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MADRE is advancing women’s human rights by meeting urgent needs and building lasting solutions defined by women and girls. MADRE.org
Shutting down UNAIDS has a wide-reaching, detrimental impact on the communities that depend on its support, rolling back much of the progress made to address HIV/AIDS.
“...The world will be much less effective in preventing and treating HIV..” https://bit.ly/3XB6IQg
Graphic that reads "Hope in times of conflict" presents four photos featuring people in protests, convening, providing medical care, and waving a pride flag.
Women worldwide are resisting, learning, leading, and driving change in their communities. Their stories are crucial lessons that bring us together and build solidarity.
Hope is our lifeline, and it becomes our duty and strength to face adversity together.
Images of Afghan women in discussion during an informative gathering. What happens when local knowledge meets bold strategy? You get powerful partnerships like this. Afghanistan Women’s Studies Academy just launched its new Persian-language website! AWSA has been a driving force in gender persecution accountability in Afghanistan and amplify the voices of Afghan women. We’re honored to work side-by-side in the fight for justice. Because real change takes all of us.
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
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
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
Image of an Ixil woman loom weaving while in traditional dress made through the same method. Text reads: One gift. Real Impact. Still wondering if your donation matters? Here's what your end-of-year gift can do: $5 Supports the purchase of learning materials for a Maya Ixil woman attending a training on political participation and civic action in Guatemala. $50 Supports the purchase of seed packages for two Mistika women farmers in Nicaragua. $500 Supports the purchase of rice for every member of a Wayuu community displaced by armed groups illegally seizing their land in Colombia. Your gift brings real relief — in the harshest of seasons. Make it count before the year ends.
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
What you made possible in 2025 Provide digital security training in Kenya Secure platforms for grassroots women organizers in global advocacy spaces like CSW and UNPFII Ensure access to quality, inclusive, and accessible education for women and girls with disabilities in the Philippines Jumpstart Haiti's first fund for women
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.
Graphic featuring an image of a young Ixil girl loom weaving. Text above her reads, "Passing on Traditional Knowledge" with two photos, one black & white, and one in color, of elder women loom weaving.
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...
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.
Feminist leadership takes the lesson of exclusion to proactively ask: who else has been shut out, what were the consequences of their exclusion, and how can we do better?
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
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
Learn more about Julienne Lusenge, and her work as founder of Solidarité Féminine pour la Paix et le Développement Intégral
www.madre.org/voice/julien...
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.
Black and white photo of a woman holding up a small white flag among a group of people gathered during a protest. Green text reads: The People's Peace
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
Graphic featuring group photo of participants of the Digital Security Training in Kenya. Text reads: Understanding Digital Security, Safety, and Online Presence
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.
Portrait photo of Carine Jocelyn, a Black woman with a brown complexion and short curly hair, smiling and wearing a pearl necklace and a white blazer. Text reads: The Fund for Haitian Women. Haiti's First Feminist Fund.
Quote from Carine Jocelyn, Founder and Director of The Haitian Women's Collective reads: "Now, more than ever, international donors need to recommit with compassion and an equitable approach to funding locally in Haiti."
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
Image of a Palestinian woman wearing a maroon hijab, preparing large amounts of hot food and setting it in aluminum trays.
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
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
Image of a young Yina wearing a purple shirt and colorful vest in front of a MADRE designed bulletin board. The quote beside her reads: "Through theatre, I learned to reflect and express myself. For children and young people like me who were child soldiers, psychological help and support in building a perspective for the future is crucial."
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.”
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
Malcriadas' logo features an illustration of a young Black girl wearing a gas mask above the text "Malcriadas" written in bubble letters. Additional text reads: Malcriadas’ success for advancing reproductive and sexual rights for Afro-descendant Dominican women and girls: Promoting safer sex through contraceptive distribution. Providing accessible education to essential sexual and reproductive health information and services. Combatting racism through collective celebration of Afro-Dominican tradition, culture, and history. Facilitating spaces and building relationships to connect, uplift, and grow leadership.
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.
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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.
07.10.2025 15:45 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The 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
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.
03.10.2025 19:06 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0It 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.
Illustration of women in protest, holding a sign that reads: "Time to Act for 1325." Additional text states: "We will not be silent and neither should you."
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
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
Image of a Kenyan toddler wearing traditional headwear and a blue polka dot sweater staring forward during a session.
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
Professor Lisa Davis, a MADRE advisor, explains why the ICC’s arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders are a major milestone for Afghanistan – and the global LGBTQIA+ community.
MADRE’s work in 2023 and 2024 helped lead to this moment: https://bit.ly/4p3IU40
“Disability intersects with sex, caste, ethnicity, religion, region, and many other diverse gender identities. We are bringing these global perspectives together to shape the agenda for meaningful and inclusive disability policies." — Patima Gurung https://bit.ly/3KlsRhW
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