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Informing youth in Manila: Health on the margins

The streets of Metro Manila, the Philippines, are bustling with life. Street vendors push their carts along the concrete, calling out their goods and price. Children rush past, chasing each other. Teenagers gather around street corners, chatting, texting, joking. Chonalyn Deiparine, a Youth Mobilizer with Likhaan Center for Women’s Health, is spending her time today…

Health Philippines

January 27, 2020

Spreading awareness: Health on the margins

Lorena Abad, a Community Health Promoter with the Likhaan Center for Women’s Health, moves confidently through the alleyways of a slum in Metro Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. She is spending her day visiting her neighbours at their homes to talk with them about their reproductive health. Lorena Abad is a Community Health…

Health Philippines

October 29, 2019

Change in Bangladesh: In the words of the landless

Landless people in Bangladesh occupy a low social status in the country. In rural areas, this status restricts their access to meaningful employment, education, social services and political representation. With the support of Nijera Kori, Inter Pares’ long-term counterpart, landless people have been coming together in small groups to demand their rights and claim their…

Gender justice and women's rights Bangladesh

September 12, 2019

Supporting rural women in Senegal: Introducing ENDA Pronat

Inter Pares is excited to announce its new relationship with ENDA Pronat, a longstanding Senegalese organization that is a leader in agroecology, governance of natural resources, and rural women’s leadership. Founded in 1982, ENDA Pronat promotes climate resilient and sustainable rural development in Senegal by accompanying local communities, especially women and youth, to gain and…

Food and climate justice Senegal

October 4, 2018