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The country has long suffered under military dictatorships and civil war. Bulletins Building a federal democracy from the ground up Amidst the chaos of conflict in Burma, people like Khu Lay are finding hope in structures many in other countries take for granted: regional governments. Updates 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. Updates Land is Life Our counterparts in Burma courageously unite around the guiding principle that ‘land is life’. Insight & Analysis Challenging, Confronting and Defying Corporate Power Inter Pares actively supports organizations and movements that interrogate, challenge, and curb corporate power. Insight & Analysis The cycle of violence in Burma Canada must not look at the recent Rohingya crisis in isolation from Burma’s long-standing conflicts. Insight & Analysis 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. In the News 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. Video CAMEX: A new Latin American counterpart is born CAMEX is building on the work of its predecessor, Project Counselling Service (PCS), which closed its doors in December 2016. Updates From the Land: 140 supporters reflect with us on reconciliation On April 25th, 2016, 140 supporters and activists from Ottawa-Gatineau joined Inter Pares for the 2016 edition of its annual Speakers Series, "From the Land: Reconciliation in action in Canada and Colombia." Updates 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 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 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 Guinea-Bissau: Hope is in the Air Early 2015, staff member Patricia Charest Mugwaneza visited Inter Pares’ counterpart Tiniguena. She shares her experience. Insight & Analysis Burma programming - Past and Future For over 20 years, Inter Pares has collaborated with local groups in Burma and neighbouring countries. Reports 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. Bulletins Highlights 2014 Highlights from 2014 of what Inter Pares and its counterparts have accomplished. Highlights Forum on Challenges of Sustainable Fisheries: The global and the local context An interesting discussion on sustaining resources in a different contexts around the world. Conference Civilian voices in Burma’s ceasefire negotiations Affected communities collaborate to pursue a peace based on civilian interests. Insight & Analysis Why is Burma’s “Ethnic Issue” Important? Multi-ethnic coalitions collaborate to build a diverse and peaceful Burma. Insight & Analysis The Gradual Instant - Change from the Ground Up Moments of revolution arise out of the patient work of organizing ourselves around shared goals. Insight & Analysis Salmmah: Young Sudanese women challenge taboos Salmmah Women’s Resource Centre works with young women and men to challenge discriminatory norms and laws in Sudan. Insight & Analysis Defeating fear by building solidarity: the work of ICLMG ICLMG comprises 38 Canadian organizations & monitors the impact of security legislation on civil rights Updates Sold into Slavery: Burma’s refugees exploited by Malaysian traffickers and authorities Refugees fleeing abuse in Burma are sold by traffickers in Malaysia and south Thailand, with official complicity. Updates
Burma: resistance and resilience In Burma, civil society is innovating in dire circumstances while preserving hope in the future. The country has long suffered under military dictatorships and civil war. Bulletins
Building a federal democracy from the ground up Amidst the chaos of conflict in Burma, people like Khu Lay are finding hope in structures many in other countries take for granted: regional governments. Updates
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. Updates
Land is Life Our counterparts in Burma courageously unite around the guiding principle that ‘land is life’. Insight & Analysis
Challenging, Confronting and Defying Corporate Power Inter Pares actively supports organizations and movements that interrogate, challenge, and curb corporate power. Insight & Analysis
The cycle of violence in Burma Canada must not look at the recent Rohingya crisis in isolation from Burma’s long-standing conflicts. Insight & Analysis
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. In the News
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. Video
CAMEX: A new Latin American counterpart is born CAMEX is building on the work of its predecessor, Project Counselling Service (PCS), which closed its doors in December 2016. Updates
From the Land: 140 supporters reflect with us on reconciliation On April 25th, 2016, 140 supporters and activists from Ottawa-Gatineau joined Inter Pares for the 2016 edition of its annual Speakers Series, "From the Land: Reconciliation in action in Canada and Colombia." Updates
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
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 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
Guinea-Bissau: Hope is in the Air Early 2015, staff member Patricia Charest Mugwaneza visited Inter Pares’ counterpart Tiniguena. She shares her experience. Insight & Analysis
Burma programming - Past and Future For over 20 years, Inter Pares has collaborated with local groups in Burma and neighbouring countries. Reports
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. Bulletins
Highlights 2014 Highlights from 2014 of what Inter Pares and its counterparts have accomplished. Highlights
Forum on Challenges of Sustainable Fisheries: The global and the local context An interesting discussion on sustaining resources in a different contexts around the world. Conference
Civilian voices in Burma’s ceasefire negotiations Affected communities collaborate to pursue a peace based on civilian interests. Insight & Analysis
Why is Burma’s “Ethnic Issue” Important? Multi-ethnic coalitions collaborate to build a diverse and peaceful Burma. Insight & Analysis
The Gradual Instant - Change from the Ground Up Moments of revolution arise out of the patient work of organizing ourselves around shared goals. Insight & Analysis
Salmmah: Young Sudanese women challenge taboos Salmmah Women’s Resource Centre works with young women and men to challenge discriminatory norms and laws in Sudan. Insight & Analysis
Defeating fear by building solidarity: the work of ICLMG ICLMG comprises 38 Canadian organizations & monitors the impact of security legislation on civil rights Updates
Sold into Slavery: Burma’s refugees exploited by Malaysian traffickers and authorities Refugees fleeing abuse in Burma are sold by traffickers in Malaysia and south Thailand, with official complicity. Updates