Results: 386
Public financing for women’s rights in the Philippines
Likhaan, a women’s health organization in the Philippines, advocates for universal healthcare and reproductive rights.
Asian and West African activists share knowledge on biodiverse farming
A knowledge-sharing exchange brings Asian and West African activists together to ensure food sovereignty.
Civilian voices in Burma’s ceasefire negotiations
Affected communities collaborate to pursue a peace based on civilian interests.
Internally displaced struggle for land in Las Pavas, Colombia
Displaced families of the community of Las Pavas in Colombia are working for a lasting solution after numerous forced evictions.
Analysing the causes and facing the consequences of migration in Zacualpa, Guatemala
In Zacualpa, Guatemala, the Office of the Migrant attends to a community deeply affected by undocumented migration.
The politics of food production
Imported Bangladesh shrimp or Canadian-grown vegetables picked by migrant labour: it matters how food is produced.
Medicare: Canadians can afford compassion
Canada’s public healthcare system is sustainable but only if Canadians choose funding the system over tax cuts.
Rejecting the cult of austerity – taxes are revenue for development
Taxes are revenue countries need for development and are lost to tax havens resulting in austerity programs
Crony capitalism: How ‘development’ led to armed conflict in Kachin State
Uncontrolled resource development during a 17-year ceasefire impoverished Kachin State & reignited war in 2011.
Back Pack Health Worker Team provides critical care in Burma
Follow the journey of BPHWT health workers as they provide care to villagers in Burma’s conflict areas.
Why is Burma’s “Ethnic Issue” Important?
Multi-ethnic coalitions collaborate to build a diverse and peaceful Burma.
Building the foundations of peace in Burma
Inter Pares’ long-term relationships with organizations such as the Karen Women Organization are part of a process of creating sustainable change.
Aid for refugees, by refugees
Camps in Thailand are built and run by refugees themselves supported and monitored by The Border Consortium.
Towards a collective vision for advancing food sovereignty in Canada
Food Secure Canada is committed to turning the People’s food Policy into reality, which promotes transforming our food system.
Chin people in Burma: Having a say on their land
Chin Human Rights Organization documents human rights abuses and campaigns to ensure benefits for Indigenous people.
Canada Pension Plan fuels human rights abuses in Burma
Burma’s Shwe Gas Project fuels armed conflict, rights abuses and poverty, with Canada Pension Plan financing.
Third World Network: Talking trade and justice
Third World Network monitors agreements around the world in order to help southern countries advocate for fairer trade regimes.
Advocating in India for millet production to help small farmers
Forming a network in India to advocate for small farmer millet-based agriculture to improve food security.
Communities in Burma challenge destructive development of natural resources
Burma Rivers Network monitors dam projects, promotes ecological sustainability and social justice in resource development.
Protecting biodiversity and building food sovereignty in Guinea-Bissau
Tiniguena, an organization in Guinea-Bissau, celebrates 20 years of struggle for emancipation and biodiversity conservation.
Health is always political: The work of Likhaan and the Mae Tao Clinic
Inter Pares facilitated an exchange between the Mae Tao Clinic for Burmese refugees and Likhaan in the Philippines.
The importance of feminist methodology in Inter Pares’ work and structure
Feminism is key to our programming and structure, with values of equality, collaboration and coalition-building.
Inter Pares puts feminism into practice through coalition building
Inter Pares advances social justice in Canada and abroad bringing a strong feminist analysis to coalition work.
Make dinner or be dinner
People are creating Canada's first comprehensive food sovereignty policy based on a vision of a society in which nobody goes hungry.
The Gradual Instant - Change from the Ground Up
Moments of revolution arise out of the patient work of organizing ourselves around shared goals.
Africa: equality, the law, and women’s well-being
African women struggling for access to justice for sexual violence insist women’s equality is essential.
A cultural and gender sensitive approach to trauma healing in Guatemala and Peru
Local organizations in Peru and Guatemala are working to heal the deep scars of the internal armed conflicts left on indigenous women.
Doctors from Canada and Burma exchange lessons on refugee health care
Inter Pares connects people delivering community-based healthcare for patients caught up in poverty and conflict.
Rights activist Charm Tong shares struggle for democracy in Burma with Canadians
She shared stories with Canadians and presented before a parliamentary committee the human rights situation in Burma.
Canadian civil society organizes for corporate accountability
Mining Watch Canada, the Halifax Initiative and Inter Pares advocate for responsible behavior from Canadian companies
Salmmah: Young Sudanese women challenge taboos
Salmmah Women’s Resource Centre works with young women and men to challenge discriminatory norms and laws in Sudan.
Dig In! An interactive workshop on food sovereignty
CBAN, Check Your Head, and the National Farmers Union Youth created a toolkit to better the food system in Canada.
Defeating fear by building solidarity: the work of ICLMG
ICLMG comprises 38 Canadian organizations & monitors the impact of security legislation on civil rights
Sold into Slavery: Burma’s refugees exploited by Malaysian traffickers and authorities
Refugees fleeing abuse in Burma are sold by traffickers in Malaysia and south Thailand, with official complicity.
Africa-Canada relations: From charity and aid to solidarity and transformation
How do Northern NGOs work for social justice, rather than reproduce the same relations of power we seek to transform.
