The Nobel Women’s Initiative profiles Yifat Susskind – the Executive Director of MADRE, an organization that works with women’s human rights activists from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America to combat violence against women and promote women’s health, environmental justice and international peace. Susskind is also a proficient writer and journalist, having covered women’s issues for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy in Focus and other publications. Photo credit: Nobel Women’s Initiative