Land Rights and Communities
IN THIS ISSUEUpholding the Law on Shifting SandsA courageous community in Bangladesh reclaims their land.The true face of landgrabs in West Africa Participatory research reveals disastrous impacts on...
View ArticleHow access to land leads to gender equality in Chiapas
The sense of grandeur that one feels entering Mexico’s southernmost state is impressive. Leaving behind Guatemala’s winding roads, you begin to see the rolling hills of the Chiapas highlands on the...
View ArticleHappy International Women's Day: Photo & video gallery
Our inspiring counterparts from Africa, Latin America, and Asia are committed to gender equality. For International Women’s Day, Inter Pares features, in photos and videos, our colleagues and their...
View ArticleInter Pares Film Nights features "El Contrato" - Q&A with filmmaker to follow
Come and join us for our 3rd edition of Inter Pares Film Nights. This month, we will be watching and discussing “El Contrato” (The Contract), a documentary by award-winning filmmaker, community artist,...
View ArticleFlor Salvador: Witness to struggle and triumph in Mesoamerica
By Guillaume Charbonneau The oldest of nine children, Flor de María Salvador grew up near Guatemala City, helping her mother sell tortillas in order to support her siblings. She learned about the...
View ArticleCAMEX: A new Latin American counterpart is born
On January 23rd Inter Pares' newest counterpart, the Consejeria Oxlajuj Ix para Centroamérica y México, also known as CAMEX, held a founding assembly in Guatemala City. Oxlajuj is thirteen – also a...
View ArticleCanada’s Deadly Diplomacy and Mining Justice in Mexico
More than eight years since the murder of Mariano Abarca, an outspoken community leader in Chiapas, Mexico, his son and a group of Mexican human rights defenders will visit Ottawa on February 5th and...
View Article40 years of social justice action: stories and lessons in new book by PCS
Spanish article available here: 40 años de acción por la justicia social: historias y lecciones en un nuevo libro de PCS.For 40 years, from 1978 through 2018, Inter Pares had the honour of working...
View ArticleLise-Anne Léveillé
Lise-Anne joined Inter Pares as Latin America Program Manager in August 2019.Her passion for justice, solidarity and the environment led her to complete a bachelor degree in International Studies at...
View ArticleVoces Mesoamericanas
Language EnglishVoces Mesoamericanas (Mesoamerican Voices) operates out of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. It works with the mostly indigenous migrant population of the Chiapas Highlands,...
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