Canada and the Global Gag Rule
Inter Pares is deeply concerned about the impact of the Global Gag Rule on the enabling environment for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) around the world. For this reason, we joined...
View ArticleCanada's global leadership on women's rights
Inter Pares is deeply appreciative of the funding announcement made today, on International Women's Day, by the Government of Canada of $650 million over 3 years to advance the sexual and reproductive...
View ArticleVideo: 80 Law Profs call on government to make Canada #open4justice
A group of 80 university professors have collectively signed a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging him to stick with his election promise of creating a human rights ombudsman for the...
View ArticleInter Pares Film Nights - Return to Manomin
Guided by the spirit of her grandmother and the wisdom of her elderly uncle, filmmaker Michelle Derosier struggles to persuade four generations of her kin to revive their traditional annual wild rice...
View ArticleAn Honourable Commitment: Policy coherence in Canada’s relations with the...
This paper was a contribution to discussions within and outside of governmentconcerning Canada’s moral and political role in the world. Specifically, the paperreflects on Canada’s relationship with the...
View ArticleCanadian Council of Muslim Women to receive Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award
Launched by the Canadian social justice organization Inter Pares, the Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award honours the social justice legacy of Peter Gillespie, a human rights activist who dedicated...
View ArticleProjet Accompagnement Québec-Guatemala (PAQG)
Language EnglishProjet Accompagnement Québec-Guatemala (PAQG) is a solidarity organization based on the volunteer commitment of human rights activists. Its mission is to provide support to Guatemalans...
View ArticleMay Month of Action for Mining Justice
Government officials have told us that they plan to create an ombudsperson for the extractive sector - yet they have not announced it officially and it was not in the federal budget. We need to hold...
View ArticleInter Pares' 2016 Annual Report - Hope at the Grassroots
We are pleased to announce that our Annual Report 2016 is out! This year, we reflect on the many sources of hope upon which we at Inter Pares draw during challenging political times. Our source of...
View ArticleOur 2016 Annual Report is out!
We are pleased to announce that our Annual Report 2016 is out! This year, we reflect on the many sources of hope upon which we at Inter Pares draw during challenging political times. In recent months,...
View ArticleCanadian Council of Muslim Women inaugural recipient of Peter Gillespie...
Launched by the Canadian social justice organization Inter Pares, the Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award honours the social justice legacy of Peter Gillespie, a human rights activist who dedicated...
View ArticleMay Month of Action for Mining Justice
Government officials have told us that they plan to create an ombudsperson for the extractive sector - yet they have not announced it officially and it was not in the federal budget. We need to hold...
View ArticleWomen’s Health, Women’s Rights Tour
Join us for a discussion on sexual and reproductive health and rights. You will hear stories of how a network of women's health clinics are overcoming the challenges of poverty, violence, and the lack...
View ArticleInter Pares welcomes Canada’s feminist realignment of international assistance
Inter Pares welcomes the Government of Canada’s launch of its long-awaited international assistance policy (IAP). Following consultations that concluded July 2016 and through which Inter Pares made a...
View ArticleCanadian pension funds grab farmland in Brazil
This article was originally published in the July-August 2017 issue of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ magazine The Monitor.By David BruerPension funds are among the most influential...
View ArticleInter Pares concerned with Honduras report
Inter Pares has joined with 23 other Canadian civil society organizations to express concern regarding the report of the Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Counsellor following...
View ArticleA learning exchange goes on tour
Mark Abellon grew up in one of the slum communities of Manila in the Philippines. As a child he grew to know Likhaan which had trained Community Health Workers from among the women living in his...
View ArticleBook Launch: Manufacturing Urgency
Manufacturing Urgency: the Development Industry and Violence against Women investigates anti-violence policies in international development, demonstrating that strategies intended to end violence...
View ArticleWater Warriors at One World Film Festival
Water Warriors is a 22-minute short film and exhibition about the story of a community's successful fight to protect their water from the oil and natural gas industry.In2013, Texas-based SWN Resources...
View ArticleOpen letter on national security Bill C-59
Today, 40 organizations and individuals from across Canadian civil society issued a joint letter to government that lays out overarching concerns with Bill C-59, An Act respecting national security...
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