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17. Sanjida Akhter stands in a schoolyard with her hands folded in front of her body, smiling at a group of classmates who stand around her in a circle.

Organizing youth against violence: Sanjida Akhter, Bangladesh

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

Stories of Solidarity: Indigenous Women's Leadership in Burma

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

Joanna Erdman, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

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

In the words of the landless: Change in Bangladesh

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

Achia Begum, Nijera Kori

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

Arnold Vega, Likhaan Center for Women's Health

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

Elise Chen, Tenaganita

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

Lina Bacalando, Likhaan Center for Women’s Health

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

Dr. Junice Melgar, Likhaan Centre for Women’s Health

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

Narsamma Masanagari, Deccan Development Society

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

Dr. Cynthia Maung, Mae Tao Clinic

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

Khushi Kabir, Coordinator of Nijera Kori

Khushi Kabir, Nijera Kori

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

Tin Soe, Kaladan Press Network

Tin Soe is a Rohingya Muslim journalist from Burma.

Iday Simbajon, Likhaan Center for Women's Health

Iday Simbajon is a community health worker in the Philippines.

Iday Simbajon: Solidarity in the face of Typhoon Haiyan

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

Charm Tong: mobilizing for an inclusive and democratic Burma

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

Kevin Malseed: telling the stories of displaced people in Burma

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

Junice Melgar: Filipina women speaking for themselves

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

Mae Tao Clinic: Dr. Cynthia discusses patient care in the Child Inpatient Department.

Dr. Cynthia Maung: Nurturing leaders at the Mae Tao Clinic

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

Rod Germaine: "Burma got a hold of me"

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

David Bruer: Inter Pares Program Manager (left).

The root causes of environmental destruction need social justice solutions

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

In our 2023 annual report, you’ll read about our counterparts struggling through current conflicts and others working under the long shadows of a violent past.