Publications & Resources

The World Through a Feminist Lens

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

International Women's Day (IWD) 2016

This video was created by Inter Pares staff member Rebecca Wolsak and screened at the 2016 International Women's Day celebration in Ottawa. It blends humour and serious introspection to review the past year's feminist highlights and lowlights at the local, national, and international levels, and contemplates the year to come.

A Feminist Approach to Canada's International Assistance

This brief, submitted to Canada's International Assistance Review in July 2016, seeks to build a common understanding of feminist approaches to international assistance, to assess the challenges, gaps and opportunities in Global Affairs Canada’s approach, and to develop a set of practical recommendations for implementing a feminist approach.

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.

World March of Women 2015, Outaouais delegation

This video of the World March of Women from Outaouais shares voices of participants who tell us why in 2015, we still need to march.

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.

Case study: Women organizing for health and justice

"Side Effects" was part of a larger organizing process that brought together women on health and social justice, and that spanned several years.

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.

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.

Kiko dela Tonga: Organizing for Women's Health

Hear Kiko dela Tonga describe Inter Pares’ collaboration with Likhaan, a national women's health organization in the Philippines.

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.

Rejecting the Cult of Austerity

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

The Gradual Instant: Change from the Ground Up

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

Health Care in Paradise

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

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.

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

Peter Gillespie shares Inter Pares rich history, telling the stories of the many relationships he has nurtured with people around the world.

Lessons from the Philippines: Public Health, Privatization, and Women's Activism

Public health care globally has been privatized and downsized, and even less accessible to those who need it most

Women and Pharmaceuticals: Twenty Years Later

A Toronto Symposium organized to honor and celebrate the achievements of Ruth Cooperstock.