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Peace and DemocracyAsia How the River Grows It is the tiniest spring and the most modest stream that eventually turn the waterwheel and the turbine. Control Over Resources Broadening the conversation on Burma In June 2018, Inter Pares organized a visit to Ottawa of colleagues in Kachin, Chin, and Arakan States, in order to bring their voices to policymakers and promote a comprehensive approach to Burma. Peace and DemocracyBurma Burma’s Forgotten Wars Samantha McGavin, Burma Program Manager, shines a light on the country beyond the Rohingya crisis through photos and reflections. Peace and DemocracyBurma In the Slums of Manila, Spreading Openness and Acceptance Mark and Vere are Likhaan Community Mobilizers. They both identify as transgender and work in the slum neighbourhoods of metro Manila. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAsia Building an Inclusive Peace in Colombia Colombia's peace agreement is historic as it is the most inclusive developed to date. Inter Pares' counterparts were instrumental in shaping the agreement. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeLatin America Connecting Struggles Bill Fairbairn, Latin America Program Manager at Inter Pares, draws a parallel between his social justice convictions as a gay man and Inter Pares' feminist priorities. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeCanada We Are All Fundraisers Inter Pares staff are co-managers, but we also all consider ourselves fundraisers. While that is a role that makes many people cringe, it’s one we embrace! Women's Rights & Gender JusticeCanada Rural Women-to-Women exCHANGEs An exchange that brought together farmers and rural women leaders from Canada, the West African biodiversity coalition COPAGEN, and the Deccan Development Society (DDS) in India. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAfrica Building Solidarity One Conversation at a Time Raising awareness of other realities, learning from others’ experiences, deepening our solidarity ... this is what Inter Pares seeks to do through our public engagement. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeCanada A New Vision for Land in Burma Land is central to many social justice struggles around the world, and it’s no different in Burma. However, ethnic civil society organizations have a new vision for land use. Peace and DemocracyAsia Return is Never That Simple Refugees in camps in Thailand are increasingly worried about their futures since many international NGOs are withdrawing their support. Peace and DemocracyAsia Countering Dehumanization and Hate Since October 2016, the Burmese army has unleashed a new wave of violence against Rohingya Muslim civilians in the northwest of the country. Violence against womenPeace and DemocracyAsia Canadian pension funds grab farmland in Brazil What are the links between pension funds and landgrabbing? Learn more with this article by David Bruer published in the Monitor magazine. Economic JusticeCanada A critical look at the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Senegal Presentation of key findings from the evaluation of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Senegal. Food SovereigntyAfrica Nijera Kori through the eyes of Canadian interns Between 2012 and 2016 Inter Pares collaborated with Dominique Caouette, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Montreal. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAsia My Retirement, Not at the Price of Human Dignity! Quebec and BC’s pension funds have land investments in Brazil that are forcing peasants off their land through violence and fraud. Take action now and write to their CEOs. Control Over ResourcesLatin America Feminism Sans Frontières Feminism is not a worldview invented and held solely by women in the global North. We have found over the past forty years that feminism resonates with social justice activists around the world. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAfrica Op-ed: Enough talk, Canada needs extractive industries ombudsperson The CNCA has just released proposed legislation that would uphold human rights of communities affected by Canadian extractive industries. Control Over ResourcesCanada What Does it Mean to Be Feminist? Executive Director Rita Morbia explores how Inter Pares lives out its commitment to feminism, and what the term means to her. Women's Rights & Gender Justice Flor Salvador: Witness to struggle and triumph in Mesoamerica Program manager Guillaume Charbonneau tells us Flor's story and how she grew into her role supporting women's rights movements across Central America and Mexico. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeLatin America Cathleen Kneen: Our big sister Program manager Eric Chaurette shares his ten-year collaboration with Cathleen, a tireless leader for food sovereignty who passed away this spring. Women’s leadershipFood SovereigntyCanada No True Peace Without the Voices of Women In late 2012, when Colombia’s government and its largest guerrilla group, known as the FARC, met in Norway to launch peace talks, the only woman si Women's Rights & Gender JusticeLatin America The Messy Process of Peace Peace. The word creates serene images of healthy communities. When countries Women's Rights & Gender JusticeBurma A Model for Peace: Women building peace in Mali With the support of ACORD, women and men gathered to learn and share ideas of how to transform national conflict into an authentic and sustainable peace. