Meet the People of Inter Pares in our 2017 Annual Report
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 large Inter Pares community.It is also thanks...
View ArticleMay is Mining Justice Month!
Every May, people across Canada take action for mining justice. Join Inter Pares and the 30+ members of the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability in calling for greater accountability of...
View ArticleUprooting Inequality Brief
The Food Security Policy Group urges Canada to focus on small-scale farming to achieve gender equality and empowerment of women.Language EnglishResource Type: ReportsFormat: DocumentDate Published:...
View ArticleJoint statement on Canada's support for women human rights defenders in Saudi...
Ottawa—August 9, 2018The undersigned organizations express our support to Canada for its recentposition on the detention of women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia. We join Canada in urging Saudi...
View ArticleWomen's Health, Women's Rights BC Speaking Tour 2018
Come and meet activists from Likhaan Centre for Women’s Health in the Philippines. Participate in inspiring discussions of successful community organizing, service delivery and advocacy.Penticton 25...
View ArticleFeminism and the Economic System
Fear. Violence. Rape. Broken promises. These are the dividends from an economic system that values private profit for a few, over public good for the many.In 2006, Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold...
View ArticleTax Justice and Gender Equality
What does tax justice have to do with feminism and gender equality? For Inter Pares and many groups we work with, the connections are clear. Tax justice is a feminist issue and something governments...
View ArticleFeminism and the Economic System
Feminism and the Economic SystemFeminism is about a transformational change in power dynamics. So it’s essential to examine how wealth is generated and for whose benefit.Whose Rights? A Feminist...
View ArticleInter Pares at Food Secure Canada
Inter Pares is proud to participate in Food Secure Canada's 10th assembly: resetting the table. The assembly unites thinkers, activists, and organizations to share and develop practical solutions to...
View ArticleMicheline Brunelle, Inter Pares donor
I love making connections with new people. My background is in theatre, and I have always loved to travel. I eventually became a therapist, so that I could help people to find their inner strength and...
View ArticleJeannie Samuel, Inter Pares board member
In 2016, I travelled to Peru for research on marginalized communities’ access to healthcare. While I was there I visited DEMUS, one of Inter Pares amazing counterparts. I got to hear about their work...
View ArticleProtecting Human Rights in Canada: Anne’s Story
Anne Dagenais Guertin is the Communications and Research Coordinator of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG). Inter Pares is a founding and active member of ICLMG and sits on its...
View ArticleDemonstrate solidarity with survivors of forced and coerced sterilizations in...
Last year, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, Inter Pares’ supporters helped us send messages of solidarity to Peruvian women who were survivors of forced sterilizations that occurred during...
View ArticleActivist Fair: Conversations on Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights
On Monday April 29, Inter Pares invites you to join us for Activist Fair: Conversations on Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights, an enlightening evening of spoken word poetry, discussion, and...
View ArticleTWO winners for the 2019 Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award
Ottawa, April 24, 2019 - Inter Pares is thrilled to recognize the inspiring work of Clinic 554 and the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives with this year’s Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award. For...
View ArticleEsperanza Moreno, Inter Pares Board Member
2018, the year I joined the Inter Pares Board of Directors, was a demanding but fulfilling year.Demanding, because to accompany and effectively uphold the mission of Inter Pares and its support of...
View ArticleGetting to know our donors: Eleanor’s Legacy
The summer I graduated from university in British Columbia, I was looking for work and ended up in the Yukon. I have lived here ever since. In the early years I was a social worker. Later I became...
View ArticleRasha Hilal Al-Baiyatti Co-Chair – ICLMG
Having grown up in Iraq, Rasha Hilal Al-Baiyatti knows all too well the danger of restricting free speech and democracy. She has seen first-hand the consequences of a brutal government crack-down on...
View ArticleOrdinary People; Extraordinary Change - 2018 Annual Report
In our 2018 Annual Report, you will read the stories of five extraordinary activists. These are peolpe striving to make life better, in the present, and for the future. Inter Pares has a long history...
View ArticleGovernment of Canada announces meaningful investment in SRHR
On June 4, 2019, during the Women Deliver conference, the Government of Canada announced a commitment of $1.4 billion, annually, to promote the health and rights of women and girls around the world...
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