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Guinea – Femmes Pro-Forêts Project
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In Guinea, women and girls are disproportionately affected by the effects of climate change but are rarely included in decision-making related to climate action and natural resource management. Our work in Guinea focuses on promoting women's environmental rights and feminist climate justice for inclusive and equitable environmental governance through the Femmes Pro-Forêts: climate change adaptation [...]

Faire avancer les droits des femmes et les droits de la personne au Québec

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Cette histoire fait partie de la série Nous sommes le changement en droits humains pour célébrer le 50ième anniversaire d’Equitas (#Equitas50). Tout au long de l’année 2017, découvrez les histoires de 50 défenseur-e-s des droits humains. Ce ne sont là que quelques leaders parmi des centaines qui, avec l’appui d’Equitas, changent des vies à travers le monde par […]

Africa – Power of Equality
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Across the globe, human rights educators and defenders regularly face violence, harassment and legal restrictions that impede their work. Their work is also hampered by the same gender stereotypes and barriers they try to combat through their commitment.   Human rights educators and defenders face many adversities, mainly lack of resources and recognition. Beyond financial [...]

Terms of reference – Call for proposals: Animated video capsules to highlight the end of Advancing Equality Through Human Rights Education project

Call for proposals: Animated video capsules production
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Context For 57 years, Equitas – International Center for Human Rights Education has been working towards advancing equality, social justice and respect of human dignity all around the world. Equitas is recognized as a leader in global efforts to design and deliver innovative and effective human rights education programs for first-line human rights defenders and [...]

Diane Zittel | Human Rights Education Advisor, Guinea and Haiti

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dzittel[at]equitas.org 666 Sherbrooke West – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7 Equitas acknowledges that its office is located on unceded Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) land. Diane (she/her) joined Equitas as an intern for the first edition of the Global Rights Connection program in early 2022, followed by a second internship for the second edition. In May 2023, [...]

The community strengths approach for promoting women’s engagement
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This good practice, developed in collaboration with partners of the Rawabet Initiative in the Middle East and North Africa region, aims to integrate community members and actively involve them from the beginning to the end of the activities. To address the power imbalance, it is important that marginalized people, especially women, actively participate in the […]

Strategies to enhance participation of women and marginalized people
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This good practice explores the creation of inclusive conditions for greater participation of women and traditionally marginalized people in human rights education activities. It proposes tangible measures to reduce barriers before, during and after a human rights education activity. Available in French.

ACTIF Funded projects: For Me, For Others

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Project partners Egides - Alliance internationale francophone pour l’égalité et les diversités (Canada) FACSDIS - Femmes en action contre la stigmatisation et la discrimination sexuelle (Haiti) CCAP - Chambre camerounaise des acteurs en psychologie (Cameroon). Project description The project "Pour Moi, Pour Les Autres" ("For Me, For Others") aims to improve the mental health and [...]
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