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAfrica Inter Pares engages with the Canadian government's development policy review We offered our views on how Canada can take action on poverty and inequality abroad. Forced Sterilizations in Peru: Never again Mamérita Mestanza hadn’t reached her 34th birthday when she died from complications resulting from tubal ligation surgery. Her story is far from unique. Human rightsIndigenous & ethnic rightsLatin America From Midwifery to National Healthcare, Step by Step By Rebecca Wolsak Women’s healthHealthAsia Controlling Their Own Bodies, Controlling Their Own Lives The establishment of four reproductive health clinics in the Philippines and the promotion of sexual and reproductive health of women and girls contribute to a better control of their bodies and their lives. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAsia The Survey of Muslims in Canada 2016 The Survey of Muslims in Canada 2016, supported by Inter Pares as part of our civil liberties work, confronts popular stereotypes by exploring Canadian Muslims’ experiences, opinions, and perceptions. Peace and DemocracyCanada The Panama Papers: Let's do what's right The Panama Papers reveal a system where wealthy individuals hide their money in tax havens to avoid paying tax in the countries where they live and carry out their business. It may be legal but it isn’t fair. Economic Justice Why Women Seek Asylum: The global pandemic of gender-based violence Board member Amanda Dale spoke with us about the challenges for women seeking asylum in Canada. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeCanada When staying is not an option Every year, 80,000 to 100,000 undocumented men and women leave Honduras. The country is rocked by violence, but Hondurans are deemed “economic migrants.” Women's Rights & Gender JusticeLatin America Picture a Refugee Labels of "refugee" instead of "migrant" have power worldwide, including in Burma, where displaced people have many stories but with common threads. Violence against womenPeace and DemocracyAsia Healthcare, Political Will and Federal Leadership Funding universal healthcare in Canada is economically viable, but it requires political will and federal leadership. Women’s healthHealthAsia Burma: Bringing Grassroots Experience to Canadian Policy In March of 2015, Inter Pares hosted a delegation of four women from Burma to meet with people facing similar struggles, and to share camaraderie and strategies. Violence against womenWomen’s leadershipPeace and DemocracyAsia The Future of International Solidarity Over forty years, we have witnessed incredible change in the countries where we work. While some rights have been gained, others become threatened. Women’s leadershipArmed conflictHuman rightsIndigenous & ethnic rightsEnvironmentLandNatural resourcesAgricultureInternal displacementRefugeesAfrica Why is Inter Pares concerned with GMOs? Inter Pares works to support and promote food sovereignty and ecological agriculture. Here are a few of the reasons Inter Pares is concerned about GMOs. Food SovereigntyAfrica The truth from our fields Inter Pares staff Eric Chaurette visited a cotton farmer group in Burkina Faso in February 2015. He got the latest news on the farmer-researcher project. Control Over ResourcesAfrica In Solidarity with Temporary Migrant Workers The vulnerable situation of migrant workers in Canada. Human rightsMigrationCanada The Power of Collective Action in Bangladesh Nijera Kori landless groups in the communities of Charbata, Bangladesh, successfully led collective action to protect the land to farm and the river to fish. Women’s leadershipGovernanceControl Over ResourcesAsia Promoting Canadians’ Civil Liberties Learn how ICLMG, Inter Pares counterpart, promotes and defends civil liberties and human rights here in Canada. Peace and DemocracyCanada Guinea-Bissau: Hope is in the Air Early 2015, staff member Patricia Charest Mugwaneza visited Inter Pares’ counterpart Tiniguena. She shares her experience. Peace and DemocracyAfrica El Salvador’s Shifting Social Geography El Salvador shows some signs of openness for dialogue between the government and civil society. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeLatin America Women's Health Is the Key to Economic Prosperity in the Philippines Dr. Melgar and Dr. Estrada Claudio are both co-founders of Likhaan, an Inter Pares counterpart in the Philippines. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAsia We were Up for Debate 30 years ago. We still are now. Caroline Andrew shares her personal memories as moderator of the 1984 women's issues debate. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeCanada Politics in Sudan need women’s voices Inter Pares counterparts act with determination and courage in Sudan to press for change, for peace, and for democracy in the face of incredible odds. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAfrica Election year in Burma Social justice activists in Burma are about to face a major dilemma. In late 2015, Burma will hold its first national elections since the "transition to democracy.” Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAsia The Tour is Over, Solidarity Continues: Guatemalan and Canadian activists build stronger ties Inter Pares’ Solidarity Tour to Guatemala. Peace and DemocracyCanada Songs and Seeds of Freedom: Building solidarity among farmers from West Africa and India Inter Pares facilitates a learning exchange amongst West African and Indian farmers. Food SovereigntyAfrica « first ‹ previous 1 2 3 next › last »
The cycle of violence in Burma Canada must not look at the recent Rohingya crisis in isolation from Burma’s long-standing conflicts. Peace and DemocracyAsia
