By partnering with community-based, women-led organizations on the frontlines of war and climate breakdown, activist Yifat Susskind is fighting for global rights for women.

Why you should listen

As executive director of MADRE, a humanitarian organization dedicated to women's rights, Yifat Susskind combines human rights advocacy with international feminism to meet urgent global needs and create lasting solutions to humanity's most pressing problems.

Under Susskind's leadership, MADRE continues to embody and advance the political principles that have always been at the organization's heart: the vision of a world where all people enjoy the full range of human rights -- and resources are shared equitably and sustainably.

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