Pressing Reset on the Afghanistan Debate: Toward Ending the War and Upholding...
This week, policy circles have been buzzing with the news of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s appointment of Marc Grossman, a career diplomat and former US Ambassador to Turkey, as the new special...
View ArticleLetter to the New York Times on Afghan Women’s Shelters
A few days ago, in response to an article about an escalating danger to Afghan women’s shelters, I wrote the following letter which was published in the New York Times: To the Editor: Re “Law and...
View ArticleOn Militarism and Violence against Women in Afghanistan
Every year between November 25 and December 10, the Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) launches their 16 Days Against Gender Violence campaign. As part of this campaign, MADRE Communications...
View ArticleTurning the World INSIDE OUT
The undercover photographer who goes by the name JR uses his camera to fight prejudice by transforming streets into art galleries. JR pastes large black and white photographs of people with dramatic...
View ArticleVisiting Bibi Aisha
Last week, I visited the organization Women for Afghan Women to meet Bibi Aisha. Bibi is a 20-year old Afghan woman, who was married off at the age of 12 to an abusive Taliban fighter. MADRE first told...
View ArticleAfghan Women Rally to Block Law
The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has a proposed law on his desk. It’s already been passed by the parliament, and it’s just waiting for his signature. If he does sign it, it will seal off an escape...
View ArticleDear 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 ArticleNepal: Women First Responders in Action
Since Saturday’s earthquake struck Nepal, women first responders have been hard at work. MADRE’s on-the-ground partners at the women’s group WOREC run a network of local activists. They are bringing...
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 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]
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