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Aid for refugees, by refugees

Camps in Thailand are built and run by refugees themselves supported and monitored by The Border Consortium.

Sep 3, 2012

Tham Hin Refugee camp: run by refugees with TBC support.

Building the foundations of peace in Burma

Inter Pares’ long-term relationships with organizations such as the Karen Women Organization are part of a process of creating sustainable change.

Sep 3, 2012

KWO’s leadership school for young women: a graduation ceremony.

Towards a collective vision for advancing food sovereignty in Canada

Food Secure Canada is committed to turning the People’s food Policy into reality, which promotes transforming our food system.

Jun 7, 2012

Chin people in Burma: Having a say on their land

Chin Human Rights Organization documents human rights abuses and campaigns to ensure benefits for Indigenous people.

Jun 7, 2012

The city of Aizawl.

Fernando Us: What is social justice?

Project Counselling Service responds to Inter Pares question related to social justice.

May 31, 2012

Fernando

Inter Pares Annual Report 2011 – What is Social Justice?

This Annual Report examines what social justice means to our counterparts and supporters, and how they put it into practice.

May 1, 2012

2011 Annual report cover

African Awakening: A Conversation with Firoze Manji and Molly Kane

A discussion about the 2011 uprisings across the continent, the focus of Pambazuka's book "African Awakening."

Apr 3, 2012

Africa Awakening

Creating Economic Justice for All

This Bulletin tells the stories of some of the communities, activists, and scholars around the world promoting economic justice.

Feb 1, 2012

February 2012 Bulletin Cover

Canada Pension Plan fuels human rights abuses in Burma

Burma’s Shwe Gas Project fuels armed conflict, rights abuses and poverty, with Canada Pension Plan financing.

Feb 1, 2012

Une canalisation du projet Shwe

Promoting Social and Economic Justice for All

How Inter Pares works with others to find ways to redress power imbalances, and concrete measures to build a just and equal world.

Feb 1, 2012

2012 Article cover

Third World Network: Talking trade and justice

Third World Network monitors agreements around the world in order to help southern countries advocate for fairer trade regimes.

Feb 1, 2012

Tour - (In)Equality Matters: Social justice and the economy

Hear the discussions of residents of Saskatoon, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa that emerged from the four-city tour on economic justice.

Nov 30, 2011

Inequality Matters

Highlights 2011

Highlights from 2011 of what Inter Pares and its counterparts have accomplished.

Nov 25, 2011

2011 Highlights Cover

(In)Equality Matters: Social justice and the economy

How to foster economic equality in our communities and around the world.

Nov 9, 2011

2011 Article cover

Advocating in India for millet production to help small farmers

Forming a network in India to advocate for small farmer millet-based agriculture to improve food security.

Oct 26, 2011

Millet: a traditional food crop consumed all over the world.

Borders and the Freedom to Move

The more governments try to stop migration, the more lucrative it becomes for organized crime, increasing the danger for migrants.

Sep 1, 2011

September 2011 Bulletin Cover

Our Common Future Today

Dealing with environmental challenges by addressing the underlying social justice issues.

Jun 1, 2011

June 2011 Bulletin Cover

Protecting biodiversity and building food sovereignty in Guinea-Bissau

Tiniguena, an organization in Guinea-Bissau, celebrates 20 years of struggle for emancipation and biodiversity conservation.

May 30, 2011

Tiniguena 20 years poster

Communities in Burma challenge destructive development of natural resources

Burma Rivers Network monitors dam projects, promotes ecological sustainability and social justice in resource development.

May 30, 2011

Impact: Enriching a Regime

Inter Pares Annual Report 2010: Peace, equality and social justice – 35 years of social justice action

A glimpse of how some of our counterparts are promoting equality, democracy and justice in their communities and societies.

May 1, 2011

2010 Annual report cover

Health is always political: The work of Likhaan and the Mae Tao Clinic

Inter Pares facilitated an exchange between the Mae Tao Clinic for Burmese refugees and Likhaan in the Philippines.

Apr 20, 2011

Street scene in Paradise, Manila

Resetting the Table: a People's Food Policy for Canada

A groundbreaking project to define paths towards a food system that can provide healthy, acceptable, and accessible food for all.

Apr 1, 2011

2011 Report cover

Does it work? Feminist analysis and practice at Inter Pares

A two-year participatory research project on Inter Pares as a feminist organization.

Mar 1, 2011

March 2011 Occasional Paper cover

Women at the Heart of Change

Decades of feminist organizing have changed societies around the world, although the struggle is far from over.

