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MADRE is advancing women’s human rights by meeting urgent needs and building lasting solutions defined by women and girls.
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The Afghanistan Women’s Studies Academy, MADRE partner and collaborator, recently launched its new Persian-language website, uplifting the voices, histories, & knowledge of Afghan women: https://bit.ly/3Mxiysd.
Support this vital work & help fuel Afghan women’s initiatives. https://bit.ly/44oryWL
Support this vital work & help fuel Afghan women’s initiatives. https://bit.ly/44oryWL
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Afghanistan Women’s Studies Academy, MADRE partner and collaborator, recently launched its new Persian-language website, uplifting the voices, histories, & knowledge of Afghan women: https://bit.ly/3Mxiysd.
Support this vital work & help fuel Afghan women’s initiatives. https://bit.ly/44oryWL
Support this vital work & help fuel Afghan women’s initiatives. https://bit.ly/44oryWL
Yesterday’s models are not for today.
It’s time we create something new.
MADRE Executive Director Yifat Susskind shares her perspective along other experts about “the single most important thing for philanthropy to do right now.” https://bit.ly/48BAeKY
It’s time we create something new.
MADRE Executive Director Yifat Susskind shares her perspective along other experts about “the single most important thing for philanthropy to do right now.” https://bit.ly/48BAeKY
We can’t fund the future with yesterday’s models: How we build “the new”
What possibilities emerge when funders and civil society leaders see themselves as co-architects of this new financial ecosystem? Moving beyond grants to a weaving of philanthropy, community and marke...
www.springstrategies.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Yesterday’s models are not for today.
It’s time we create something new.
MADRE Executive Director Yifat Susskind shares her perspective along other experts about “the single most important thing for philanthropy to do right now.” https://bit.ly/48BAeKY
It’s time we create something new.
MADRE Executive Director Yifat Susskind shares her perspective along other experts about “the single most important thing for philanthropy to do right now.” https://bit.ly/48BAeKY
There IS a resolution to the US’s current approach to foreign policy.
It’s a feminist peace.
MADRE’s Kate Alexander joins William Hartung to discuss an approach that demands more than the status quo. https://bit.ly/4nO8eZR
It’s a feminist peace.
MADRE’s Kate Alexander joins William Hartung to discuss an approach that demands more than the status quo. https://bit.ly/4nO8eZR
Feminist Foreign Policy: Getting to the Heart of the Matter
Creating an Alternative to Our Failed Foreign Policy Paragdigm
whartung.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
There IS a resolution to the US’s current approach to foreign policy.
It’s a feminist peace.
MADRE’s Kate Alexander joins William Hartung to discuss an approach that demands more than the status quo. https://bit.ly/4nO8eZR
It’s a feminist peace.
MADRE’s Kate Alexander joins William Hartung to discuss an approach that demands more than the status quo. https://bit.ly/4nO8eZR
MADRE connects with grassroots feminists to support livelihoods worldwide.
In the face of growing authoritarianism, our work has never been more urgent.
With your support this #GivingTuesday, we can continue fueling movements for justice for all. https://bit.ly/44oryWL
In the face of growing authoritarianism, our work has never been more urgent.
With your support this #GivingTuesday, we can continue fueling movements for justice for all. https://bit.ly/44oryWL
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
MADRE connects with grassroots feminists to support livelihoods worldwide.
In the face of growing authoritarianism, our work has never been more urgent.
With your support this #GivingTuesday, we can continue fueling movements for justice for all. https://bit.ly/44oryWL
In the face of growing authoritarianism, our work has never been more urgent.
With your support this #GivingTuesday, we can continue fueling movements for justice for all. https://bit.ly/44oryWL
This year, MADRE efficiently aided multiple initiatives, but it wouldn’t have been possible without your support.
This is what you made happen.
Make an impact, and make it count before the year ends! Visit https://bit.ly/44oryWL.
This is what you made happen.
Make an impact, and make it count before the year ends! Visit https://bit.ly/44oryWL.
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This year, MADRE efficiently aided multiple initiatives, but it wouldn’t have been possible without your support.
This is what you made happen.
Make an impact, and make it count before the year ends! Visit https://bit.ly/44oryWL.
