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A Transformative Vision for Gender Justice

Our partners in Burma share with us a transformative vision for gender justice.

28. Representatives from the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives and Clinic 554 stand with their 2019 Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award plaques and Peruvian activist Maria Ysabel Cedano. In the background is colourful Indigenous artwork.

Recognizing social justice activists

We are honoured to shine a light on hardworking social justice organizations with the Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award.

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.

A Feminist Action Agenda for Canada’s Global Response to COVID-19

Together with allies we have prepared a policy brief on why Canada needs a feminist response to COVID-19 and how it can be achieved.

Inter Pares joins network supporting global LGBTI rights

The Dignity Network is a group of organizations from across Canada involved in supporting the human rights of LGBTI people globally.

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.

The work of social justice continues during COVID-19

In this moment of global uncertainty, grassroots mobilization gives us hope.

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.

Women at the heart of Senegal’s transition to agroecology

ENDA Pronat and allies launch a series of policy recommendations to support Senegal's transition to agroecology.

Senegal leading the way for a transition to agroecology

DyTAES calls for the Senegalese government to adopt an agroecological approach.

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Across Borders

Learn about Inter Pares' new cross-geographic program, Building Momentum for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.

Highlights 2019

2019 has been a year of shared struggle, of solidarity, to globalize equality. Here are some of our most memorable moments.

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Stories of Solidarity

We are together in the struggle for social justice. Make a gift in solidarity.

Bearing Witness in Bangladesh

At Inter Pares, our role isn’t only to support struggles abroad – but also to bring those struggles back home, to share them with you, with our allies and supporters across the country.

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.

Practicing Recognition

At Inter Pares, we see our role as expressing solidarity with counterparts' struggles. We recognize, and we celebrate together.

Defending the right to political and social action

For over four decades Inter Pares has been committed to promoting deep and enduring relationships of common cause among civil society organizations.

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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.

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Our 2018 Annual Report is out!

This year, we highlight the people of Inter Pares who make the work we do possible.

TWO winners for the 2019 Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award

Inter Pares is thrilled to recognize Clinic 554 and the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives with this year’s Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award.

Activist Fair: Conversations on Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights

Don't miss an enlightening evening of spoken word poetry, discussion, and celebration!

Demonstrate solidarity with survivors of forced and coerced sterilizations in Canada

For 2019 International Women's Day, support Indigenous women in Canada who have been sterilized without consent.

My dear sangham sisters

Remarks from Shree Mulay, Inter Pares Board member at the twentieth anniversary of the Mobile Biodiversity Festival, Telangana, India.

Call for Nominations for 2019 Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award

Do you know a Canadian organization carrying out transformative work to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights? Help to raise their profile by nominating them.

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.

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In Sudan, Courage Means Women Who Persist

Through every stage of life, the rights and freedoms of women in Sudan are compromised. Our counterparts are part of the courageous women’s rights movement.

Introducing… ENDA Pronat

Inter Pares is proud to announce its new relationship with Enda Pronat, a Senegalese organization advocating for sustainable and fair development.

Joint statement on Canada's support for women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia

Inter Pares and civil society join the Canadian government to call for the release of women’s right activists detained in Saudi Arabia.

I Am The Other: Discrimination and Social Exclusion in Canada

A bilingual evening on the topic of discrimination and social exclusion in Canada.

W7: Feminist Visions for the G7

This event will bring together around 70 diverse feminist leaders from Canada and around the world to envision a feminist agenda for the G7.

Solidarity with Peruvian Victims of Forced Sterilizations

Inter Pares has worked with Peruvian counterparts since the early 1990s to bring an end to a policy that resulted in the forced sterilization of hundreds of thousands of rural citizens.

Inter Pares pays tribute to Diana Avila Paulette, Latin American activist, former head of PCS

Inter Pares mourns the passing of lifelong activist and dear Peruvian friend and colleague — our compañera, Diana Avila Paulette.

Highlights 2017: Inter Pares' year in review

Inter Pares supports local activist organizations to build a more equal world. Thanks to our generous donors, throughout 2017, we have strengthened many struggles for social justice in Canada and overseas.

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Prime Minister Trudeau Visits Inter Pares Program in the Philippines

Inter Pares appreciates Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to an innovative clinic established by Likhaan Center for Women’s Health.

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!

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.

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.

Bill 62 Does Not Promote Women’s Rights

Inter Pares is profoundly concerned about the Quebec government’s passage of Bill 62.

A rural Senegalese leader, addressing a gathering while visiting our counterpart Deccan Development Society in India. A central part of our feminist approach is to organize international exchanges, enabling mutual learning and solidarity-building.

Inter Pares welcomes Canada’s feminist realignment of international assistance

Inter Pares welcomes the Government of Canada’s launch of its long-awaited international assistance policy (IAP).

Inter Pares supports the decriminalization of abortion in El Salvador

Inter Pares and Canadian civil society organizations support decriminalization of abortion in El Salvador.

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 Health, Women’s Rights: In the Philippines, In Canada, and Beyond

Inter Pares is organizing a cross-Canada tour with two representatives from the Likhaan Center for Women's Health in the Philippines.

Members of CCMW pose with members of Peter Gillespie's family at the presentation of the 1st Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award. L-R: Farhat Rehman, Alia Hogben, Fauzya Talib, Lexxus Gillespie, Letso Gillespie, Lulama Tobo-Gillespie, Kagiso Gillespie.

Canadian Council of Muslim Women inaugural recipient of Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award

CCMW is recognized for their courageous work in advancing women’s rights.

The audience claps and cheers at the closing of Seven.

“NGO USES DOCUMENTARY PLAY 'SEVEN' TO TOUCH, EDUCATE”

This review of Inter Pares' Ottawa premiere of Seven was written by Bob LeDrew and published in Ottawa Tonite, April 25th, 2017.

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2017 Peter Gillespie Award for Social Justice, awarded to the Canadian Council for Muslim Women

Canadian Council of Muslim Women to receive Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award

Inter Pares is honored to give the award to the Canadian Council of Muslim Women for their courageous work in advancing women’s rights.

Innovations in reducing maternal mortality in the Philippines

Inter Pares staff were thrilled to be in Manila, the Philippines, on the occasion of the opening of Likhaan’s Zaragosa clinic.