADRE organized a training offering knowledge and feminist frameworks for understanding digital safety.
Not only is The Fund for Haitian Women the first fund for Haitian women, but it is also the first women’s fund in the Caribbean.
@carinejocelyn.bsky.social shares more about the fund’s launch and the call for more support for Haitian women and girls in Alliance Magazine. bit.ly/4nprYmw
@carinejocelyn.bsky.social shares more about the fund’s launch and the call for more support for Haitian women and girls in Alliance Magazine. bit.ly/4nprYmw
October 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Not only is The Fund for Haitian Women the first fund for Haitian women, but it is also the first women’s fund in the Caribbean.
@carinejocelyn.bsky.social shares more about the fund’s launch and the call for more support for Haitian women and girls in Alliance Magazine. bit.ly/4nprYmw
@carinejocelyn.bsky.social shares more about the fund’s launch and the call for more support for Haitian women and girls in Alliance Magazine. bit.ly/4nprYmw
This ceasefire presents a fragile window of opportunity to ensure that women and families in Gaza receive much-needed humanitarian aid.
Right now, our partners are distributing food packages with fresh, locally grown produce & operating community kitchens. MADRE.org/Palestine
Right now, our partners are distributing food packages with fresh, locally grown produce & operating community kitchens. MADRE.org/Palestine
October 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This ceasefire presents a fragile window of opportunity to ensure that women and families in Gaza receive much-needed humanitarian aid.
Right now, our partners are distributing food packages with fresh, locally grown produce & operating community kitchens. MADRE.org/Palestine
Right now, our partners are distributing food packages with fresh, locally grown produce & operating community kitchens. MADRE.org/Palestine
Yina, a former child soldier, found her spark through theatre.
Centering art helped her build a new life, an opportunity those impacted by war receive through Taller de Vida's support and rehabilitation programs.
“Today I am an example for others.”
Centering art helped her build a new life, an opportunity those impacted by war receive through Taller de Vida's support and rehabilitation programs.
“Today I am an example for others.”
October 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Yina, a former child soldier, found her spark through theatre.
Centering art helped her build a new life, an opportunity those impacted by war receive through Taller de Vida's support and rehabilitation programs.
“Today I am an example for others.”
Centering art helped her build a new life, an opportunity those impacted by war receive through Taller de Vida's support and rehabilitation programs.
“Today I am an example for others.”
The Trump administration continues its attack on immigrants, refugees, and Indigenous peoples.
We’ve seen this before.
In 2019, MADRE co-organized a delegation of Indigenous women leaders to stand with migrants and Indigenous Peoples at the border. https://bit.ly/46WEZyX
We’ve seen this before.
In 2019, MADRE co-organized a delegation of Indigenous women leaders to stand with migrants and Indigenous Peoples at the border. https://bit.ly/46WEZyX
October 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Trump administration continues its attack on immigrants, refugees, and Indigenous peoples.
We’ve seen this before.
In 2019, MADRE co-organized a delegation of Indigenous women leaders to stand with migrants and Indigenous Peoples at the border. https://bit.ly/46WEZyX
We’ve seen this before.
In 2019, MADRE co-organized a delegation of Indigenous women leaders to stand with migrants and Indigenous Peoples at the border. https://bit.ly/46WEZyX
In the Dominican Republic, Afro-descendant women and girls face anti-Black racism along with the denial of sexual and reproductive rights by the government. With MADRE’s support, Malcriadas provides resources to Afro-Dominican women and girls to be safe, informed, and proud.
October 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In the Dominican Republic, Afro-descendant women and girls face anti-Black racism along with the denial of sexual and reproductive rights by the government. With MADRE’s support, Malcriadas provides resources to Afro-Dominican women and girls to be safe, informed, and proud.
This work - to meet people's urgent needs, to end the occupation and to demand human rights for all people - began decades ago. And it will continue, together with our partners and with human rights defenders worldwide.
October 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This work - to meet people's urgent needs, to end the occupation and to demand human rights for all people - began decades ago. And it will continue, together with our partners and with human rights defenders worldwide.
It is with broken hearts that we announce the passing of long-time friend, partner, & feminist activist Rose Cunningham Kain.
We are sad to have lost such a presence in our lives, but we are grateful to hold onto our memories of you.
Rest well, friend.
