Joint statement on Canada's support for women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia Aug 10, 2018 | Read more
“Until We Find Them”: Searching for missing loved ones on the road to the North Mar 11, 2019 | Read more
Inter Pares welcomes Canada’s feminist realignment of international assistance Jun 9, 2017 | Read more
Canadian Government Breaks Promise to Create Independent Corporate Human Rights Watchdog Apr 9, 2019 | Read more
Stopping the unstoppable: Citizen resistance to exterminator technology in Burkina Faso Sep 4, 2019 | Read more
“Until We Find Them”: Searching for missing loved ones on the road to the North Mar 11, 2019 | Read more
The Immigrant Workers Centre to receive 2018 Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award Apr 18, 2018 | Read more
“Until We Find Them”: Searching for missing loved ones on the road to the North Mar 11, 2019 | Read more
Stopping the unstoppable: Citizen resistance to exterminator technology in Burkina Faso Sep 4, 2019 | Read more
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Women's EqualityAsia Mariam Sow, ENDA Pronat Mariam Sow is the Director of ENDA Pronat, a Senegalese NGO dedicated to supporting ecological agriculture, family farms, and women’s rights. Women's EqualityFood SovereigntyAfrica 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. Women's EqualityHealthAsia Morena Herrera, La Colectiva feminista For almost 15 years now, la Colectiva feminista has been promoting and protecting women’s rights in El Salvador. Women's EqualityLatin America Bill Fairbairn, Inter Pares Bill Fairbairn has been Program Manager for Latin America at Inter Pares since 2011. Women's EqualityCanada Adriana and Marcela, Colombia Diversa Adriana and Marcela were among the first lesbian couples to marry in Colombia. Women's EqualityLatin America Najwa, Sudanese Organization for Research and Development Najwa is a young woman supported by the Sudanese Organization for Research and Development. Women's EqualityAfrica Narsamma Masanagari, Deccan Development Society Narsamma Masangari runs a community radio program in Telengana State, India with support from Deccan Development Society. Women's EqualityFood SovereigntyAsia Khushi Kabir, Nijera Kori Khushi Kabir has always held a deep belief in women’s equality. Women's EqualityAsia Flor Salvador: Witness to struggle and triumph in Mesoamerica Program manager Guillaume Charbonneau tells us Flor's story and how she grew into her role supporting women's rights movements across Central America and Mexico. Women's EqualityPeace and DemocracyLatin America Cathleen Kneen: Our big sister Program manager Eric Chaurette shares his ten-year collaboration with Cathleen, a tireless leader for food sovereignty who passed away this spring. Women's EqualityFood SovereigntyCanada Assétou Kafando, INADES Assétou Kafando is the president of the women farmers’ association in the small city of Dedougou in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Women's EqualityFood SovereigntyAfrica Iday Simbajon, Likhaan Center for Women's Health Iday Simbajon is a community health worker in the Philippines. Women's EqualityHealthAsia Blanca Jiménez, Movimiento de Mujeres Mayas de Huehuetenango Blanca Jiménez is a Maya Mam leader in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Women's EqualityPeace and DemocracyControl Over ResourcesLatin America Iday Simbajon: Solidarity in the face of Typhoon Haiyan Iday Simbajon is a community health worker living in Metro Manila, the Philippines. Women's EqualityHealthAsia Asha El-Karib promotes democracy and equality for women in Sudan Asha is the director of the Sudanese Organization for Research and Development (SORD). Women's EqualityAfrica 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. Women's EqualityPeace and DemocracyAsiaBurma Feminist activist advocates for women’s sexual autonomy in Peru Peruvian feminists face opposition by ultra-conservatives as they work to promote women’s sexual autonomy Women's EqualityLatin America Junice Melgar: Filipina women speaking for themselves Dr. Junice Melgar of Likhaan, an Inter Pares counterpart, shares her story of listening to grassroots women. Women's EqualityHealthAsia Assétou Samaké: Teacher, scientist, and defender of Africa’s seeds Assétou Samaké, plant geneticist from Mali, explains how women and biodiversity are the cornerstones of Africa’s food security. Women's EqualityAfrica Dr. Cynthia Maung: Nurturing leaders at the Mae Tao Clinic Soft-spoken physician from Burma inspires new generation of healthcare providers. Women's EqualityAsiaBurma