How the River Grows It is the tiniest spring and the most modest stream that eventually turn the waterwheel and the turbine. Control Over Resources
Broadening the conversation on Burma In June 2018, Inter Pares organized a visit to Ottawa of colleagues in Kachin, Chin, and Arakan States, in order to bring their voices to policymakers and promote a comprehensive approach to Burma. Peace and DemocracyBurma
Burma’s Forgotten Wars Samantha McGavin, Burma Program Manager, shines a light on the country beyond the Rohingya crisis through photos and reflections. Peace and DemocracyBurma
In the Slums of Manila, Spreading Openness and Acceptance Mark and Vere are Likhaan Community Mobilizers. They both identify as transgender and work in the slum neighbourhoods of metro Manila. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAsia
Building an Inclusive Peace in Colombia Colombia's peace agreement is historic as it is the most inclusive developed to date. Inter Pares' counterparts were instrumental in shaping the agreement. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeLatin America
Connecting Struggles Bill Fairbairn, Latin America Program Manager at Inter Pares, draws a parallel between his social justice convictions as a gay man and Inter Pares' feminist priorities. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeCanada
We Are All Fundraisers Inter Pares staff are co-managers, but we also all consider ourselves fundraisers. While that is a role that makes many people cringe, it’s one we embrace! Women's Rights & Gender JusticeCanada
Rural Women-to-Women exCHANGEs An exchange that brought together farmers and rural women leaders from Canada, the West African biodiversity coalition COPAGEN, and the Deccan Development Society (DDS) in India. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAfrica
Building Solidarity One Conversation at a Time Raising awareness of other realities, learning from others’ experiences, deepening our solidarity ... this is what Inter Pares seeks to do through our public engagement. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeCanada
A New Vision for Land in Burma Land is central to many social justice struggles around the world, and it’s no different in Burma. However, ethnic civil society organizations have a new vision for land use. Peace and DemocracyAsia
Return is Never That Simple Refugees in camps in Thailand are increasingly worried about their futures since many international NGOs are withdrawing their support. Peace and DemocracyAsia
Countering Dehumanization and Hate Since October 2016, the Burmese army has unleashed a new wave of violence against Rohingya Muslim civilians in the northwest of the country. Violence against womenPeace and DemocracyAsia
Canadian pension funds grab farmland in Brazil What are the links between pension funds and landgrabbing? Learn more with this article by David Bruer published in the Monitor magazine. Economic JusticeCanada
A critical look at the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Senegal Presentation of key findings from the evaluation of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Senegal. Food SovereigntyAfrica
Nijera Kori through the eyes of Canadian interns Between 2012 and 2016 Inter Pares collaborated with Dominique Caouette, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Montreal. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAsia
My Retirement, Not at the Price of Human Dignity! Quebec and BC’s pension funds have land investments in Brazil that are forcing peasants off their land through violence and fraud. Take action now and write to their CEOs. Control Over ResourcesLatin America
Feminism Sans Frontières Feminism is not a worldview invented and held solely by women in the global North. We have found over the past forty years that feminism resonates with social justice activists around the world. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAfrica
Op-ed: Enough talk, Canada needs extractive industries ombudsperson The CNCA has just released proposed legislation that would uphold human rights of communities affected by Canadian extractive industries. Control Over ResourcesCanada
What Does it Mean to Be Feminist? Executive Director Rita Morbia explores how Inter Pares lives out its commitment to feminism, and what the term means to her. Women's Rights & Gender Justice
Flor Salvador: Witness to struggle and triumph in Mesoamerica Program manager Guillaume Charbonneau tells us Flor's story and how she grew into her role supporting women's rights movements across Central America and Mexico. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeLatin America
Cathleen Kneen: Our big sister Program manager Eric Chaurette shares his ten-year collaboration with Cathleen, a tireless leader for food sovereignty who passed away this spring. Women’s leadershipFood SovereigntyCanada
No True Peace Without the Voices of Women In late 2012, when Colombia’s government and its largest guerrilla group, known as the FARC, met in Norway to launch peace talks, the only woman si Women's Rights & Gender JusticeLatin America
The Messy Process of Peace Peace. The word creates serene images of healthy communities. When countries Women's Rights & Gender JusticeBurma
A Model for Peace: Women building peace in Mali With the support of ACORD, women and men gathered to learn and share ideas of how to transform national conflict into an authentic and sustainable peace. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAfrica
Inter Pares engages with the Canadian government's development policy review We offered our views on how Canada can take action on poverty and inequality abroad.
