Advocacy is resistance: Navigating anti-LGBTQI+ violence in post-war Guatemala May 23, 2024 | Read more
Canadian coalition calls for urgent action to uphold civil liberties and Charter rights at protests and encampments across the country May 15, 2024 | Read more
Inter Pares joins call for Burma to end use of violence and respect democracy Feb 4, 2021 | Read more
Planning is resistance: Indigenous people in Burma envision a self-determined future May 23, 2024 | Read more
Inter Pares welcomes Canada’s feminist realignment of international assistance Jun 9, 2017 | Read more
Stopping the unstoppable: Citizen resistance to exterminator technology in Burkina Faso Sep 4, 2019 | Read more
The Immigrant Workers Centre to receive 2018 Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award Apr 18, 2018 | Read more
“Until We Find Them”: Searching for missing loved ones on the road to the North Mar 11, 2019 | Read more
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS | Inter Pares and SUWRA launch Canadian civil society working group on Sudan Jun 25, 2024 | Read more
Karate and bodily autonomy: Helping girls in Bangladesh thrive through sport Dec 15, 2022 | Read more
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Updates First-ever trial on sexual violence during armed conflict in Guatemala 14 Mayan Q'eqchí women demand justice for acts of sexual violence that they endured during the country's internal armed conflict. Updates What Does it Take to Leave Home? This bulletin offers stories and reflections on challenges faced in Burma, Honduras, and by women coming to Canada. Bulletins Inter Pares begins new program to promote inclusive governance in Burma In this five-year program, Inter Pares will promote the inclusion of ethnic and religious minorities in Burma’s transition to democracy and peace. Updates Why Women Seek Asylum: The global pandemic of gender-based violence Board member Amanda Dale spoke with us about the challenges for women seeking asylum in Canada. Insight & Analysis When staying is not an option Every year, 80,000 to 100,000 undocumented men and women leave Honduras. The country is rocked by violence, but Hondurans are deemed “economic migrants.” Insight & Analysis Picture a Refugee Labels of "refugee" instead of "migrant" have power worldwide, including in Burma, where displaced people have many stories but with common threads. Insight & Analysis Final Report of the International Verification Mission on the Human Rights of the Honduran Migrant Population and Their Right to International Protection In order to shed light on Honduras's under-reported mass migration, PCS organized a delegation of six international experts to investigate the situation. Taking their report to national and international authorities in the summer of 2015, PCS helped reveal these horrendous realities, pressuring local governments and international institutions to address those issues. Reports Assétou Kafando, INADES Assétou Kafando is the president of the women farmers’ association in the small city of Dedougou in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Tin Soe, Kaladan Press Network Tin Soe is a Rohingya Muslim journalist from Burma. Augusta Henriques, Tiniguena Augusta Henriques cofounded Tiniguena, whose name means “this land is ours,” to help Bissau-Guineans steward their country’s rich natural and cultural resources. Iday Simbajon, Likhaan Center for Women's Health Iday Simbajon is a community health worker in the Philippines. 2015 Highlights Here are some highlights of what we’ve accomplished with our counterparts around the world in 2015. Highlights Highlights 2015: Inter Pares' year in review Here are some highlights of what we’ve accomplished together with our counterparts in 2015. Updates Blanca Jiménez, Movimiento de Mujeres Mayas de Huehuetenango Blanca Jiménez is a Maya Mam leader in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Don Kossick, Canada Don Kossick is a longtime community activist in Canada. Foreign Pension Funds and Land Grabbing in Brazil Swedish, US and Canadian pension funds have acquired farmlands in Brazil by way of a Brazilian businessman accused of using violence and fraud to displace small farmers. These pension funds are also using complex company structures that have the effect of evading Brazilian laws restricting foreign investments in farmland. Reports Top Swedish, US and Canadian pension funds linked to Brazilian land grabs, displacement of people A New York company managing the retirement savings of workers in Sweden, the US and Canada is evading Brazilian laws on foreign investment to acquire farmlands from a businessman accused of violently displacing local communities. In the News JQSI celebrates women’s local action for a more equal world From November 5-14, 2015, this year’s 19th JQSI edition will offer a wide variety of events and opportunities to discuss international solidarity issues that concern us all. Updates 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. Bulletins Healthcare, Political Will and Federal Leadership Funding universal healthcare in Canada is economically viable, but it requires political will and federal leadership. Insight & Analysis Burma: Bringing Grassroots Experience to Canadian Policy In March of 2015, Inter Pares hosted a delegation of