Yifat Susskind
Yifat Susskind is the Executive Director of MADRE, an international women's human rights organization. She has worked with women’s human rights activists from Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa to create programs in their communities to address women's health, violence against women, economic and environmental justice and peace building. She has also written extensively on US foreign policy and women’s human rights and her critical analysis has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy in Focus and elsewehere.
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Views Friday, January 20, 2017 A Beginning, Not an End: My Open Letter To You on Inauguration Day Today is the beginning. It may be the start of the Trump Administration, but let it also be the inauguration of something much more powerful: a renewed feminist social justice movement that takes root in each of our lives, throughout the country and around the world. "What did you do to protect... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, December 06, 2016 Women the World over Have Shown the US How to Deal with Sexism and Racism Many in the US are emerging from their initial shock at the outcome of the presidential election to confront its likely impacts: a legitimation of right-wing identity politics, worsening climate change and militarism, assaults on women’s rights and LGBT rights , and the gutting of basic public... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, July 09, 2014 Under Isis, Iraqi Women Again Face an Old Nightmare: Violence and Repression In a PBS NewsHour video report in June , Isis extremist militants parade through Mosul, Iraq , one of the first cities to fall to their onslaught in early June. The armed men are hanging off the back of trucks, as the crowd films them. One fighter leans out a car window, wagging his finger. The... Read more |
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Views Thursday, May 09, 2013 How Not to End the War in Syria As the war engulfing Syria worsens, the Obama Administration must prioritize the needs of civilians and resist the growing pressure for military intervention. Diplomacy and increased humanitarian aid are what’s needed now to alleviate suffering and build peace. Read more |
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Views Tuesday, March 19, 2013 A Decade of Occupation for Iraqi Women A decade after the US invasion of Iraq, only one of the straw-man arguments for going to war remains standing: “We did it for democracy and women’s rights." Read more |
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Views Friday, December 28, 2012 3 Steps to Build Resilience Through Your Giving You are a person who cares. You see injustice and people suffering, all over the world, and you know it’s not right. You go looking for some way to fix it, but you know you can’t do it alone. So you find an organization tackling the problems that matter to you. If you can, you give a donation to support their work. But how can you tell that you’ve made a lasting difference? Read more |
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Views Wednesday, October 31, 2012 From Haiti with Love: Words of Support Through the Storm Here in New York City, we have weathered an overwhelming storm. Throughout the region, streets and homes lie in ruin. Many of us are without electricity and water. The infrastructu re we took for granted is gone, and it is hard to make life feel normal. We worry for our neighbors and loved ones. Read more |
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Views Tuesday, September 25, 2012 'Muslim Rage': So Much Easier Than Thinking I know you’re not stupid, but the mainstream media seems to think you are. Read more |
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Views Monday, May 21, 2012 Don’t Put Monsanto in Charge of Ending Hunger in Africa This past weekend, President Obama hid out from protesters at Camp David. He was hosting the leaders of the world’s eight wealthiest economies, known as the G8. As they readied to meet, on Friday, Obama put forward his New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. Read more |
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Views Tuesday, February 07, 2012 Once Again, It’s Not Just Abortion: The Susan G. Komen Foundation and the Global Gag Rule You've undoubtedly heard about the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation's disastrous decision to cut off nearly $700,000 in funding for Planned Parenthood last week . Disastrous for them, that is. Read more |