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Civilian voices in Burma’s ceasefire negotiations

Affected communities collaborate to pursue a peace based on civilian interests.

Displaced families of the community of Las Pavas in Colombia are working for a lasting solution after numerous forced evictions.

In Zacualpa, Guatemala, the Office of the Migrant attends to a community deeply affected by undocumented migration.

Imported Bangladesh shrimp or Canadian-grown vegetables picked by migrant labour: it matters how food is produced.

Canada’s public healthcare system is sustainable but only if Canadians choose funding the system over tax cuts.

Taxes are revenue countries need for development and are lost to tax havens resulting in austerity programs

Uncontrolled resource development during a 17-year ceasefire impoverished Kachin State & reignited war in 2011.

Follow the journey of BPHWT health workers as they provide care to villagers in Burma’s conflict areas.

Multi-ethnic coalitions collaborate to build a diverse and peaceful Burma.

Inter Pares’ long-term relationships with organizations such as the Karen Women Organization are part of a process of creating sustainable change.

Camps in Thailand are built and run by refugees themselves supported and monitored by The Border Consortium.

Food Secure Canada is committed to turning the People’s food Policy into reality, which promotes transforming our food system.

Chin Human Rights Organization documents human rights abuses and campaigns to ensure benefits for Indigenous people.

Burma’s Shwe Gas Project fuels armed conflict, rights abuses and poverty, with Canada Pension Plan financing.

Third World Network monitors agreements around the world in order to help southern countries advocate for fairer trade regimes.

Forming a network in India to advocate for small farmer millet-based agriculture to improve food security.

Tiniguena, an organization in Guinea-Bissau, celebrates 20 years of struggle for emancipation and biodiversity conservation.

Burma Rivers Network monitors dam projects, promotes ecological sustainability and social justice in resource development.

Inter Pares facilitated an exchange between the Mae Tao Clinic for Burmese refugees and Likhaan in the Philippines.

Feminism is key to our programming and structure, with values of equality, collaboration and coalition-building.

Inter Pares advances social justice in Canada and abroad bringing a strong feminist analysis to coalition work.

People are creating Canada's first comprehensive food sovereignty policy based on a vision of a society in which nobody goes hungry.

Moments of revolution arise out of the patient work of organizing ourselves around shared goals.