Madre Inc

MADRE INC.S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE WOMENS HUMAN RIGHTS BY MEETING URGENT NEEDS IN COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING LASTING SOLUTIONS TO THE CRISES WOMEN FACE.

MADRE IS AN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION AND FEMINIST FUND THAT PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED, WOMEN-LED ORGANIZATIONS ON THE FRONTLINES OF WAR, CLIMATE BREAKDOWN, AND THEIR AFTERMATH. OUR MISSION IS TO ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE BY MEETING URGENT NEEDS IN COMMUNITIES AND CREATING LASTING SOLUTIONS TO THE CRISES OF OUR TIME.FOUNDED IN 1983, MADRE UPLIFTS THE LEADERSHIP OF VISIONARY YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS, INDIGENOUS WOMEN, AFRO-DESCENDANT WOMEN, LGBTIQ PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. WE OFFER A HOLISTIC MODEL OF SUPPORT TO OUR GRASSROOTS PARTNERS USING THREE INTERCONNECTED STRATEGIESGRANTMAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, AND LEGAL ADVOCACYTO ADDRESS IMMEDIATE PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY OUR PARTNERS AND FORGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS TO ASSERT THEIR AGENCY AND CREATE LASTING SOCIAL CHANGE. THROUGH THESE STRATEGIES, WE PROVIDE LONG-TERM AND FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL AND DIRECT SERVICE SUPPORT, PARTICULARLY TO WOMEN'S GROUPS IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES FACING WAR OR DISASTER. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, MADRE HAS DISTRIBUTED A TOTAL OF MORE THAN $59 MILLION IN GRANTS AND IN-KIND SUPPORT TO GRASSROOTS PARTNERS WORLDWIDE.WE WORK ACROSS THREE CORE PROGRAM AREAS: (1) ENDING GENDER VIOLENCE TO PREVENT AND REDRESS GENDER-BASED ABUSE AND HELP SURVIVORS HEAL; (2) ADVANCING CLIMATE JUSTICE TO SUSTAIN AND AMPLIFY OUR PARTNERS VITAL INTERVENTIONS AND STRATEGIES TO CONFRONT CLIMATE BREAKDOWN; AND (3) BUILDING A JUST PEACE TO UPLIFT THE WORK OF WOMEN AND GIRLS TO AVERT, RESOLVE, AND BUILD BACK FROM WAR AND CONFLICT. OVER THE PAST YEAR, MADRE INCREASED OUR EMERGENCY GRANTMAKING TO RESPOND TO CONFLICTS AND THE GLOBAL COVID-19 PANDEMIC, DISTRIBUTING 49 GRANTS ACROSS 17 COUNTRIES. OUR MODEL OF FUNDING, BASED ON MUTUAL TRUST, WAS KEY TO RESPONDING RAPIDLY AND EFFECTIVELY SO PARTNERS HAD THE RESOURCES TO PREPARE FOR AND CONFRONT CRISES. IN FY21, 19% OF MADRE GRANTMAKING WENT TOWARDS OUR URGENT CRISIS RESPONSE. EXAMPLES OF RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN FY21ENDING GENDER VIOLENCE: GENDER VIOLENCE, INCLUDING PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE, IS WIDELY USED TO INTIMIDATE, OPPRESS, SILENCE, AND SUBJUGATE GIRLS, WOMEN, DISABLED, AND LGBTIQ PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE. MADRE HELPS TRANSFORM HARMFUL SOCIAL NORMS, CHANGE POLICIES, INCREASE RECOGNITION OF WOMEN'S SOLUTIONS, AND REDUCE VIOLENCE, STIGMA, AND DISCRIMINATION.- WITH MADRES SUPPORT, OUR PARTNERS IN EL SALVADOR CREATED MANUALS ON SELF-DEFENSE FOR TRANS WOMEN AND GIRLS THAT ARE NOW USED IN TRAINING WORKSHOPS. - MADRES PARTNER IN PERU PROVIDED TRANS WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH INFORMATION ON THEIR RIGHTS AND PROVIDED COUNSELING, LEGAL SUPPORT, AND THE FUNDS TO ORGANIZE VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON.- DURING COVID'S SECOND DEVASTATING WAVE IN NEPAL, MADRES LOCAL PARTNER ORGANIZED TO ADDRESS THE INCREASE OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH DISABILITIES AND THE WORSENING MENTAL HEALTH EXPERIENCED BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DURING LOCKDOWNS.