We are sad to have lost such a presence in our lives, but we are grateful to hold onto our memories of you.
Rest well, friend.
September 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It is with broken hearts that we announce the passing of long-time friend, partner, & feminist activist Rose Cunningham Kain.
We are sad to have lost such a presence in our lives, but we are grateful to hold onto our memories of you.
Rest well, friend.
We are sad to have lost such a presence in our lives, but we are grateful to hold onto our memories of you.
Rest well, friend.
As a member of the @ngowgwps.bsky.social, we are proud to sign the 2025 Open Letter calling on the #UNSC and Member States to defend 25 years of the #WPS agenda.
🤝 Read our letter and join us here: wps.ngo/sign
🤝 Read our letter and join us here: wps.ngo/sign
September 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
As a member of the @ngowgwps.bsky.social, we are proud to sign the 2025 Open Letter calling on the #UNSC and Member States to defend 25 years of the #WPS agenda.
🤝 Read our letter and join us here: wps.ngo/sign
🤝 Read our letter and join us here: wps.ngo/sign
Created by the Nationwide Organization of Visually Impaired Empowered Ladies, the “Aha! Iba Na si Eba!” series highlights the work of their Let Our Voices Echo program to ensure access to quality, inclusive, and accessible education in the Philippines.
Watch now: https://bit.ly/4nHJ27G
Watch now: https://bit.ly/4nHJ27G
September 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Created by the Nationwide Organization of Visually Impaired Empowered Ladies, the “Aha! Iba Na si Eba!” series highlights the work of their Let Our Voices Echo program to ensure access to quality, inclusive, and accessible education in the Philippines.
Watch now: https://bit.ly/4nHJ27G
Watch now: https://bit.ly/4nHJ27G
Girl leaders know best how to mobilize their communities. Fostering spaces for their growth and leadership forms a balanced power dynamic that advances the rights of all genders.
Learn more about how MADRE supports intergenerational organizing https://bit.ly/4nb0m5g
Learn more about how MADRE supports intergenerational organizing https://bit.ly/4nb0m5g
September 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Girl leaders know best how to mobilize their communities. Fostering spaces for their growth and leadership forms a balanced power dynamic that advances the rights of all genders.
Learn more about how MADRE supports intergenerational organizing https://bit.ly/4nb0m5g
Learn more about how MADRE supports intergenerational organizing https://bit.ly/4nb0m5g
Congratulations to Women Now for Development for being awarded the 2025 ICIP Peace in Progress Award for its outstanding contribution to justice, peace, and feminist resistance in Syria! https://bit.ly/47PnSA4
September 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Congratulations to Women Now for Development for being awarded the 2025 ICIP Peace in Progress Award for its outstanding contribution to justice, peace, and feminist resistance in Syria! https://bit.ly/47PnSA4
Feminists know that we are stronger together.
Last week, MADRE joined feminist leaders from across the country in Washington, DC, to build a human rights mandate for peace, diplomacy, and gender justice for the Women's Funding Network's #FeministFunded2025.
Last week, MADRE joined feminist leaders from across the country in Washington, DC, to build a human rights mandate for peace, diplomacy, and gender justice for the Women's Funding Network's #FeministFunded2025.
September 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Feminists know that we are stronger together.
Last week, MADRE joined feminist leaders from across the country in Washington, DC, to build a human rights mandate for peace, diplomacy, and gender justice for the Women's Funding Network's #FeministFunded2025.
Last week, MADRE joined feminist leaders from across the country in Washington, DC, to build a human rights mandate for peace, diplomacy, and gender justice for the Women's Funding Network's #FeministFunded2025.
Today is the first day of #HispanicHeritageMonth! For over 40 years, MADRE has worked with a growing number of organizations worldwide, including Latin America. By centering local expertise, we build strong relationships to achieve lasting feminist change. MADRE.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Today is the first day of #HispanicHeritageMonth! For over 40 years, MADRE has worked with a growing number of organizations worldwide, including Latin America. By centering local expertise, we build strong relationships to achieve lasting feminist change. MADRE.org
Santoshi Bankariya is a leader supporting her village in Nepal. With the support of the National Indigenous Women's Forum & MADRE, Santoshi is ensuring that local youth have access to education & their Indigenous language.
“I realized that if I didn’t do this work, no one was coming to help us.”
