MADRE’s Post

On #DayOfTheGirl, we honor the organizers, students, jokesters, poets, scientists, athletes, creators, photographers, journalists, aspirants, and martyrs who have faced crises with such courage and strength. From Palestine to Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo to Haiti, and beyond, we see you.

It's been a long year filled with grief. Through it all, MADRE has stepped in to support local grassroots organizations, demanding peace, securing aid, and protecting communities in urgent need. Hope and solidarity help make it all possible: https://lnkd.in/e36_Qy2m

As bombs fall across the Middle East, with escalations in Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Yemen, and Palestine, we are reminded that war is always a choice — and a different choice must be made now. Today, countless lives across the region depend on policymakers, including in the United States, prioritizing diplomacy, human rights, and accountability over warfare and retaliation. Bombs cannot create security, only erode and destroy it. MADRE condemns this US-fueled escalation in violence and redoubles our commitment to our local partners, whose community-driven peacebuilding is the key to attaining the security that all people need. We stand with human rights advocates around the world in demanding that the US end arms sales to Israel, commit to real diplomacy, and advocate for an immediate and permanent ceasefire now.

As the International Criminal Court's conviction decision is appealed, this is an opportunity for courts to recognize gender persecution in conflict. “[Judges are] acknowledging it’s misogyny driving rape, driving sexual slavery, driving forced marriage or torture.” https://bit.ly/3N8geoY

LGBTQIA+ Afghans face sexual assault, unjust imprisonment, torture, extortion, and even murder at the hands of the Taliban. Sign the open letter to the UN Secretary-General. calling for a global study on contemporary apartheid, and recognition of all victims of gender apartheid: https://lnkd.in/gae_MqRN

We invite you to join us for a timely conversation this NY Climate Week / UNGA on "Powering the Gender Just Energy Transition", hosted by The Shine Collab, Wallace Global Fund , Women's Environment & Development Organization, MADRE and the Ford Foundation. This conversation brings together donors, advocates and movement leaders from across the gender, climate, human rights and development sectors to dive into powerful case studies — from Zimbabwe, South Africa, India and the US — and power-centered policy analysis exploring the challenges and opportunities for delivering a transformational just energy transition. This in-person discussion will take place on Monday, September 23rd from 10:30-12:30pm, followed by a light lunch. The event will be held at the Helen Mills Theatre in New York in parallel to the 2024 NY Climate Week. RSVP bit.ly/shineclimateweek

Systemically excluded from public life, Afghan women and girls are unable to speak, laugh, sing, or even show their faces without the threat of violence for daring to exist outside the confines of patriarchal orders. With a gift that will help MADRE advance local grassroots efforts, you can make a direct impact on women and girls, LGBTQIA+ people, and human rights defenders in Afghanistan. https://bit.ly/4ddnDh1

We invite you to join us for a timely conversation this NY Climate Week / UNGA on "Powering the Gender Just Energy Transition", hosted by The Shine Collab, Wallace Global Fund , Women's Environment & Development Organization, MADRE and the Ford Foundation. This conversation brings together donors, advocates and movement leaders from across the gender, climate, human rights and development sectors to dive into powerful case studies — from Zimbabwe, South Africa, India and the US — and power-centered policy analysis exploring the challenges and opportunities for delivering a transformational just energy transition. This in-person discussion will take place on Monday, September 23rd from 10:30-12:30pm, followed by a light lunch. The event will be held at the Helen Mills Theatre in New York in parallel to the 2024 NY Climate Week. RSVP bit.ly/shineclimateweek

Amid ongoing Israeli attacks, MADRE is working with partners like the Middle East Children's Alliance and The Palestinian Medical Relief Society to provide life-saving care to 100 people daily in #Gaza. We're also helping vaccinate children against polio, with the Culture and Free Thought Association. We call on the US to #StopArmingIsrael and end the violence in Palestine. Support our work today: MADRE.org/palestine.