Dear US, All Lives Matter
Hundreds of demonstrators from across the country have flooded the streets of Ferguson, MO as part of a four-day Weekend of Resistance. They’ve come to demand justice in honor of Michael Brown and...
View ArticlemyMADRE Link Roundup: Raising Our Voices and Creating Solutions
What we’ve written, read, listened to, remembered, watched and been inspired by this month. [View the story “myMADRE Link Roundup: Raising Our Voices and Creating Solutions” on Storify]
View ArticleWomen Confronting ISIS: How to Disarm Rape as a Weapon of War
Under even the harshest circumstances of brutal occupation by ISIS fighters, Iraqi and Syrian women are organizing to save lives and demand their rights. They are setting up shelters to protect women...
View ArticlemyMADRE Link Roundup: Women Creating Solutions
What we’ve written, read, listened to, remembered, watched and been inspired by this month. [View the story “myMADRE Link Roundup: Women Creating Solutions” on Storify]
View ArticleWhat Affects One, Affects All
Recently, Amir Ashour, MADRE’s Iraq Human Rights Consultant, was invited to Lund, Sweden to discuss the increased persecution of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Iraqis due to the...
View ArticlemyMADRE Link Roundup: Boundless Bravery
What we’ve written, read, listened to, remembered, watched and been inspired by this month. [View the story “myMADRE Link Roundup: Boundless Bravery” on Storify]
View ArticlemyMADRE Link Roundup: Women on the Frontlines of Change
What we’ve written, read, listened to, remembered, watched and been inspired by this month. [View the story “myMADRE Link Roundup: Women on the Frontlines of Change” on Storify]
View ArticlemyMADRE Link Roundup: Resistance and Resilience
What we’ve written, read, listened to, remembered, watched and been inspired by this month. [View the story “myMADRE Link Roundup: Resistance and Resilience” on Storify]
View ArticlemyMADRE Link Roundup: Women Championing Change and Promoting Peace
What we’ve written, read, listened to, remembered, watched and been inspired by this month. [View the story “myMADRE Link Roundup: Women Championing Change and Promoting Peace” on Storify]
View ArticleYou Are the Key to Change!: Samira’s Story
Meet inspiring young women who transformed from survivors into empowered activists – thanks to you! Eight years ago, Samira* was a young college student in Iraq, excited for what the future had to...
View ArticlemyMADRE Link Roundup: Promoting Sustainable Peace
What we’ve written, read, listened to, remembered, watched and been inspired by this month. [View the story “myMADRE Link Roundup: Promoting Sustainable Peace ” on Storify]
View ArticleYou Are the Key: Nadia’s Story
Meet inspiring young women who transformed from survivors into empowered activists – thanks to you! As a refugee in Turkey, Nadia* had no job, no money and no home. All that was left behind when she...
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