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Through every stage of life, the rights and freedoms of women in Sudan are compromised. Our counterparts are part of the courageous women’s rights movement.

In Colombia, and many parts of the world, women and men who defend human rights face incredible risks to their physical safety.

The people with whom Inter Pares works demonstrate profound courage, in their patience, persistence,fearlessness and motivation.

Inter Pares is proud to participate in Food Secure Canada's 10th assembly: resetting the table.

Inter Pares is proud to announce its new relationship with Enda Pronat, a Senegalese organization advocating for sustainable and fair development.

Aung San Suu Kyi has been silent in the face of genocide. Why revoking her Honorary Canadian Citizenship is right.

Explore the intersection of feminism and economics, including how wealth is generated, distributed, and to whose benefit.

What does tax justice have to do with feminism and gender equality?

How power and privilege are distributed and for whose benefit?

Feminism is about a transformational change in power dynamics. So it’s essential to examine how wealth is generated and for whose benefit.

Learn more about the Tour to British Columbia of Likhaan, a women's health center based in the Philippines.

Come and meet activists from Likhaan Centre for Women’s Health in the Philippines.

Inter Pares has an extensive program on Burma, in which we have been collaborating with the Karen Women's Organization (KWO) since 2000. We asked two KWO leaders, Naw K'nyaw Paw and Naw Zipporah Sein, to speak about the nature of our collaboration.

Inter Pares and civil society join the Canadian government to call for the release of women’s right activists detained in Saudi Arabia.

Canada must not look at the recent Rohingya crisis in isolation from Burma’s long-standing conflicts.

We would like to introduce you to some amazing members of the Inter Pares community, through the books they have published.

It is the tiniest spring and the most modest stream that eventually turn the waterwheel and the turbine.

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.

In our June 2018 edition, Samantha McGavin, Asia Program Manager, shares photos and reflections from her then-recent trip in Burma.

Samantha McGavin, Burma Program Manager, shines a light on the country beyond the Rohingya crisis through photos and reflections.

The Food Security Policy Group urges Canada to focus on small-scale farming to achieve gender equality and empowerment of women.

Join us and tell the Canadian government to fulfill the promises it made in January.

These are our full financial statements for 2017.

In this year's Annual Report, we highlight the people of Inter Pares. Meet some of our counterparts, a donor, a staff and a board member, all part of the Inter Pares community.

Inter Pares is honored to give the award to the Immigrant Workers Centre for their courageous work in ....

This documentary chronicles the journey of fourteen Rohingya refugee youth who resolve to theatrically re-enact their families’ harrowing experiences in Burma and beyond.

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.

This powerful documentary is about the journey of fourteen Rohingya refugee youth re-enacting their families' harrowing experiences in Burma and beyond.

A bilingual evening on the topic of discrimination and social exclusion in Canada.

This event will bring together around 70 diverse feminist leaders from Canada and around the world to envision a feminist agenda for the G7.

A bilingual evening on the topic of discrimination and social exclusion.

Inter Pares has worked with Peruvian counterparts since the early 1990s to bring an end to a policy that resulted in the forced sterilization of hundreds of thousands of rural citizens.

Inter Pares wishes to convey our profound sympathies to the families and communities of Colten Boushie and Tina Fontaine.

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

Inter Pares is pleased to announce the Board of Directors has appointed Rita Morbia and Kathryn Dingle as Co-Executive Directors of the organization.

Inter Pares mourns the passing of lifelong activist and dear Peruvian friend and colleague — our compañera, Diana Avila Paulette.

Join us on March 8, 2018 for Ottawa’s biggest International Women’s Day celebration, featuring the annual Femmy Awards ceremony honouring local feminist change-makers.

Mark and Vere are Likhaan Community Mobilizers. They both identify as transgender and work in the slum neighbourhoods of metro Manila.

Colombia's peace agreement is historic as it is the most inclusive developed to date. Inter Pares' counterparts were instrumental in shaping the agreement.

Bill Fairbairn, Latin America Program Manager at Inter Pares, draws a parallel between his social justice convictions as a gay man and Inter Pares' feminist priorities.

Sexual orientation and gender identity are integral aspects of our selves and should never lead to discrimination or abuse. Inter Pares bulletin “Pride in our Work” highlights our support for LGBTQ2 people’s rights, and our work with activists representing a multiplicity of identities and issues.

The Sarawak activists trying to “follow the money” and highlight a number of the factors that give Canada an international reputation as a safe haven for money laundering.

More than eight years since the murder of Mariano Abarca, an outspoken community leader in Chiapas, Mexico, his son and a group of Mexican human rights defenders will visit Ottawa, on February 5th and 6th.

The Borneo Case tells the story of Indigenous people in Malaysia and their allies in defense of their ancestral lands being destroyed by illegal logging.

Inter Pares welcomes the announcement regarding the creation of a Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Business Enterprise.

Meet Narsamma, Najwa, Adriana, and Marcela, the women at the heart of our Stories of Struggle campaign.

Inter Pares supports local activist organizations to build a more equal world. Thanks to our generous donors, throughout 2017, we have strengthened many struggles for social justice in Canada and overseas.

We reached our goal! 1,697 donors made a gift during our Stories of Struggle campaign, which contributed $336,016 to Inter Pares' work. Thank you!

Inter Pares remains highly concerned by the ongoing Rohingya crisis in Burma and Bangladesh, and by the pressing need for stronger action.