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While some rights have been gained, others become threatened. Women’s leadershipArmed conflictHuman rightsIndigenous & ethnic rightsEnvironmentLandNatural resourcesAgricultureInternal displacementRefugeesAfrica Four Years of War Four years ago this week, conflict in Kachin State, northern Burma, broke a seventeen-year ceasefire agreement. Women’s leadershipArmed conflictBurma Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB) reconstitutes on Parliament Hill Inter Pares welcomes the announcement of the reconstitution of the Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB). Peace and DemocracyBurmaCanada The Future of International Solidarity: Over 100 participants! On April 30th, over 100 activists from Ottawa-Gatineau and around the world joined Inter Pares for its 40th anniversary event. FeminismWomen’s leadershipPeace and DemocracyAfrica Burmese women's rights activists wary of Canadian mining investment By Embassy Magazine's Kristen Shane. 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Armed conflictHuman rightsIndigenous & ethnic rightsControl Over ResourcesAsia 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. HealthBurma Why is Burma’s “Ethnic Issue” Important? Multi-ethnic coalitions collaborate to build a diverse and peaceful Burma. Peace and DemocracyBurma 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. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAsia Aid for refugees, by refugees Camps in Thailand are built and run by refugees themselves supported and monitored by The Border Consortium. Humanitarian reliefIndigenous & ethnic rightsMigrationAsia 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. Indigenous & ethnic rightsControl Over ResourcesAsia 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. Control Over ResourcesBurma Communities in Burma challenge destructive development of natural resources Burma Rivers Network monitors dam projects, promotes ecological sustainability and social justice in resource development. Human rightsControl Over ResourcesBurma 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. Women’s leadershipHealthAsia 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. 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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
Four Years of War Four years ago this week, conflict in Kachin State, northern Burma, broke a seventeen-year ceasefire agreement. Women’s leadershipArmed conflictBurma
Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB) reconstitutes on Parliament Hill Inter Pares welcomes the announcement of the reconstitution of the Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB). Peace and DemocracyBurmaCanada
The Future of International Solidarity: Over 100 participants! On April 30th, over 100 activists from Ottawa-Gatineau and around the world joined Inter Pares for its 40th anniversary event. FeminismWomen’s leadershipPeace and DemocracyAfrica
Burmese women's rights activists wary of Canadian mining investment By Embassy Magazine's Kristen Shane. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeBurma
Happy International Women's Day: Photo & video gallery Our inspiring counterparts from Africa, Latin America, and Asia are committed to gender equality. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeGuinea-BissauSudanBangladeshBurmaIndiaPhilippinesCanada
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
A holistic approach to a dangerous disease The Back Pack Health Worker Team provides primary health care to a quarter of a million people. HealthBurma
Civilian voices in Burma’s ceasefire negotiations Affected communities collaborate to pursue a peace based on civilian interests. Peace and DemocracyAsia
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. Armed conflictHuman rightsIndigenous & ethnic rightsControl Over ResourcesAsia
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. HealthBurma
Why is Burma’s “Ethnic Issue” Important? Multi-ethnic coalitions collaborate to build a diverse and peaceful Burma. Peace and DemocracyBurma
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. Women's Rights & Gender JusticeAsia
Aid for refugees, by refugees Camps in Thailand are built and run by refugees themselves supported and monitored by The Border Consortium. Humanitarian reliefIndigenous & ethnic rightsMigrationAsia
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. Indigenous & ethnic rightsControl Over ResourcesAsia
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. Control Over ResourcesBurma
Communities in Burma challenge destructive development of natural resources Burma Rivers Network monitors dam projects, promotes ecological sustainability and social justice in resource development. Human rightsControl Over ResourcesBurma
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. Women’s leadershipHealthAsia
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. HealthBurmaThailandCanada
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. Peace and DemocracyBurma
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. Violence against womenGovernanceHuman rightsUndocumented migrantsRefugeesBurmaMalaysiaThailand