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Nikki Richard

Nikki Richard is Co-Manager of the Burma Program at Inter Pares. Her key focus areas are the nexus of human rights and the environment, and community development work.

What is Courage?

The people with whom Inter Pares works demonstrate profound courage, in their patience, persistence,fearlessness and motivation.
Inter Pares staff members Samantha McGavin and Rebecca Wolsak (at left and right) with CHRO's Sang Hnin Lian and KDNG's Steven Naw Awng (centre), speaking alongside Chris Lewa to MPs and Senators on Parliament Hill.

Broadening the conversation on Burma

In June 2018, Inter Pares organized a visit to Ottawa of colleagues in Kachin, Chin, and Arakan States, in order to bring their voices to policymakers and promote a comprehensive approach to Burma.

I Am Rohingya - Ottawa Screening

Join us on May 9 at the Mayfair Theatre for the Ottawa Premiere of I Am Rohingya: A Genocide in Four Act. The documentary screening will be followed by a Q&A with the incredibly brave and inventive Rohingya youth community of Kitchener-Waterloo.

Rape by Command

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

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.

A New Vision for Land in Burma

Land is central to many social justice struggles around the world, and it’s no different in Burma. However, ethnic civil society organizations have a new vision for land use.

Inter Pares Film Nights - Return to Manomin

In Return to Manomin, filmmaker Michelle Derosier struggles to persuade four generations of her kin to revive their traditional annual wild rice (Manomin) harvest. Come and learn about Michelle's struggles and discuss the film's themes after the screening.
The Kuki Women’s Centre uses ground-breaking restorative justice techniques to address gender-based violence in their communities in Burma’s north west.

Taking a Feminist Approach

As a feminist organization with over forty years of experience, we have seen the transformative results of a feminist approach and we are keen to see it widely used.
November 2016 Inter Pares Bulletin

Women Who Inspire

This bulletin celebrates women's leadership and Inter Pares' commitment to feminism and gender equality.
Karen refugees from Burma play an active role in managing their own camps.

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.
égalité raciale

Push for racial equality in Burma

Tin Soe is a Rohingya Muslim journalist from Burma. As part of our campaign, Tin Soe tells us why he is pushing for racial equality and emancipation of the Rohingya people of Burma.
2015 Highlights cover

2015 Highlights

Here are some highlights of what we’ve accomplished with our counterparts around the world in 2015.
Cover page - Report: Foreign pension funds and land grabbing in Brazil

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.
Cover of the 2015 November Bulletin

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.
Screen capture of Granito

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.
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