One Year After the Earthquake in Haiti
If you’ve read our last couple of blog entries and are keeping abreast on the news, you’ll know that today marks one year since the earthquake that devastated the nation of Haiti. One full year after...
View ArticleOur Message to KOFAVIV, Our Sister Organization in Haiti
Yesterday, to recognize the year that has passed since Haiti's earthquake and to express our ongoing committment to the women and girls of Haiti who have faced an escalating epidemic of sexual violence...
View ArticleNew Report on the Impact of the 2010 Earthquake on the Haitian LGBT Community
A new report produced by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and SEROvie reveals the increase in violence and discrimiation against the Haitian LGBT community since last...
View ArticleMoving Forward in Post-Earthquake Haiti
The text below is a shortened version of a statement I recently delivered before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. We know that in the wake of disaster, women generally have less access to...
View ArticleWomen Know the Cost of Conflict & Disaster
In the chaos of conflict or following a natural disaster, women are the most vulnerable to violence. Serving as providers of support for both their families and communities, women are also often the...
View ArticlemyMADRE Link Roundup: 6.13.14
The call to protect women and children amplifies as the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict comes to a close, militants threaten to gain control in Iraq and families in Nigeria continue to...
View ArticlemyMADRE Link Roundup: 6.20.14
What we’ve written, read, listened to, remembered, watched and been inspired by this week [View the story “myMADRE Link Roundup: 6.20.14″ on Storify]
View ArticleNepal: Women First Responders in Action
Since Saturday’s earthquake struck Nepal, women first responders have been hard at work. MADRE’s on-the-ground partners at the women’s group WOREC run a network of local activists. They are bringing...
View ArticlemyMADRE Link Roundup: Women Creating Solutions
What we’ve written, read, listened to, remembered, watched and been inspired by this month. [View the story “myMADRE Link Roundup: Women Creating Solutions” on Storify]
View ArticlemyMADRE Link Roundup: Boundless Bravery
What we’ve written, read, listened to, remembered, watched and been inspired by this month. [View the story “myMADRE Link Roundup: Boundless Bravery” on Storify]
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