MADRE, An International Women's Human Rights Org.

Mission

MADRE works in partnership with community-based women's organizations worldwide to address issues of health and reproductive rights, economic development, and other human rights. MADRE provides resources and training to enable our sister organizations to meet concrete needs in their communities and develop long-term solutions to the crises they face. MADRE addresses the negative impacts of US actions abroad and empowers people in the US to challenge and change destructive government policies.

Programs

MADRE addresses the following issues within a human rights framework, recognizing that the enjoyment of any specific right—such as the right to food, education, or freedom from violence—depends on protecting the full spectrum of human rights: War, Recovery, and Building Peace; Women’s Health and Sexual and Reproductive Rights; Trade, Aid, and Economic Justice; The Right to Food, Water, and Environmental Sustainability; and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Resources.

Current Projects on GlobalGiving

Support Women's Organizations in Myanmar Relief	Sustainable Agriculture for Women Farmers	Colombia: Giving Hope to Children of War	Help Colombian Families Displaced by War
Sudanese Women Farmers Unite	Art Action for Peace: Support Young Iraqi Artists	Educate Indigenous Children in Kenya	Help Plant Family Gardens in Nicaragua
Help Families in Haiti Devastated by Hurricanes	Protecting Umoja: A Village of Women

Personnel Overview

Yanar Mohammed - Director & Founder, Organization of Women’s Freedo
As director of OWFI and editor-in-chief of its newspaper Al-Mousawat (Equality), Ms. Mohammad is internationally recognized as a key spokesperson for the rights of Iraqi women. Despite receiving numerous death threats from armed fundamentalists groups seeking to restrict women’s participation in public life, Ms. Mohammed continues to publicly oppose religious coercion and US occupation.

Vivian Stromberg - Executive Director, MADRE
Vivian Stromberg has worked tirelessly for more than four decades to make human rights and social justice a reality for women and families. Her political organizing, teaching, international human rights advocacy, technical training, fundraising and writing are infused with a passion that has inspired literally thousands of women to stand up for their rights within their families and communities.

Personnel Statistics

Vivian Stromberg,
Executive Director
Founded in 1983
Employees: 11
Volunteers: 500