four women from Burma to meet with people facing similar struggles, and to share camaraderie and strategies. Insight & Analysis 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. Insight & Analysis Femmes en marche : la solidarité en action pour changer le monde du local à l’international (JQSI) Dans le cadre des Journées québécoises de la solidarité internationale (JQSI), venez prendre part à la conférence d'ouverture en présence de notre invitée internationale Mariam Nobre. Conference Up for Debate: Watch the individual interviews with party leaders After months of campaigning, Up for Debate put four federal leaders on the record on women’s issues during this election campaign. Updates Vote for Tax Fairness Canadians for Tax Fairness (CTF), an Inter Pares counterpart, is busting myths about taxes and calling for tax reform. Updates We Can Do Better 2015 - campaign update CCIC is calling for greater leadership from Canada in tackling global issues in 2015, and specific action on inequality, climate change and women's rights. Updates Healthcare for All - campaign update The Canadian Health Coalition (CHC), of which Inter Pares is a member, is urging Canadians to use their vote to defend "Healthcare for All." Updates Film screening - La fièvre verte (Green Fever) On the last day of the One World Film Festival, Inter Pares will hold a screening of La fièvre verte (The Green Fever). Film screening One World Film Festival in Ottawa From Sept. 24-27, the One World Film Festival in Ottawa will provide a series of documentaries on global issues that will inspire you to make informed choices about Canada’s future. Film screening Issues affecting women will finally get the attention they deserve on September 21! Hear what the party leaders have to say about issues affecting women. Updates GMO cotton failure in Burkina Faso: Farmers speak out For two years, over 500 farmers from the different cotton-growing regions in Burkina Faso documented their experience with Monsanto’s Bt cotton. This three-year farmer-led research initiative, called “Bt Cotton and Us: The Truth from our Fields,” provides an important counterbalance, as Burkina Faso was the first country in West Africa to adopt genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and industry often lauds its success when promoting GMOs in other countries. Video Why is Inter Pares concerned with GMOs? Inter Pares works to support and promote food sovereignty and ecological agriculture. Here are a few of the reasons Inter Pares is concerned about GMOs. Insight & Analysis Twitter Rally for public health care The Canadian Health Coalition (CHC), of which Inter Pares is a member, invites you to join a Twitter Rally on September 9th, 2015, in support of public health care. Campaign A stylish block party - Eat Think Vote Campaign Join thousands of individuals and organizations across the country who want to make food a critical issue in the federal election this fall! Conference Inter Pares Film Nights lineup features thought-provoking documentaries on social justice Fall is here, and so is a fresh crop of Inter Pares Film Nights! Updates Inter Pares Film Nights - Granito: How to nail a dictator For International Human Rights Day, we will screen Granito, a documentary that recounts the extraordinary story of how a film about the civil war in Guatemala helped a new generation of human rights activists tip the scales of justice in the trial against the country’s former dictator, Efraín Rios Montt. Film screening Inter Pares Film Nights – The World According to Monsanto The World According to Monsanto is a documentary about the controversial corporate operations of Monsanto, the world leader in genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Film screening Inter Pares Film Nights - The Price We Pay Inter Pares and partners will present The Price We Pay, an incendiary documentary by Harold Crooks on the disastrous impacts of offshore finance and tax avoidance on our society. Film screening RCMP is laying charges against one of the Syrian torturers of Maher Arar An arrest warrant and Interpol notice have been issued, in the hope of extraditing Col. Salloum to face justice. In the News 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. Bulletins The truth from our fields Inter Pares staff Eric Chaurette visited a cotton farmer group in Burkina Faso in February 2015. He got the latest news on the farmer-researcher project. Insight & Analysis In Solidarity with Temporary Migrant Workers The vulnerable situation of migrant workers in Canada. Insight & Analysis The Power of Collective Action in Bangladesh Nijera Kori landless groups in the communities of Charbata, Bangladesh, successfully led collective action to protect the land to farm and the river to fish. Insight & Analysis Up for Debate Campaign: We’re Shifting Gears The debate we had originally imagined will not happen. But, this is certainly not the end of the road. The issues we care about can, and will be, a major part of this federal election. Updates Inter Pares Film Nights - The Secret Trial 5 The Secret Trial 5 is a documentary that features the human impact of the “war on terror” in Canada. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Monia Mazigh, National Coordinator of the ICLMG and spouse of Maher Arar. Film screening Inter Pares welcomes the Government of Canada’s new funding to improve women’s health in the Philippines Press release. In the News Interview with Geoff Evans, a long-time Inter Pares supporter and admirer Geoff Evans describes why he has stayed engaged with Inter Pares over three decades. Happy Birthday Tiniguena! Tiniguena, founded in 1991, is a courageous organization that over its history has managed to accomplish big things. Updates Four Years of War Four years ago this week, conflict in Kachin State, northern Burma, broke a seventeen-year ceasefire agreement. In the News « first ‹ previous … 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 next › last »
