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Take Action: Call on the RCMP to investigate breach of Burma sanctions

Request the RCMP investigate the business agreement between Dickens & Madson Canada and Burma senior military General Mya Tun Oo.

Inter Pares joins call for Burma to end use of violence and respect democracy

Inter Pares has signed onto a joint statement regarding the February 1st military coup d'état in Burma.

Dismantling Systemic Racism and Exclusion in Colombia

For Manuel, ethno-education is not only an obligation of the State, it is fundamental to the dismantling of systemic racism and exclusion that Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities face.

Decolonizing Development

Forty-five years after its founding, Inter Pares still aspires to uphold that principle for which we were named.

New report on funding feminist movements in Burma

The Fund for Global Human Rights and Inter Pares have co-published a new report: Lessons Learned in the Pursuit of Gender Justice and Feminist Practice in Burma.

Highlights 2020

We reflect on a year of shared struggle and solidarity. Here is a collection of our most memorable moments from 2020.

Gender Justice & Women's Rights

In Their Own Words: Burma’s independent Indigenous news

There are significant barriers to freedom of information in Burma. Learn more about Burma News International, an independent news association of Indigenous media.

Peace Parks: A Political Tool for Self-Determination

As Burma’s first Indigenous protected and conserved area, the Salween Peace Park is a vibrant example of grassroots self-determination.

Salween Peace Park awarded 2020 Equator Prize

Inter Pares extends a warm congratulations to the communities of the Salween Peace Park on receiving the prestigious 2020 Equator Prize.

1. Sari Tudiver smiles brightly at the camera. She is wearing an orange patterned shirt and has short, close-cropped grey hair. Behind her is a grey background.

Confronting injustices together

Sari Tudiver, Chairperson of the Inter Pares Board of Directors, reflects on how communities mobilized for change in 2019.

Our 2019 Annual Report is here!

In our 2019 Annual Report, you will find a look back at a year of mobilizing for change.

Misson and Jood sit side by side looking at the camera. Misson is wearing a grey t-shirt and black hair wrap. Jood is wearing a colourful wrap.

Take Back the Day: Raising an activist

Celebrate mothers like Misson, who joined her daughter on the frontlines of Sudan’s historic uprising.

Women crouch outside over a grid drawn with chalk as they place seeds within the squares. The women are wearing colourful saris.

Take Back the Day: Seeding the future

Collaboration between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law in India has been transformative.

Women gather together outside holding signs that read 'Welcome mothers' and signs with photos of missing children

Take Back the Day: Searching together

María Elena is determined to keep searching for her son and to accompany other families, so they know that they are not alone.

Take Back the Day!

Take back Mother’s Day to its feminist roots. From now until May 10, celebrate mothers in El Salvador, India, and Sudan whose extraordinary activism inspires us.

Women of Sudan: Sparking Revolution, Creating Change

In celebration of International Women's Day, we are pleased to share with you a collection of testimonies of resistance from the 2019 uprising in Sudan.

Colombian Truth Commission hears testimony from Inter Pares

Latin America Program Manager Bill Fairbairn provided testimony about his experience working in support of human rights and peace in Colombia for the past thirty years.

Mae Tao Clinic: Thirty years of building healthy communities

The clinic’s momentous anniversary was celebrated and applauded at home in Mae Sot, Thailand and around the world.

Demonstrators for peace in Bogota, Colombia

Call for peace and respect for human rights in Colombia

On the eve of the International Day of Peace, the undersigned Canadian organizations are joining to express their profound concern over an escalating human rights crisis in Colombia and continued threats to the Colombian peace process.

Land is Life

Our counterparts in Burma courageously unite around the guiding principle that ‘land is life’.

Challenging, Confronting and Defying Corporate Power

Inter Pares actively supports organizations and movements that interrogate, challenge, and curb corporate power.

A woman holding a Sudanese flag speaks into a megaphone. She is surrounded by protesters.

