Yifat Susskind is Executive Director of MADRE, working with women’s human rights activists from Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. She has written on US foreign policy and women’s human rights for publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy in Focus, and The W Effect: Bush’s War on Women (Feminist Press). Follow her on twitter @MADREspeaks.
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionThis is what feminists can teach the world about fighting for climate justiceIn this race against time, we must learn from global women’s movements and use human rights to halt climate catastrophe.
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Published in: 50.50Not a straight, white man? US religious conservatives are coming for youUnless you are part of the narrow demographic of rich, white men deemed to have rights in 1776, this new Trump...
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Published in: 50.50After 50 years of occupation in Palestine, friendship across a separation wallWars have been fought, walls built and separation policies enacted. But we share a common belief that peace is...
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Published in: 50.50100 days of Trump — and resistance from grassroots women's groupsThe multiplicity of harms can feel overwhelming. But with thoughtful coordination we can support each other to...
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Published in: 50.50Standing our ground at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)When civic space is under attack, we make no dangerous accommodations. We stand up, and we fight back.
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Published in: 50.50Myth-busting in defense of grassroots women crisis respondersFalse claims that deny the impact of grassroots women's crisis responses are diverting much needed resources away...