40 x 40 Campaign for Sustaining Donors Inter Pares has launched 40 x 40, a campaign to welcome 40 new monthly donors! Updates
First-ever trial on sexual violence during armed conflict in Guatemala 14 Mayan Q'eqchí women demand justice for acts of sexual violence that they endured during the country's internal armed conflict. Updates
What Does it Take to Leave Home? This bulletin offers stories and reflections on challenges faced in Burma, Honduras, and by women coming to Canada. Bulletins
Inter Pares begins new program to promote inclusive governance in Burma In this five-year program, Inter Pares will promote the inclusion of ethnic and religious minorities in Burma’s transition to democracy and peace. Updates
Why Women Seek Asylum: The global pandemic of gender-based violence Board member Amanda Dale spoke with us about the challenges for women seeking asylum in Canada. Insight & Analysis
When staying is not an option Every year, 80,000 to 100,000 undocumented men and women leave Honduras. The country is rocked by violence, but Hondurans are deemed “economic migrants.” Insight & Analysis
Picture a Refugee Labels of "refugee" instead of "migrant" have power worldwide, including in Burma, where displaced people have many stories but with common threads. Insight & Analysis
Final Report of the International Verification Mission on the Human Rights of the Honduran Migrant Population and Their Right to International Protection In order to shed light on Honduras's under-reported mass migration, PCS organized a delegation of six international experts to investigate the situation. Taking their report to national and international authorities in the summer of 2015, PCS helped reveal these horrendous realities, pressuring local governments and international institutions to address those issues. Reports
Assétou Kafando, INADES Assétou Kafando is the president of the women farmers’ association in the small city of Dedougou in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Augusta Henriques, Tiniguena Augusta Henriques cofounded Tiniguena, whose name means “this land is ours,” to help Bissau-Guineans steward their country’s rich natural and cultural resources.
Iday Simbajon, Likhaan Center for Women's Health Iday Simbajon is a community health worker in the Philippines.
2015 Highlights Here are some highlights of what we’ve accomplished with our counterparts around the world in 2015. Highlights
Highlights 2015: Inter Pares' year in review Here are some highlights of what we’ve accomplished together with our counterparts in 2015. Updates
Blanca Jiménez, Movimiento de Mujeres Mayas de Huehuetenango Blanca Jiménez is a Maya Mam leader in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
Foreign Pension Funds and Land Grabbing in Brazil Swedish, US and Canadian pension funds have acquired farmlands in Brazil by way of a Brazilian businessman accused of using violence and fraud to displace small farmers. These pension funds are also using complex company structures that have the effect of evading Brazilian laws restricting foreign investments in farmland. Reports
Top Swedish, US and Canadian pension funds linked to Brazilian land grabs, displacement of people A New York company managing the retirement savings of workers in Sweden, the US and Canada is evading Brazilian laws on foreign investment to acquire farmlands from a businessman accused of violently displacing local communities. In the News
JQSI celebrates women’s local action for a more equal world From November 5-14, 2015, this year’s 19th JQSI edition will offer a wide variety of events and opportunities to discuss international solidarity issues that concern us all. Updates
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. Bulletins
Healthcare, Political Will and Federal Leadership Funding universal healthcare in Canada is economically viable, but it requires political will and federal leadership. Insight & Analysis
Burma: Bringing Grassroots Experience to Canadian Policy In March of 2015, Inter Pares hosted a delegation of four women from Burma to meet with people facing similar struggles, and to share camaraderie and strategies. Insight & Analysis
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. Insight & Analysis
Femmes en marche : la solidarité en action pour changer le monde du local à l’international (JQSI) Dans le cadre des Journées québécoises de la solidarité internationale (JQSI), venez prendre part à la conférence d'ouverture en présence de notre invitée internationale Mariam Nobre. Conference