Feb 1, 2011

February 2011 Bulletin Cover

The importance of feminist methodology in Inter Pares’ work and structure

Feminism is key to our programming and structure, with values of equality, collaboration and coalition-building.

Feb 1, 2011

Promoting women’s leadership: elderly woman speaking at Nijera Kori public audit in 2012

Inter Pares puts feminism into practice through coalition building

Inter Pares advances social justice in Canada and abroad bringing a strong feminist analysis to coalition work.

Jan 25, 2011

Coalition at its best: Julia Sánchez of the Canadian Council of International Cooperation, Mayra Alarcón of Project Counseling Service, and Bill Fairbairn of Inter Pares at a public event on Guatemala.

Highlights 2010

Highlights from 2010 of what Inter Pares and its counterparts have accomplished.

Nov 25, 2010

2010 Highlights cover

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

Inter Pares supports the efforts of marginalized people to achieve safety, security and justice.

Nov 1, 2010

November 2010 Bulletin Cover

Make dinner or be dinner

People are creating Canada's first comprehensive food sovereignty policy based on a vision of a society in which nobody goes hungry.

Oct 28, 2010

Make dinner or be dinner

The Gradual Instant - Change from the Ground Up

Moments of revolution arise out of the patient work of organizing ourselves around shared goals.

Oct 26, 2010

Protest in Khartoum

Health Care in Paradise

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

Oct 8, 2010

Health Care In Paradise

The Next Twenty-Five Years: Emigration, Violence and Global Women’s Solidarity

Using stories from Inter Pares' programs, Inter Pares’ Executive Director Rita Morbia explores the theme of Global Women's Solidarity.

Oct 1, 2010

2010 Presentation cover

Health is Always Political

People feel their poverty less when they have the skills to influence social institutions to meet their demands.

Sep 1, 2010

September 2010 Bulletin Cover

Africa: equality, the law, and women’s well-being

African women struggling for access to justice for sexual violence insist women’s equality is essential.

Aug 25, 2010

ACORD

A cultural and gender sensitive approach to trauma healing in Guatemala and Peru

Local organizations in Peru and Guatemala are working to heal the deep scars of the internal armed conflicts left on indigenous women.

Aug 25, 2010

Garden in Huancavelica, Peru commemorating the women survivors of sexual violence

Rising from the ashes

The work of Inter Pares and PCS shared through the story of four inspiring Indigenous women in Peru.

Jul 21, 2010

Rising From the Ashes

Canadian Council for Refugees Spring Consultation – Opening Remarks

Inter Pares’ history of supporting displaced peoples and fighting for refugee rights.

Jun 3, 2010

2010 Presentation cover

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.

Jun 1, 2010

June 2010 Bulletin Cover

Inter Pares Annual Report 2009 – Seizing the Moment

Resisting the imposition of top-down political and economic monocultures, and creating solutions that begin with those most affected.

May 1, 2010

2009 Annual report cover

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.

Apr 26, 2010

2010 Presentation cover

Doctors from Canada and Burma exchange lessons on refugee health care

Inter Pares connects people delivering community-based healthcare for patients caught up in poverty and conflict.

Feb 2, 2010

Dr. Cynthia and Bill Van Iterson

Rights activist Charm Tong shares struggle for democracy in Burma with Canadians

She shared stories with Canadians and presented before a parliamentary committee the human rights situation in Burma.

Feb 2, 2010

Burma delegation on Parliament Hill

Canadian civil society organizes for corporate accountability

Mining Watch Canada, the Halifax Initiative and Inter Pares advocate for responsible behavior from Canadian companies

Feb 2, 2010

Raymond Baker: from the Washington-based Global Financial Integrity program  met with Canadian NGOs

Report of the Information Clearinghouse on Border Controls and Infringements to Travellers’ Rights

The real impact of "enhanced" border controls, no-fly lists and other government watch lists on the lives of real people.

Feb 1, 2010

2010 Report cover

Learning and Acting Together

Canadian officials and politicians appreciate having access to perspectives and voices they otherwise would not have heard.

Feb 1, 2010

February 2010 Bulletin Cover

Highlights 2009

Highlights from 2009 of what Inter Pares and its counterparts have accomplished.

Nov 25, 2009

2009 Highlights cover

The Future is Now

Young people in Peru, in Sudan, in the Philippines, and in Canada are building the future they want, now.

Nov 1, 2009

November 2009 Bulletin Cover
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