Stories of Solidarity: Justice for Survivors in Peru María Ysabel Cedano shares how women are coming together in Peru to demand justice for survivors of forced sterilizations. Women's EqualityPeace and DemocracyLatin America
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. Women's EqualityPeace and DemocracyAsiaBurma
Stories of Solidarity: Women Uprising in Sudan Dr. Asha El-Karib shares how Sudanese women catalyzed ground-breaking political change and continue to organize. Women's EqualityPeace and DemocracyAfrica
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. Women's EqualityHealthAsia
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. Women's EqualityAsia
Achia Begum, Nijera Kori Achia Begum brings decades of zeal and resistance to her landless group in Bangaldesh. Women's EqualityAsia
Mariam Sow, ENDA Pronat Mariam Sow is the Director of ENDA Pronat, a Senegalese NGO dedicated to supporting ecological agriculture, family farms, and women’s rights. Women's EqualityFood SovereigntyAfrica
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. Women's EqualityHealthAsia
Morena Herrera, La Colectiva feminista For almost 15 years now, la Colectiva feminista has been promoting and protecting women’s rights in El Salvador. Women's EqualityLatin America
Bill Fairbairn, Inter Pares Bill Fairbairn has been Program Manager for Latin America at Inter Pares since 2011. Women's EqualityCanada
Adriana and Marcela, Colombia Diversa Adriana and Marcela were among the first lesbian couples to marry in Colombia. Women's EqualityLatin America
Najwa, Sudanese Organization for Research and Development Najwa is a young woman supported by the Sudanese Organization for Research and Development. Women's EqualityAfrica
Narsamma Masanagari, Deccan Development Society Narsamma Masangari runs a community radio program in Telengana State, India with support from Deccan Development Society. Women's EqualityFood SovereigntyAsia
Khushi Kabir, Nijera Kori Khushi Kabir has always held a deep belief in women’s equality. Women's EqualityAsia
Flor Salvador: Witness to struggle and triumph in Mesoamerica Program manager Guillaume Charbonneau tells us Flor's story and how she grew into her role supporting women's rights movements across Central America and Mexico. Women's EqualityPeace and DemocracyLatin America
Cathleen Kneen: Our big sister Program manager Eric Chaurette shares his ten-year collaboration with Cathleen, a tireless leader for food sovereignty who passed away this spring. Women's EqualityFood SovereigntyCanada
Assétou Kafando, INADES Assétou Kafando is the president of the women farmers’ association in the small city of Dedougou in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Women's EqualityFood SovereigntyAfrica
Iday Simbajon, Likhaan Center for Women's Health Iday Simbajon is a community health worker in the Philippines. Women's EqualityHealthAsia
Blanca Jiménez, Movimiento de Mujeres Mayas de Huehuetenango Blanca Jiménez is a Maya Mam leader in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Women's EqualityPeace and DemocracyControl Over ResourcesLatin America
Iday Simbajon: Solidarity in the face of Typhoon Haiyan Iday Simbajon is a community health worker living in Metro Manila, the Philippines. Women's EqualityHealthAsia
Asha El-Karib promotes democracy and equality for women in Sudan Asha is the director of the Sudanese Organization for Research and Development (SORD). Women's EqualityAfrica
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. Women's EqualityPeace and DemocracyAsiaBurma
Feminist activist advocates for women’s sexual autonomy in Peru Peruvian feminists face opposition by ultra-conservatives as they work to promote women’s sexual autonomy Women's EqualityLatin America
Junice Melgar: Filipina women speaking for themselves Dr. Junice Melgar of Likhaan, an Inter Pares counterpart, shares her story of listening to grassroots women. Women's EqualityHealthAsia
Assétou Samaké: Teacher, scientist, and defender of Africa’s seeds Assétou Samaké, plant geneticist from Mali, explains how women and biodiversity are the cornerstones of Africa’s food security. Women's EqualityAfrica
Dr. Cynthia Maung: Nurturing leaders at the Mae Tao Clinic Soft-spoken physician from Burma inspires new generation of healthcare providers. Women's EqualityAsiaBurma