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September 9, 2014 Former participants of Equitas’ Regional Human Rights Training Session rallied in Gonzacqueville, Ivory Coast, to raise awareness of teen pregnancy which leads girls to cut their education short. The protest, organized by former participants of Equitas’ regional Human Rights Training Session in partnership with Equitas and the Equitas Network – Ivory Coast, […]

September 5, 2014 Equitas – International Centre for Human Rights Education – is deeply concerned for the health and well-being of a member of its alumin network, Mr. Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, who is on full hunger strike since August 24th in protest against his arbitrary detention and life prison sentence. Mr. Al-Khawaja was arrested in 2011 […]

August 21, 2014 The Jordanian National TV network dedicated a quarter of an hour of its programming to Mosharka, Equitas’ human rights education program in the Middle East and North Africa. Tasneem Al-Homouze from the Arab Network for Civic Education, Equitas’ partner in Jordan, along with two of the projects’ young leaders Samah Abdelaziz and […]

12 August 2014: Tell us who deserves to be recognized for their work to promote children`s rights and participation using Play it Fair! in your community: Deadline for nominations is Wednesday October 15th, 2014. Nomination form for Play it Fair! award 2014

August 11, 2014 According to a survey of participants attending Equitas’ 2014 International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP), 92 % of respondents felt that the program fully met their expectations of a human rights training program. Almost all of the respondents (99 %) felt that the teaching method used by Equitas – an approach that […]

July 9, 2014 Vintage Trouble, the acclaimed band that has been winning fans on both sides of the Atlantic, delivered a high voltage, electric live performance at the Corona Virgin Mobile Theatre, in Montreal, on July 3. The show, which human rights educators had been waiting for months to see was a benefit concert for […]

Today, 81 Human Rights Defenders from 49 countries completed their training at the 35th edition of the International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP).They now join a community of more than 3,500 alumni in 100 countries that Equitas – International Centre for Human Rights Education has trained over the years. The IHRTP is a three-week program […]

As part of Aimia‘s ongoing collaboration with Equitas, a group of five Aimia employees spent a week at Equitas’ Montreal office to find solutions to improve the efficiency of the organization in different ways. Each employee of the Common Good Team came from a different part of the world and was chosen for their specific […]

Vintage Trouble, the acclaimed band that has been winning fans on both sides of the Atlantic with its electric live performances and catchy grooves, returns to Montreal on July 3 for a benefit concert on behalf of Equitas – International Centre for Human Rights Education. Vintage Trouble’s live-wired, straight-shootin, dirty-mouth’d, pelvis-pushing juke music will be […]

Equitas staff is proud to  welcome the Common Good Team, a special “task force” comprised of some of the most skilled, creative and generous employees of Aimia.  Aimia is the proud corporate supporter of  Equitas’International Human Rights Training Program taking place now in Montreal (June 8 to 27). The team will be working at the Equitas office from June 16 to 20, to conduct an audit of Equitas’ current capabilities, to think of creative, realistic and affordable […]