Forced Sterilizations in Peru: Never again Mamérita Mestanza hadn’t reached her 34th birthday when she died from complications resulting from tubal ligation surgery. Her story is far from unique. Human rightsIndigenous & ethnic rightsLatin America
Controlling Their Own Bodies, Controlling Their Own Lives The establishment of four reproductive health clinics in the Philippines and the promotion of sexual and reproductive health of women and girls contribute to a better control of their bodies and their lives. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAsia
The Survey of Muslims in Canada 2016 The Survey of Muslims in Canada 2016, supported by Inter Pares as part of our civil liberties work, confronts popular stereotypes by exploring Canadian Muslims’ experiences, opinions, and perceptions. Peace and DemocracyCanada
The Panama Papers: Let's do what's right The Panama Papers reveal a system where wealthy individuals hide their money in tax havens to avoid paying tax in the countries where they live and carry out their business. It may be legal but it isn’t fair. Economic Justice
Why Women Seek Asylum: The global pandemic of gender-based violence Board member Amanda Dale spoke with us about the challenges for women seeking asylum in Canada. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeCanada
When staying is not an option Every year, 80,000 to 100,000 undocumented men and women leave Honduras. The country is rocked by violence, but Hondurans are deemed “economic migrants.” Women's Rights & Gender JusticeLatin America
Picture a Refugee Labels of "refugee" instead of "migrant" have power worldwide, including in Burma, where displaced people have many stories but with common threads. Violence against womenPeace and DemocracyAsia
Healthcare, Political Will and Federal Leadership Funding universal healthcare in Canada is economically viable, but it requires political will and federal leadership. Women’s healthHealthAsia
Burma: Bringing Grassroots Experience to Canadian Policy In March of 2015, Inter Pares hosted a delegation of four women from Burma to meet with people facing similar struggles, and to share camaraderie and strategies. Violence against womenWomen’s leadershipPeace and DemocracyAsia
The Future of International Solidarity Over forty years, we have witnessed incredible change in the countries where we work. While some rights have been gained, others become threatened. Women’s leadershipArmed conflictHuman rightsIndigenous & ethnic rightsEnvironmentLandNatural resourcesAgricultureInternal displacementRefugeesAfrica
Why is Inter Pares concerned with GMOs? Inter Pares works to support and promote food sovereignty and ecological agriculture. Here are a few of the reasons Inter Pares is concerned about GMOs. Food SovereigntyAfrica
The truth from our fields Inter Pares staff Eric Chaurette visited a cotton farmer group in Burkina Faso in February 2015. He got the latest news on the farmer-researcher project. Control Over ResourcesAfrica
In Solidarity with Temporary Migrant Workers The vulnerable situation of migrant workers in Canada. Human rightsMigrationCanada
The Power of Collective Action in Bangladesh Nijera Kori landless groups in the communities of Charbata, Bangladesh, successfully led collective action to protect the land to farm and the river to fish. Women’s leadershipGovernanceControl Over ResourcesAsia
Promoting Canadians’ Civil Liberties Learn how ICLMG, Inter Pares counterpart, promotes and defends civil liberties and human rights here in Canada. Peace and DemocracyCanada
Guinea-Bissau: Hope is in the Air Early 2015, staff member Patricia Charest Mugwaneza visited Inter Pares’ counterpart Tiniguena. She shares her experience. Peace and DemocracyAfrica
El Salvador’s Shifting Social Geography El Salvador shows some signs of openness for dialogue between the government and civil society. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeLatin America
Women's Health Is the Key to Economic Prosperity in the Philippines Dr. Melgar and Dr. Estrada Claudio are both co-founders of Likhaan, an Inter Pares counterpart in the Philippines. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAsia
We were Up for Debate 30 years ago. We still are now. Caroline Andrew shares her personal memories as moderator of the 1984 women's issues debate. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeCanada
Politics in Sudan need women’s voices Inter Pares counterparts act with determination and courage in Sudan to press for change, for peace, and for democracy in the face of incredible odds. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAfrica
Election year in Burma Social justice activists in Burma are about to face a major dilemma. In late 2015, Burma will hold its first national elections since the "transition to democracy.” Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAsia
The Tour is Over, Solidarity Continues: Guatemalan and Canadian activists build stronger ties Inter Pares’ Solidarity Tour to Guatemala. Peace and DemocracyCanada
Songs and Seeds of Freedom: Building solidarity among farmers from West Africa and India Inter Pares facilitates a learning exchange amongst West African and Indian farmers. Food SovereigntyAfrica