MADRE
has developed a set of ten concise position papers on key issues of women’s
human rights. We invite you to read and share these documents in honor of
International Women’s Day on March 8. MADRE
has developed a set of ten concise position papers on key issues of women’s
human rights. We invite you to read and share these documents in honor of
International Women’s Day on March 8.
MADRE is using the documents to advocate for government accountability to women’s human rights at the ten year review of the United Nations World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995.
Please visit http://www.madre.org/articles/b10/main.html to access MADRE’s position papers on armed conflict, sustainable development, sexual and reproductive rights, and other key issues of women’s human rights.
Contact: Yifat Susskind, Associate Director MADRE, An international women’s human rights organization 121 West 27th Street, #301 New York, NY 10001 Ph. 212-627-0444 Fax. 212-675-3704 madre@madre.org www.madre.org
About MADRE is an international women's human rights organization that works in partnership with women's community-based groups in conflict and post-conflict areas worldwide. Our programs address issues of armed conflict and forced displacement; women's health and reproductive rights; economic justice and community development; Indigenous Peoples' rights and resources, food security and sustainable development; human rights advocacy; youth; and US foreign policy.
MADRE provides resources and training to enable our sister organizations to meet immediate needs in their communities and develop long-term solutions to the crises they face. Since we began in 1983, MADRE has delivered over 21 million dollars worth of support to community-based women's groups in Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa, the Balkans, Asia, and the United States.