Voices North and South

Organizing youth against violence: Sanjida Akhter, Bangladesh

Sanjida is determined to denounce the harassment of girls and educate local youth on violence against women.

Naw K’nyaw Paw shares how the Karen Women's Organization strengthens women’s leadership and political participation.

In August 2019, Professor Joanna Erdman visited the Likhaan Center for Women's Health in Manila, Philippines.

Hear first-hand what change they have seen in their community, and their own lives, over the last twenty-five years.

Achia Begum brings decades of zeal and resistance to her landless group in Bangaldesh.

Arnold Vega works with the Likhaan Center for Women’s Health, a feminist, civil society organization.

Elise Chen works with Tenaganita, a Malaysian organization that defends the rights of women, migrants, and refugees.

Lina Bacalando is a community health worker and organizer with the Likhaan Center for Women’s Health in the Philippines.

In November 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited one of our clinics.

Narsamma Masangari runs a community radio program in Telengana State, India with support from Deccan Development Society.

Dr. Cynthia opened the Mae Tao Clinic when she first arrived in Thailand as a refugee, in 1988.

Khushi Kabir has always held a deep belief in women’s equality.

Tin Soe is a Rohingya Muslim journalist from Burma.

Iday Simbajon is a community health worker in the Philippines.

Iday Simbajon is a community health worker living in Metro Manila, the Philippines.

Charm Tong has traveled widely to expose the ongoing exploitation of women and children in Burma and Thailand.

Kevin met people who had suffered terrible abuses at the hands of the Burmese military. He documented their stories and founded KHRG.

Dr. Junice Melgar of Likhaan, an Inter Pares counterpart, shares her story of listening to grassroots women.

Soft-spoken physician from Burma inspires new generation of healthcare providers.

Canadian establishes Just Aid Foundation in support of Burma’s health programs.

Agrarian reform can prevent forest loss, promote ecological farming and secure land tenure can improve degraded land.