Civil society organizations denounce violence in Sudan

Over ten Canadian civil society organizations denounce the recent and ongoing violent repression against peaceful, non-violent protesters in Sudan.

A group of Sudanese women gathered in protest with their backs to the camera

Sudan’s Revolution: The Struggle Within a Struggle

The women’s movement will continue to organize and shape a revolution that recognizes the autonomy and respects the agency of women.

Reclaim Mother’s Day

What if, this year, we take Mother’s Day back to its roots: a celebration of women as changemakers and contributors to society.

Gender Justice & Women's Rights

“Until We Find Them”: Searching for missing loved ones on the road to the North

When her 18-year-old son Heriberto said goodbye and left for the United States, Maria Elena Larios de Gonzalez had no idea he would vanish.

Defying Dichotomies: People who move

Refugees, migrants, voluntary or forced displacement ... learn more about a reality more complex than it seems.

40 years of social justice action: stories and lessons in new book by PCS

For 40 years, Inter Pares had the honour of working with the international NGO, Project Counselling Service (PCS).

Welcome to Stories of Hope!

Over the next five weeks we’ll share amazing stories of hope brought to life through the words of inspiring people: Razia, Lina, Mariam, Omar and Anne.

Gender Justice & Women's Rights

Human Rights Defenders: Creating Safe Conditions for Their Work

In Colombia, and many parts of the world, women and men who defend human rights face incredible risks to their physical safety.

What is Courage?

The people with whom Inter Pares works demonstrate profound courage, in their patience, persistence,fearlessness and motivation.

Never has such a tribute been revoked

Aung San Suu Kyi has been silent in the face of genocide. Why revoking her Honorary Canadian Citizenship is right.

The cycle of violence in Burma

Canada must not look at the recent Rohingya crisis in isolation from Burma’s long-standing conflicts.

Inter Pares staff members Samantha McGavin and Rebecca Wolsak (at left and right) with CHRO's Sang Hnin Lian and KDNG's Steven Naw Awng (centre), speaking alongside Chris Lewa to MPs and Senators on Parliament Hill.

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.

Burma’s Forgotten Wars

Samantha McGavin, Burma Program Manager, shines a light on the country beyond the Rohingya crisis through photos and reflections.

I Am Rohingya: A Genocide in Four Acts

This powerful documentary is about the journey of fourteen Rohingya refugee youth re-enacting their families' harrowing experiences in Burma and beyond.

Statement about the Tragedies of Colten Boushie and Tina Fontaine's Deaths

Inter Pares wishes to convey our profound sympathies to the families and communities of Colten Boushie and Tina Fontaine.

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.

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.

Mildrey Corrales (PCS), Mauricio Albarracín and Marcela Sánchez (both Colombia Diversa) with Bill Fairbairn.

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.

Plunder in the Borneo rainforest: A Canadian connection?

The Sarawak activists trying to “follow the money” and highlight a number of the factors that give Canada an international reputation as a safe haven for money laundering.

Samantha McGavin joins Amnesty’s Alex Neve and Kyle Matthews of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies in pressing for stronger Canadian measures. Also on stage: MPs Cheryl Hardcastle (at left) and Rob Oliphant (at right).

Inter Pares speaks out on Rohingya crisis, calls for immediate strong measures

Inter Pares remains highly concerned by the ongoing Rohingya crisis in Burma and Bangladesh, and by the pressing need for stronger action.

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!

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.

Joint statement on violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar

On September 26th, Inter Pares joined 30+ Canadian organizations and human rights activists in calling for further Canadian action on the crisis.

Open letter on national security Bill C-59

40 organizations and individuals from across Canadian civil society issued a joint letter to government that lays out overarching concerns with Bill C-59.

Statement on Latest Violence against the Rohingya Population in Burma

Inter Pares is gravely concerned regarding the latest wave of military violence against Rohingya civilians in northwestern Burma.

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.