“I realized that if I didn’t do this work, no one was coming to help us.”
September 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Santoshi Bankariya is a leader supporting her village in Nepal. With the support of the National Indigenous Women's Forum & MADRE, Santoshi is ensuring that local youth have access to education & their Indigenous language.
“I realized that if I didn’t do this work, no one was coming to help us.”
“I realized that if I didn’t do this work, no one was coming to help us.”
🎉 Congratulations to writer, editor, professor, publisher, culture critic, feminist, and MADRE Champion, @roxanegay.bsky.social, on receiving the 2025 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community! www.nationalbook.org/national-boo...
September 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🎉 Congratulations to writer, editor, professor, publisher, culture critic, feminist, and MADRE Champion, @roxanegay.bsky.social, on receiving the 2025 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community! www.nationalbook.org/national-boo...
Last month, Taller de Vida hosted an event uplifting the #BlueUmbrella as part of a global campaign calling for the protection of boys and young men from sexual violence.
Taller de Vida has a long history of supporting Colombian youth.
Learn more about their work and impact: https://bit.ly/425J7d6
Taller de Vida has a long history of supporting Colombian youth.
Learn more about their work and impact: https://bit.ly/425J7d6
September 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Last month, Taller de Vida hosted an event uplifting the #BlueUmbrella as part of a global campaign calling for the protection of boys and young men from sexual violence.
Taller de Vida has a long history of supporting Colombian youth.
Learn more about their work and impact: https://bit.ly/425J7d6
Taller de Vida has a long history of supporting Colombian youth.
Learn more about their work and impact: https://bit.ly/425J7d6
Professor Davis cites work from MADRE and our partners in 2024 that helped bring about this groundbreaking moment for gender justice in Afghanistan and beyond. www.madre.org/wp-content/u...
September 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Professor Davis cites work from MADRE and our partners in 2024 that helped bring about this groundbreaking moment for gender justice in Afghanistan and beyond. www.madre.org/wp-content/u...
Food4Humanity was founded in response to the deteriorating conditions due to the ongoing war in Yemen.
Their Fisherwomen Project, supported by MADRE, is expanding Food4Humanity's mission to work toward peace, security, and shared resources. https://www.madre.org/partner/food-for-humanity/
Their Fisherwomen Project, supported by MADRE, is expanding Food4Humanity's mission to work toward peace, security, and shared resources. https://www.madre.org/partner/food-for-humanity/
September 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Food4Humanity was founded in response to the deteriorating conditions due to the ongoing war in Yemen.
Their Fisherwomen Project, supported by MADRE, is expanding Food4Humanity's mission to work toward peace, security, and shared resources. https://www.madre.org/partner/food-for-humanity/
Their Fisherwomen Project, supported by MADRE, is expanding Food4Humanity's mission to work toward peace, security, and shared resources. https://www.madre.org/partner/food-for-humanity/
Answer: Governments have centered domination over peacemaking and people.
To push back on harmful militarization, feminist solutions confront policymakers with a new formula and advocate for peacemaking, human rights, and environmental justice. https://bit.ly/4f5RTw4
To push back on harmful militarization, feminist solutions confront policymakers with a new formula and advocate for peacemaking, human rights, and environmental justice. https://bit.ly/4f5RTw4
August 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Answer: Governments have centered domination over peacemaking and people.
To push back on harmful militarization, feminist solutions confront policymakers with a new formula and advocate for peacemaking, human rights, and environmental justice. https://bit.ly/4f5RTw4
To push back on harmful militarization, feminist solutions confront policymakers with a new formula and advocate for peacemaking, human rights, and environmental justice. https://bit.ly/4f5RTw4
For over four decades, MADRE has committed to decades of work in partnership with community-based women's and human rights organizations.
Our 1999 newsletter is a reminder of our commitment to creating lasting change. https://bit.ly/4mTb0NC
Our 1999 newsletter is a reminder of our commitment to creating lasting change. https://bit.ly/4mTb0NC
August 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
For over four decades, MADRE has committed to decades of work in partnership with community-based women's and human rights organizations.
Our 1999 newsletter is a reminder of our commitment to creating lasting change. https://bit.ly/4mTb0NC
Our 1999 newsletter is a reminder of our commitment to creating lasting change. https://bit.ly/4mTb0NC