MADRE is an international women’s human rights organization that works in partnership with women’s community-based groups in conflict areas worldwide. 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 sister organizations to meet immediate needs in their communities and develop long-term solutions to the crises they face. Since founding 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.
The MADRE website links to information about their programmes, articles, where they work, and work and travel opportunities.