Club de Madrid Articles

Our Work to Prevent Violent Extremism in Nigeria, Tunisia and Lebanon

This qualitative research will provide evidence-based findings on how citizens receive and perceive messages from violent extremist groups and identify the channels through which those messages are conveyed. Focus group report and recommendations will soon be...

Roza Otunbayeva Part of UN Panel on Global Poverty and Women in Peace Building

Roza Otunbayeva, President of Kyrgyz Republic (2010-2011) and Club de Madrid Member, was involved in two panel discussions on 1st and 2nd February during the United Nations Commission on Social Development, part of a joint initiative of the Club de Madrid and the UN...

Vike-Freiberga explains Club de Madrid’s ‘Shared Vision of a Shared Society’ at the Hufftington Post

The organization's President, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, penned an essay in the Huffington Post in response, which doubled down on the values that Shared Societies embodies: “when everyone is involved and encouraged, they become an asset to society and a...

Zapatero advocates for a humane approach to the issue of migration in Dominican Republic

The activity addressed a forum on migration and social inclusion alongside, inter alia, the Minister of Interior and Police, Carlos Amarante Baret and the Dominican Ambassador to Haiti, Dr. Ruben Sillié. President Rodríguez Zapatero shared his expertise and his...

Open Letter to the G20: ‘We, not They’

Nov 30, 2018

We call on G20 leaders to:-Use respectful, tolerant and compassionate language to refer to refugees and migrants.

Laura Chinchilla gives impulse to fight against violence towards women in Paraguay

Nov 23, 2018

Read this piece of news in Spanish here. The Vice-President of Club de Madrid (CdM) and former President of Costa Rica (2010-2014), Laura Chinchilla, led a mission to Paraguay to advocate for the effective implementation of Law 5777/16, which aims at protecting women against gender violence. In a...

Club de Madrid presents its project ‘Leaders Telling a Different Story’ at Paris Peace Forum 2018

Nov 15, 2018

Club de Madrid (CdM) presented its project ‘Leaders Telling a Different Story’ at a stand organized by the EU Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (EU-Devco) at the Paris Peace Forum 2018.

Haiti: Democratic process, reconstruction and development process

Mar 11, 2011

It is imperative to stop any form of electoral violence, physical or verbal. Democracy requires, necessarily, the...

8th March, International Women’s Day

Mar 8, 2011

When women on all continents, often divided by national boundaries and by ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic...

Public Statement on the Current Situation in Libya

Feb 25, 2011

The Club de Madrid is aware that we live in a changing world and leaders are facing new and difficult challenges....

González and Jospin support the electoral process in Haiti as a prerequisite for consensus for reconstruction

Feb 23, 2011

Almost six months since the start of the Global Leadership for Haiti´s Reconstruction project, the Club de Madrid has...

Betancur, Pastrana, Sanguinetti and Zedillo dialogue on political stability, economic prosperity and legal security in Latin America

Feb 17, 2011

Latin America is going through a very unique moment, both politically and economically. Despite differences between...