- MADRE AND OUR PARTNERS PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN DEVELOPING AND ADVOCATING FOR THE YAZIDI FEMALE SURVIVORS LAW THAT PASSED IN THE IRAQI PARLIAMENT. THIS MILESTONE LEGALLY RECOGNIZES AND MANDATES REPARATIONS FOR THE TERRIBLE ABUSES THAT YAZIDI WOMEN FACED AT THE HANDS OF ISIS FIGHTERS, WHO TARGETED THESE WOMEN BECAUSE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS IDENTITY. ADVANCING CLIMATE JUSTICE: MADRE RESPONDS TO AND TAKES ACTION TO PREVENT CLIMATE CATASTROPHE WHILE AMPLIFYING THE VOICES AND SOLUTIONS OF WOMEN ON THE FRONTLINES OF THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS.- AFTER THE DEVASTATING 7.2-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE AND TROPICAL STORM STRUCK HAITI, MADRE SUPPORTED A NETWORK OF LOCAL GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE, ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER AND HYGIENE, AS WELL AS OTHER URGENTLY NEEDED ESSENTIALS. WE ALSO UPLIFTED COMMUNITY INTERVENTION TO PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WHICH ROUTINELY WORSENS IN THE WAKE OF DISASTERS.- WITH MADRES SUPPORT, GIRL LEADERS, IN KENYA, WORKED TO PROTECT THEIR MAU FOREST HOMELANDS AND RESOURCES BY PLANTING TREES, TEACHING EACH OTHER ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS TO LAND AND RESOURCES, AND GAINING NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE FROM MENTORS TO BUILD THRIVING FUTURES.- IN BRAZIL, MADRE FUNDED 11 INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS PROTECTING THEIR ANCESTRAL LAND FROM FOREST AND WATERWAY RUIN. THEIR GRASSROOTS NETWORKS ARE FIGHTING ILLEGAL MINING AND LAND GRABS VIOLENTLY DESTROYING THE LAND THEY LIVE ON AND THE FORESTS THAT ABSORB GREENHOUSE GASES. - IN THE US, MADRE RESOURCED INDIGENOUS YOUTH MOVEMENTS ORGANIZING AGAINST PIPELINES. WITH OUR FUNDING, YOUNG INDIGENOUS ACTIVISTS CAN CONFRONT MAJOR OIL PIPELINES AND PUT PRESSURE ON THE GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THEIR LAND AND WATER. BUILDING A JUST PEACE: MADRE STRENGTHENS WOMEN'S CAPABILITIES TO PREVENT, SURVIVE, RESOLVE, AND RECOVER FROM WAR AND ARMED CONFLICT. - IN PALESTINE, WE SUPPORTED OUR PARTNERS AS THEY BROUGHT FOOD, CLOTHES, AND FIRST AID KITS TO COMMUNITIES IN SHEIKH JARRAH. WITH MADRES HELP, IN GAZA, OUR LOCAL PARTNER DEPLOYED PARAMEDICS TO OFFER WOUND DRESSING, FIRST-AID SERVICES, PATIENT TRANSPORTATION, AND ASSISTIVE DEVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AS WELL AS RELIEF PACKAGES FOR THOSE RENDERED HOMELESS BY THE BOMBING.- IN AFGHANISTAN, MADRE FUNDED SHELTERS AND EMERGENCY RELOCATION EFFORTS. WE REDOUBLED OUR INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS FORCED MARRIAGES FOR GIRLS, TRAUMA MANAGEMENT, AND DIGITAL SECURITY TRAINING FOR ACTIVISTS, AS WELL AS TRAINING TO DOCUMENT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES BY THE TALIBAN FOR FUTURE JUSTICE PROCESSES. MADRE ALSO MADE GRANTS TO ENSURE THE MOST CRITICAL WORK OF AFGHAN WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS AROUND HEALTHCARE, GIRLS EDUCATION, AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION CAN CONTINUE UNDERGROUND.- IN SUDAN, WE FUNDED OUR PARTNERS AS THE ACTIVELY NOURISHED DEMOCRACY BY CONTRIBUTING TO THE DRAFTING OF A NEW CONSTITUTION, ENGAGING RURAL, OFTEN-EXCLUDED COMMUNITIES IN THE PROCESS, AND PUSHING FOR THE INCLUSION OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS.- IN MYANMAR, MADRE BROUGHT CRITICAL RESOURCES DIRECTLY TO ACTIVISTS WHOSE LIVES WERE ON THE LINE, INCLUDING LEGAL AID TO DEFEND THOSE WHO WERE ARRESTED, DIGITAL SECURITY TOOLS, AND HELP WITH URGENT RELOCATION. WE ALSO SUSTAINED THEIR ORGANIZING WITH FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO PRINT POSTERS EXPLAINING HOW TO TAKE PEACEFUL, PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTION.