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Open letter to PM Carney on Canada's feminist foreign policy

Inter Pares joined more than 250 organizations and individuals to call on PM Carney to safeguard the country’s feminist foreign policy commitments.

Dec 3, 2025

Open letter to PM Carney on Canada's feminist foreign policy - collective statement - Inter Pares 50th anniversary logo

50 years of building locally led peace and democracy

Over 50 years, we have learned peace is cultivated through local feminist movements, global solidarity and long-term partnerships.

Dec 3, 2025

Rooted in Solidarity: Reflecting on 50 years

Rooted in Solidarity: Reflecting on 50 years is a collection of memories celebrating our counterparts and allies and the struggles we wage together.

Nov 28, 2025

Giving Tuesday: Sudan’s crisis is urgent and widely forgotten

This Giving Tuesday, your generosity is more than a donation—it’s a lifeline.

Nov 26, 2025

The Long Road to Change: Indigenous women’s struggle to bring health care to remote Guatemala

Inter Pares' counterpart ROMI successfully advocates for a CAIMUS in Ixcán, Guatemala after ten years of advocacy.

Nov 25, 2025

War crimes in Sudan: Canada must act NOW

Canada must break its silence about the U.A.E.’s support to the RSF militia.

Nov 17, 2025

50 years of solidarity with farmers and food movements

For 50 years, food has been at the heart of Inter Pares’ work with counterparts.

Nov 7, 2025

The future is collective: Grassroots movements for peace and rights

Our November Bulletin highlights the power of collective action and the enduring struggle to make democracy real, just and representative for all.

Nov 7, 2025

Democracy in the making: Grassroots governance in Burma

As civil war rages in Burma, people are laying the foundations for a future democracy.

Nov 7, 2025

“We are building democracy”: The long journey to peace in Guatemala

For women in Ixcán, Guatemala, building a peacetime democracy that serves everyone is entwined with advocating for their rights.

Nov 7, 2025

Besieged areas in Sudan: Hunger, oppression and the obstruction of aid

This document summarizes information shared in October 2025 during a forum with expert panelists from Sudanese feminist civil society, international humanitarian organizations and grassroots emergency response networks, all actively engaged in responding to the crisis in Sudan.

Nov 7, 2025

INTERVIEW | Defending civil liberties, defending democracy

Tim McSorley, ICLMG’s coordinator, spoke with us about how defending civil liberties is essential to protecting democracy.

Nov 5, 2025

Sudan’s ‘war of atrocities’ and Canada: Action needed

“None of Canada’s current actions are enough to meet the moment.”

Oct 28, 2025

Sudan’s ‘war of atrocities’ and Canada: action needed - Photo of graffiti on a concrete wall in Khartoum. There are drawings of doves and the word "Freedom" is written with Arabic script below it.

How to donate during the Canada Post strike

Do you usually donate to your favourite organizations by mail?

Oct 6, 2025

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Employment opportunity: Fundraising Co-Manager

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled

Sep 26, 2025

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Marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

If you’re looking for a way to mark the occasion in the Ottawa area or online, here are some suggestions.

Sep 23, 2025

Feeding Resistance: Local struggles for food justice

Around the world, food is deeply political—controlled, denied, defended and reclaimed.

Sep 22, 2025

When food is a weapon of war: Local food resistance and mutual aid

"It’s a deliberate way to wear people down, by starving them into giving up,” shared Ghadeer from our Sudanese counterpart SWRC. 

Sep 22, 2025

Protecting land through local ecological knowledge

When local shellfish gatherers in the Bijagós Archipelago of Guinea-Bissau noticed declining stocks of the mollusks, they knew what to do.

Sep 22, 2025

Wage solidarity campaign for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Inter Pares invites waged workers who have the capacity to do so to donate one day’s wages to Indigenous organizations.

Sep 22, 2025

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11 civil society organizations call for end to crisis in western Sudan

Eleven humanitarian and civil society organizations—including Inter Pares—released a statement today expressing grave concern over the esca

Sep 12, 2025

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Inter Pares remembers Nathan Gilbert

Inter Pares is deeply saddened by the passing of long-time Board of Directors member, Nathan Gilbert.

Sep 5, 2025

Pushing back against anti-LGBTQI+ hate in Guatemala

Ultra-conservatives, “family values” groups and anti-rights initiatives are stoking hate for LGBTQI+ people in Guatemala.

Sep 2, 2025

A protester raises a placard that says in Spanish, “If a trans child speaks, give them a voice. If a government silences them, raise yours.”

Love makes a family: The fight for LGBTQI+ recognition in Peru

Through their activism, Darling, Jenny and Daki are helping ensure all children are seen, protected and respected.

Aug 27, 2025

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Civil society in Burma faces a devastating blow: What we can do

Civil society in Burma is facing a new crisis: the collapse of international funding.

Aug 14, 2025

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Feminist climate action in West Africa: Video project

Three short videos showcasing the work of women on the frontlines of climate justice in West Africa.

Jul 15, 2025

WATCH | Queering peace and security: A call to reimagine inclusion

On June 18, 2025, a virtual panel brought together activists, scholars and peacebuilders to explore what it means to “queer” peace and security. 

Jun 23, 2025

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Inter Pares calls on Canada to address genocide in Gaza

Inter Pares joins 412 Canadians to call on the federal government to take immediate and concrete action to address the genocide in Gaza.

Jun 11, 2025

WATCH | 50 years of social justice action

On May 12, we hosted an evening of reflection, celebration and inspiration with social justice activists—and marked Inte

May 15, 2025

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Full Financial Statements for 2024

These are our full financial statements for 2024.

May 13, 2025

Decades of Shared Struggles

2024 brings to a close five decades of working in solidarity with movements for social justice—movements themselves forged in multi-decade struggles.

May 9, 2025

Annual Report 2024 | Learning Together

Our 2024 annual report highlights the depth and richness of long-term connections—and the lasting change they foster.

May 6, 2025

Bringing Sudan's Crisis to Canada: Sudanese activists share their stories

Two Sudanese human rights advocates came to Canada to share the realities of war, displacement and struggles of LGBTQI+ communities.

Apr 29, 2025

Planting Seeds of Change: Women farmers from West Africa and Canada on tour

West African counterparts tour in Canada, strengthening the global movement for food sovereignty and gender equality.

Apr 29, 2025

50 Years of Social Justice Action

Join us on May 12 for an evening of reflection, celebration and inspiration with social justice activists—to mark Inter Pares’ 50th anniversary!

Apr 17, 2025

Voices of Resistance: Sudan

Women’s rights activists from Sudan recount their difficult and courageous stories.

Apr 14, 2025

A plea for Canada to help end Sudan’s nightmare

By Rita Morbia, Program Manager at Inter Pares

Apr 14, 2025

50 years of activism: Sexual and reproductive health and rights

Over the past 50 years, Inter Pares’ work on bodily autonomy has been deeply and profoundly rooted in feminist principles and practice.

Mar 14, 2025

Celebrating 50 years of working in solidarity for social justice

For 50 years, Inter Pares has worked with grassroots activists and organizations to create a more just, equal world.

Mar 7, 2025

Reporting on a Revolution: Independent media perspectives from Burma

Join Inter Pares and Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication on March 13 at 8:30 am EST to explore independent media's critical role in Burma.

Mar 3, 2025

Strength & Solidarity in Sudan

Join us on March 4 at 12:00pm EST for a webinar with long-term counterpart SORD to discuss how women in Sudan are navigating the war, and their own organizational and personal survival strategies.

Feb 18, 2025

Bodily autonomy at the heart of reproductive health and justice

Celebrating 50 years of social justice activism

Feb 10, 2025

daughters, mothers, grandmothers and other sexual outlaws

Last Fall, Inter Pares launched daughters, mothers, grandmothers and other sexual outlaws, a photo exhibition in collaboration with Gallery 101 in

Feb 10, 2025

Sustaining SRHR activism over the long term

“[W]hen we come together—sharing knowledge, strategies and support—we build a movement that can’t be ignored,” reflected Sharaban Tohura of Nijera

Feb 10, 2025

Advancing bodily autonomy

In this Bulletin, discover how our new photo exhibit showcases the strength of activists confronting deeply entrenched barriers to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).

Feb 10, 2025

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