Up for Debate: Watch the individual interviews with party leaders After months of campaigning, Up for Debate put four federal leaders on the record on women’s issues during this election campaign. Updates
Vote for Tax Fairness Canadians for Tax Fairness (CTF), an Inter Pares counterpart, is busting myths about taxes and calling for tax reform. Updates
We Can Do Better 2015 - campaign update CCIC is calling for greater leadership from Canada in tackling global issues in 2015, and specific action on inequality, climate change and women's rights. Updates
Healthcare for All - campaign update The Canadian Health Coalition (CHC), of which Inter Pares is a member, is urging Canadians to use their vote to defend "Healthcare for All." Updates
Film screening - La fièvre verte (Green Fever) On the last day of the One World Film Festival, Inter Pares will hold a screening of La fièvre verte (The Green Fever). Film screening
One World Film Festival in Ottawa From Sept. 24-27, the One World Film Festival in Ottawa will provide a series of documentaries on global issues that will inspire you to make informed choices about Canada’s future. Film screening
Issues affecting women will finally get the attention they deserve on September 21! Hear what the party leaders have to say about issues affecting women. Updates
GMO cotton failure in Burkina Faso: Farmers speak out For two years, over 500 farmers from the different cotton-growing regions in Burkina Faso documented their experience with Monsanto’s Bt cotton. This three-year farmer-led research initiative, called “Bt Cotton and Us: The Truth from our Fields,” provides an important counterbalance, as Burkina Faso was the first country in West Africa to adopt genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and industry often lauds its success when promoting GMOs in other countries. Video
Why is Inter Pares concerned with GMOs? Inter Pares works to support and promote food sovereignty and ecological agriculture. Here are a few of the reasons Inter Pares is concerned about GMOs. Insight & Analysis
Twitter Rally for public health care The Canadian Health Coalition (CHC), of which Inter Pares is a member, invites you to join a Twitter Rally on September 9th, 2015, in support of public health care. Campaign
A stylish block party - Eat Think Vote Campaign Join thousands of individuals and organizations across the country who want to make food a critical issue in the federal election this fall! Conference
Inter Pares Film Nights lineup features thought-provoking documentaries on social justice Fall is here, and so is a fresh crop of Inter Pares Film Nights! Updates
Inter Pares Film Nights - Granito: How to nail a dictator For International Human Rights Day, we will screen Granito, a documentary that recounts the extraordinary story of how a film about the civil war in Guatemala helped a new generation of human rights activists tip the scales of justice in the trial against the country’s former dictator, Efraín Rios Montt. Film screening
Inter Pares Film Nights – The World According to Monsanto The World According to Monsanto is a documentary about the controversial corporate operations of Monsanto, the world leader in genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Film screening
Inter Pares Film Nights - The Price We Pay Inter Pares and partners will present The Price We Pay, an incendiary documentary by Harold Crooks on the disastrous impacts of offshore finance and tax avoidance on our society. Film screening
RCMP is laying charges against one of the Syrian torturers of Maher Arar An arrest warrant and Interpol notice have been issued, in the hope of extraditing Col. Salloum to face justice. In the News
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. Bulletins
The truth from our fields Inter Pares staff Eric Chaurette visited a cotton farmer group in Burkina Faso in February 2015. He got the latest news on the farmer-researcher project. Insight & Analysis
In Solidarity with Temporary Migrant Workers The vulnerable situation of migrant workers in Canada. Insight & Analysis
The Power of Collective Action in Bangladesh Nijera Kori landless groups in the communities of Charbata, Bangladesh, successfully led collective action to protect the land to farm and the river to fish. Insight & Analysis
Up for Debate Campaign: We’re Shifting Gears The debate we had originally imagined will not happen. But, this is certainly not the end of the road. The issues we care about can, and will be, a major part of this federal election. Updates
Inter Pares Film Nights - The Secret Trial 5 The Secret Trial 5 is a documentary that features the human impact of the “war on terror” in Canada. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Monia Mazigh, National Coordinator of the ICLMG and spouse of Maher Arar. Film screening
Inter Pares welcomes the Government of Canada’s new funding to improve women’s health in the Philippines Press release. In the News
Interview with Geoff Evans, a long-time Inter Pares supporter and admirer Geoff Evans describes why he has stayed engaged with Inter Pares over three decades.
Happy Birthday Tiniguena! Tiniguena, founded in 1991, is a courageous organization that over its history has managed to accomplish big things. Updates
Four Years of War Four years ago this week, conflict in Kachin State, northern Burma, broke a seventeen-year ceasefire agreement. In the News