This is what you made happen.
Make an impact, and make it count before the year ends! Visit https://bit.ly/44oryWL.
MUIXIL is passing down traditional knowledge through their women’s weaving collective and preserving their cultural heritage.
With loom weaving, Ixil women and girls come together to create art that breathes life into their community with love and history. www.madre.org/partner/muix...
With loom weaving, Ixil women and girls come together to create art that breathes life into their community with love and history. www.madre.org/partner/muix...
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
MUIXIL is passing down traditional knowledge through their women’s weaving collective and preserving their cultural heritage.
With loom weaving, Ixil women and girls come together to create art that breathes life into their community with love and history. www.madre.org/partner/muix...
With loom weaving, Ixil women and girls come together to create art that breathes life into their community with love and history. www.madre.org/partner/muix...
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
Trump claims to be a “peacemaker,” but his record tells another story. Real peace depends on grassroots feminist movements organizing from the ground up.
Read more from MADRE’s Diana Duarte and Kate Alexander here: https://bit.ly/4hRPzet
Read more from MADRE’s Diana Duarte and Kate Alexander here: https://bit.ly/4hRPzet
The Real Peacemakers - FPIF
And Trump is not one of them.
fpif.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Trump claims to be a “peacemaker,” but his record tells another story. Real peace depends on grassroots feminist movements organizing from the ground up.
Read more from MADRE’s Diana Duarte and Kate Alexander here: https://bit.ly/4hRPzet
Read more from MADRE’s Diana Duarte and Kate Alexander here: https://bit.ly/4hRPzet
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
We're calling for truly transformative Feminist Foreign Policies at the #FFPConference2025.
✅True policy coherence
✅Funding the frontlines
✅Real accountability, co-designed with civil society
✅Defending our gains
Read our civil society statement bit.ly/FeministStatement4FFP
#AvecNousPourToustes
✅True policy coherence
✅Funding the frontlines
✅Real accountability, co-designed with civil society
✅Defending our gains
Read our civil society statement bit.ly/FeministStatement4FFP
#AvecNousPourToustes
A Civil Society Call for Transformative Feminist Foreign Policies -- Feminist Diplomacy Lab
We, the undersigned global civil society organizations, feminist movements, and human rights defenders, address the Feminist Foreign Policy Conference with a unified message.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We're calling for truly transformative Feminist Foreign Policies at the #FFPConference2025.
✅True policy coherence
✅Funding the frontlines
✅Real accountability, co-designed with civil society
✅Defending our gains
Read our civil society statement bit.ly/FeministStatement4FFP
#AvecNousPourToustes
✅True policy coherence
✅Funding the frontlines
✅Real accountability, co-designed with civil society
✅Defending our gains
Read our civil society statement bit.ly/FeministStatement4FFP
#AvecNousPourToustes
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.
The real solution to addressing climate catastrophe isn’t militarization or efforts to expand profits.
It’s justice.
“Communities are rising up, taking collective action grounded in solidarity, reciprocity, care, and radical imagination..." https://bit.ly/3KDzEDT
It’s justice.
“Communities are rising up, taking collective action grounded in solidarity, reciprocity, care, and radical imagination..." https://bit.ly/3KDzEDT
Justice Is the Real Solution to the Climate Crisis — GLOBAL RESILIENCE FUND
www.theglobalresiliencefund.org
October 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The real solution to addressing climate catastrophe isn’t militarization or efforts to expand profits.
It’s justice.
“Communities are rising up, taking collective action grounded in solidarity, reciprocity, care, and radical imagination..." https://bit.ly/3KDzEDT
It’s justice.
“Communities are rising up, taking collective action grounded in solidarity, reciprocity, care, and radical imagination..." https://bit.ly/3KDzEDT
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We are deeply saddened to hear of Rose’s passing. Her wisdom, generosity, and tireless advocacy for Indigenous women and girls touched many lives. Rose’s legacy will continue to guide and inspire us. Our thoughts are with her family and community.
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.
October 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We are deeply saddened to hear of Rose’s passing. Her wisdom, generosity, and tireless advocacy for Indigenous women and girls touched many lives. Rose’s legacy will continue to guide and inspire us. Our thoughts are with her family and community.
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