Publications & Resources

Karen Women's Organization & Inter Pares: A relationship based on shared values

Inter Pares has an extensive program on Burma, in which we have been collaborating with the Karen Women's Organization (KWO) since 2000. We asked two KWO leaders, Naw K'nyaw Paw and Naw Zipporah Sein, to speak about the nature of our collaboration.

Burma's Forgotten Wars

In our June 2018 edition, Samantha McGavin, Asia Program Manager, shares photos and reflections from her then-recent trip in Burma.

Uprooting Inequality Brief

The Food Security Policy Group urges Canada to focus on small-scale farming to achieve gender equality and empowerment of women.

Meet the People of Inter Pares in our 2017 Annual Report

In this year's Annual Report, we highlight the people of Inter Pares. Meet some of our counterparts, a donor, a staff and a board member, all part of the Inter Pares community.

Rape by Command

A new report details Burmese Army’s use of rape as a weapon against the Rohingya women and girls.

Pride in our work

Sexual orientation and gender identity are integral aspects of our selves and should never lead to discrimination or abuse. Inter Pares bulletin “Pride in our Work” highlights our support for LGBTQ2 people’s rights, and our work with activists representing a multiplicity of identities and issues.

Highlights 2017

Inter Pares supports local activist organizations to build a more equal world.

Behind the scenes at Inter Pares

In this issue, we invite you behind the scenes at Inter Pares.

A New Vision for Land in Burma

Sai Khur Hseng is an activist who works closely with local community groups in Burma who stand up for customary land tenure systems that protect their land and the environment.

Deeper Change in Burma: Working Towards Inclusive Democracy

In this issue, we report on the situation in Burma regarding democracy and human rights.

cover of Inter Pares' 2016 Annual Report

Inter Pares' 2016 Annual Report - Hope at the Grassroots

We are pleased to announce that our Annual Report 2016 is out! This year, we reflect on the many sources of hope upon which we at Inter Pares draw during challenging political times.

The World Through a Feminist Lens

In this bulletin, we explore our feminist approach, and what it means for activists around the world.

Highlights 2016

Globally, Inter Pares works with organizations engaged in building a more equitable world. Here are some highlights of what we’ve accomplished together in 2016.

Women's Health & Women's Rights

This bulletin highlights the excellent work of our counterparts in reproductive and sexual health of women and girls in the Philippines, in-depth training for midwives in Burma and the unveiling of forced sterilizations committed in Peru.

Inter Pares Annual Report 2015 - Civil society: Holding governments to account

This Annual Report gives an overview of some of the watershed moments experienced by our counterparts during which they held governments to account for some of the root causes of inequality.

2015 Highlights

Here are some highlights of what we’ve accomplished with our counterparts around the world in 2015.

Working for Change Among Equals

This bulletin is about the future of international solidarity, the importance of exposure trips in Inter Pares' approach, the role of political leadership in universal healthcare.

Defending Land and Livelihood

This bulletin shows how Inter Pares is supporting communities to find justice in Bangladesh and Burkina Faso. It also examines the human abuses perpetrated against migrant workers here in Canada.

Inter Pares Annual Report 2014 – Forty years of global solidarity

This Annual Report looks back at some of what we, our counterparts in the South, and our supporters and collaborators in Canada have achieved over those decades.

Women’s Voices in 2015 Elections

This bulletin presents how women's voice will be crucial in 2015, while Canada, Sudan and Burma will hold national elections.

Highlights 2014

Highlights from 2014 of what Inter Pares and its counterparts have accomplished.

Connecting the Dots: The power of people meeting people

This bulletin presents how Inter Pares link individuals and organizations from Canada, the Philippines, Guatemala, India and West Africa.

Women's Health in the Philippines: Interview with Dr. Junice Melgar

Junice Melgar is a prominent health activist from the Philippines.

Land Rights and Communities

This bulletin is about struggles for land rights that communities are facing – and overcoming – in Bangladesh, Mexico, and nine West African countries.

Health Workers with Grassroots Responses to Crisis

This bulletin is about disasters and disease outbreaks that demand a response. Inter Pares counterparts are ideally placed to provide effective solutions.

Inter Pares Annual Report 2013 – Globalize Equality

This Annual Report reflects the depth of the collaboration we develop with our counterparts in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Canada.

Highlights 2013

Highlights from 2013 of what Inter Pares and its counterparts have accomplished.

Dr. Cynthia Maung: A model for women’s leadership

Dr. Cynthia provides critical healthcare to Burmese refugees at the Mae Tao Clinic near the Burma border in Thailand.

The Politics of Food Production

While we can try to eat ethically, achieving justice for food producers goes beyond individual consumer choices.

Rejecting the Cult of Austerity

This Bulletin examines the possibilities enabled by fair and just taxation policies, in Canada and in the South.

Highlights 2012

Highlights from 2012 of what Inter Pares and its counterparts have accomplished.

Different Continents, Same Struggles

This bulletin highlights the impacts of the various knowledge-sharing events organized by Inter Pares in order to find solutions to common struggles.

Building the Foundations of Peace in Burma

In this Bulletin, we describe our Burma work - building the foundation for the dream of sustainable peace.

Creating Economic Justice for All

This Bulletin tells the stories of some of the communities, activists, and scholars around the world promoting economic justice.

Highlights 2011

Highlights from 2011 of what Inter Pares and its counterparts have accomplished.

The Gradual Instant: Change from the Ground Up

We do not wait for change to come – we make change every day.

Our Common Future Today

Dealing with environmental challenges by addressing the underlying social justice issues.

Women at the Heart of Change

Decades of feminist organizing have changed societies around the world, although the struggle is far from over.

Highlights 2010

Highlights from 2010 of what Inter Pares and its counterparts have accomplished.

Shining a Light: Inter Pares’ thirty-five years of social justice action

Inter Pares supports the efforts of marginalized people to achieve safety, security and justice.

Health Care in Paradise

An exchange between Likhaan in the Philippines and the Mae Tao Clinic on the Burma-Thai border.

Health is Always Political

People feel their poverty less when they have the skills to influence social institutions to meet their demands.

The Land We Call Home

In every place that Inter Pares works, a central issue is the uncertainty people face about their future on the land.

Highlights 2009

Highlights from 2009 of what Inter Pares and its counterparts have accomplished.

Solidarity is Our Security

Replacing fear with common cause, and addressing the roots of poverty and oppression.

Women's Struggles for Justice – A Roundtable on Confronting Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict

Twenty activists consolidate knowledge and advance feminist strategies on the issue of sexual violence against women in armed conflict.

Highlights 2008

Highlights from 2008 of what Inter Pares and its counterparts have accomplished.

Reclaiming Our Food

Eliminating hunger and ensuring healthy communities and a healthy planet.

Economic Justice: Sharing the collective wealth

Achieving equity requires that people who are benefiting today from inequity be prepared to give up some of their benefits.

Highlights 2007

Highlights from 2007 of what Inter Pares and its counterparts have accomplished.