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Canadian coalition calls for urgent action to uphold civil liberties and Charter rights at protests and encampments across the country May 15, 2024 | Read more
Inter Pares joins call for Burma to end use of violence and respect democracy Feb 4, 2021 | Read more
Inter Pares welcomes Canada’s feminist realignment of international assistance Jun 9, 2017 | Read more
Stopping the unstoppable: Citizen resistance to exterminator technology in Burkina Faso Sep 4, 2019 | Read more
The Immigrant Workers Centre to receive 2018 Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award Apr 18, 2018 | Read more
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Our Work: By issue Peace and Democracy About this issue Around the world, citizens' groups are promoting broad participation in the process of democratization. These efforts aim to re-establish the power and accountability of governments to set social and economic policies that protect and promote the interests of all citizens. It can only be attained through sustainable peace, promoting justice, tolerance, participation, equality and reconciliation. Our Work on this issue Inter Pares and our counterparts are creating possibilities for a local development that responds to people’s needs and promotes broad participation. We foster integration, reinforced by regional, national and international linkages. Local power has enormous potential, not only in ensuring participation and self-governance at the local level, but also in laying the foundation for democratization. Sub-issuesArmed conflictCivil libertiesFreedom of expressionGovernanceHumanitarian reliefHuman rightsImpunityIndigenous & ethnic rightsMilitarizationPeacebuilding Latest Updates Peace and DemocracyCanada Wage solidarity campaign for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Inter Pares invites waged workers who have the capacity to do so to donate one day’s wages to Indigenous organizations. Peace and DemocracyBurma Open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau on Myanmar/Burma We, the undersigned 79 Canadian, Myanmar and international organizations committed to peace and democracy in Myanmar, call on the Government of Canada to renew and reinvigorate its political, technical, and material support for the people’s and the country’s path toward a peaceful, secure, and inclusive democratic future. Peace and Democracy Inter Pares' letter to Prime Minister Trudeau on Gaza We laud Canada’s recent actions, including joining repeatedly with allies to call for an urgent ceasefire. Yet, while these actions are necessary, they are not sufficient. Canada can and must do more. Peace and DemocracySudan CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS | Inter Pares and SUWRA launch Canadian civil society working group on Sudan In recognition of the escalating crisis in Sudan, Inter Pares and Sudanese Women Rights Action (SUWRA) are coordinating a new working group on Suda Load more Our Impact on this issue Peace and DemocracyAsia Improving the lives of the poor in Bangladesh by mobilizing people to claim their rights to land, education and healthcare. Read related update > Peace and DemocracyLatin America Creating a better future for Las Pavas community, encompassing thousands of internally displaced people in Colombia. Read related update > Peace and DemocracyAsia Bringing community-based organizations together to ensure that civilian concerns are included in ceasefire negotiation processes in Burma. Read related update > See all impacts Related Counterparts Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (Frayba) Peace and DemocracyLatin America Centro de Desarrollo Andino (SISAY) Peace and DemocracyLatin America Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) Women's Rights & Gender JusticeBurma Colombia Diversa Peace and DemocracyLatin America Corporación Arazá Women's Rights & Gender JusticeLatin America Humanas Women's Rights & Gender JusticeLatin America Load more Related Voices Women's Rights & Gender JusticeCanada Erin Sirett, a unique relationship to Inter Pares Erin Sirett is a current donor, but she also has a unique relationship to Inter Pares. She did her Ph.D. research on Inter Pares! Women's Rights & Gender JusticeLatin America Forced sterilizations in Peru: Survivors seek justice Victoria Saccsara leads a group of survivors of forced sterilization in her region advocating for reparations from the Peruvian government. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAsia Stories of Solidarity: Indigenous Women's Leadership in Burma Naw K’nyaw Paw shares how the Karen Women's Organization strengthens women’s leadership and political participation. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAfrica Stories of Solidarity: Women Uprising in Sudan Dr. Asha El-Karib shares how Sudanese women catalyzed ground-breaking political change and continue to organize. Load more Related Resources See all related resources Annual report 2023 | Existence is resistance Peace and Democracy Annual Reports #KeepEyesOnSudan Violence against womenPeace and DemocracySudan Bulletins Burma: resistance and resilience Women’s healthPeace and DemocracyBurma Bulletins Related Staff Nikki Richard Samantha McGavin Jean Symes Rita Morbia 1 2 3 4 next last
Peace and DemocracyCanada Wage solidarity campaign for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Inter Pares invites waged workers who have the capacity to do so to donate one day’s wages to Indigenous organizations.
Peace and DemocracyBurma Open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau on Myanmar/Burma We, the undersigned 79 Canadian, Myanmar and international organizations committed to peace and democracy in Myanmar, call on the Government of Canada to renew and reinvigorate its political, technical, and material support for the people’s and the country’s path toward a peaceful, secure, and inclusive democratic future.
Peace and Democracy Inter Pares' letter to Prime Minister Trudeau on Gaza We laud Canada’s recent actions, including joining repeatedly with allies to call for an urgent ceasefire. Yet, while these actions are necessary, they are not sufficient. Canada can and must do more.
Peace and DemocracySudan CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS | Inter Pares and SUWRA launch Canadian civil society working group on Sudan In recognition of the escalating crisis in Sudan, Inter Pares and Sudanese Women Rights Action (SUWRA) are coordinating a new working group on Suda
Peace and DemocracyAsia Improving the lives of the poor in Bangladesh by mobilizing people to claim their rights to land, education and healthcare. Read related update >
Peace and DemocracyLatin America Creating a better future for Las Pavas community, encompassing thousands of internally displaced people in Colombia. Read related update >
Peace and DemocracyAsia Bringing community-based organizations together to ensure that civilian concerns are included in ceasefire negotiation processes in Burma. Read related update >
Women's Rights & Gender JusticeCanada Erin Sirett, a unique relationship to Inter Pares Erin Sirett is a current donor, but she also has a unique relationship to Inter Pares. She did her Ph.D. research on Inter Pares!
Women's Rights & Gender JusticeLatin America Forced sterilizations in Peru: Survivors seek justice Victoria Saccsara leads a group of survivors of forced sterilization in her region advocating for reparations from the Peruvian government.
Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAsia Stories of Solidarity: Indigenous Women's Leadership in Burma Naw K’nyaw Paw shares how the Karen Women's Organization strengthens women’s leadership and political participation.
Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAfrica Stories of Solidarity: Women Uprising in Sudan Dr. Asha El-Karib shares how Sudanese women catalyzed ground-breaking political change and continue to organize.