MADRE

2024 Feminist Peace Summit

May 10, 2024 Uncategorized

From May 1 until May 3, 2024, Women Cross DMZ and MADRE, two Channel grantee partners, co-hosted the inaugural Feminist Peace Summit at the University of Denver. The event was held in collaboration with Feminist Peace Initiative and the The Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative at the Sié Center for International…...

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International Advocacy to Protect Women & Girls in Haiti

March 8, 2023 Action, Reports

On International Women’s Day, March 8, 2023, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights held a public hearing on the widespread sexual violence directed against women and girls in Haiti in response to  joint request by many advocacy groups working in Haiti including longtime Channel partners, Bureau des Avocats Internationaux/Institute for…...

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CEDAW Committee Adopts General Recommendation on Indigenous Women and Girls

October 26, 2022 Victories

On October 26, 2022, the Committee of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Again Women (or CEDAW) adopted a General Recommendation (39) on Indigenous Women and Girls....

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CEDAW Committee Preparing General Recommendation on Indigenous Women

May 31, 2022 Victories

Indigenous women’s groups and their allies including several Channel grantee partners (the International Indigenous Women’s Forum or FIMI, JASS, and WHRI) have been waging an advocacy campaign for several years for a General Recommendation (GR) on Indigenous women and girls....

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Channel Partners Propose “Fund Us Like You Want Us to Win”

December 20, 2021 Reports

In December 2021, Channel partners Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP), International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN), and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), along with the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), Kvinna till Kvinna, and MADRE, prepared “Fund Us Like You Want Us…...

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Standing in Solidarity and Getting Support to Women & Girls in Afghanistan

August 19, 2021 Action

If you wish to show #SolidaritywithAfghanWomen and to #StandwithAfghanWomen, consider getting direct support to them as well as signing on to various advocacy efforts pushing to ensure a swift passage to safety for them....

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Merging Women’s Rights and Disability Rights Movements

May 5, 2021 Reports

Channel grantee partner Mobility International USA (MIUSA) and MADRE released a Practice Note in March 2021 which traces their efforts on merging women’s rights and disability rights movements through an innovative two-year partnership....

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Feminist Peace Initiative Calls for Movement-Driven US Foreign Policy Framework

October 28, 2020 Launches

Channel grantee partner, Women Cross DMZ (WCDMZ), announced a Feminist Peace Initiative in partnership with Grassroots Global Justice Alliance and MADRE. The Initiative dramatically reimagines US foreign policy by building on intersectional feminist principles....

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Launch of Global Study on 1325 Implementation

October 9, 2015 Launches

In October 2015, a new independent Global Study on the Implementation of United National Security Council Resolution 1325, “Preventing Conflict, Transforming Justice, Securing the Peace: The Future of Women, Peace, and Security,” was launched at the United Nations....

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