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3 Gesellschaft, Bevölkerung, Soziales
| Demkratie(theorie), Zivilgesellschaft, Bürgerrechte, Cyber-Rights / Lebensformen / Sexualität, Liebe / Freizeit, Sport, Tourismus, Konsum / Zukunft / Emanzipationsbewegungen, Neue Soziale Bewegungen (NSB) / Frauenbewegung / Männerbewegung / Alternative Bewegung / Bewegung anderer Gruppen, Randgruppen / Flüchtlingsbewegung, Ausländische BürgerInnenbewegung / Kapitalismus und Gesundheit / Medizin / Gesundheitsbewegung / Sozialeinrichtungen, Sozialarbeit, Sozialhilfe / Religion, Kirche / Atheismus, Humanismus / Rassismus, AusländerInnenfeindlichkeit / Antisemitismus / Nationalismus
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| Systematik: | ID-Archiv EATC id-e-881 id-e-895 id-e-50 id-e-320 |
| | Status: | Changed | | Checked: | 03-03-02 05:12:46 PM |
| | Adresse: | Contact Information: MADRE 121 West 27th Street, Room 301 New York, NY 10001 madre@igc.org Phone: (212) 627-0444 Fax: (212) 675-3704 |
| | Selbstdarstellung: | | HISTORY: MADRE was born out of a belief that together we can make a difference. In 1983 a group of women activists, poets, teachers, artists and health professionals traveled to Nicaragua to witness the impact of the US sponsored contra war. What they saw horrified and angered them. They met with women who showed them day care centers, schools and clinics that had been bombed by contras supported by the US government. These women returned to the US with a mandate from the women of Nicaragua: to bring the stories of Nicaraguan women and children to the attention of the US public and mobilize people to demand a change in US government policy. MADRE's founders had a vision of a unique women-led, women-run organization, dedicated to informing people in the US about the effects of US policies on communities around the world. MADRE resolved to build real alternatives to war and violence by supporting the priorities of our sister organizations and linking them to the needs of women and families in the US through a people-to-people exchange of direct relief and understanding. top of the page MISSION: Since 1983, MADRE has worked in partnership with community-based women’s organizations in conflict areas worldwide to address issues of health, education, economic development and other human rights. MADRE provides resources and training for our sister organizations and works to empower people in the US to demand changes to unjust policies. Based on the priorities of the women with whom we work, MADRE develops programs to meet immediate needs in communities hurt by US policy and supports women’s long-term struggles for social justice and human rights. MADRE has delivered over 16 million dollars worth of support to women's groups in Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, the Balkans, central Africa and North America. As a human rights organization, MADRE does much more than document and condemn abuses. We work with women who are affected by violations to help them win justice and, ultimately, change the conditions that give rise to human rights abuses. Over the years, we have developed an internationally recognized model of human rights in action: MADRE supports community development and training that enables women to play leadership roles in their homes, communities, countries and the international arena. MADRE meets immediate survival needs of women and families by providing emergency shipments of food, medicine and other material aid. MADRE campaigns internationally to make human rights law relevant and accountable to the people it is meant to serve. MADRE enables women from local organizations to take an active role in the process of creating and improving international law. MADRE educates and mobilizes its members in the US to demand alternatives to destructive US policies. In embattled communities around the world, MADRE works to support women who are organizing against attacks on their rights and resources. While each of MADRE's programs addresses the specific needs of the community it serves, certain themes appear throughout our work. These include: Combating Rape as a Weapon of War Women's Health Economic Justice International Advocacy |
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