Category Archives: News

October 28, 2014 Members of the Equitas team are back in Moshi, in the beautiful Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania, to conduct a baseline data collection on human rights in the region. This study, conducted in partnership with the Tusonge Community Development Organization, will serve as a baseline for measuring the progress that will be made […]

October 23, 2014 This map gives a good overview of the geographical distribution of Equitas’ activities around the world. The countries shown in blue are countries in which Equitas programs were being implemented in 2013-2014. The countries in green show the country of origin of the participants of Equitas’ 2013 International Programme for Human Rights […]

October 20, 2014 The Engaged Citizenship project in Haiti, implemented by over 20 Haitian civil society organizations in partnership with Equitas and GARR, has led to impressive and tangible results. The Equitas team recently visited three Haitian communities (Gressier, La Victoire and Thomassique) involved in the project and observed how each community had found creative […]

October 17, 2014 On September 13, members from the Equitas British Columbia (BC) office supported the United Way of the Lower Mainland with the launch of their annual campaign. With support from UPS the launch included a Jet Pull, where teams of 15 participants put their muscle to the test as they tried to pull […]

October 10, 2014 For the 3rd year in a row Equitas participated in the International Summer Course on the Rights of Child in Moncton, New Brunswick (Canada). The theme of this year’s summer course was Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; the right to participate and be heard. This year […]

October 8, 2014 Last month, Equitas was in Chisasibi, a Cree community of approximately 5,000 persons in northern Quebec. Our staff delivered three workshops on the Play it Fair! and Speaking Rights programs. A total of 16 high school teachers and staff working directly with youth and 58 elementary teachers and support staff were trained. Equitas program officers […]

36th annual International Human Rights Training Program, June 7 – June 26, 2015 We are delighted to announce that the application period for the 36th annual International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP) is now open and we will be accepting applications until November 17, 2014. We look forward to another inspiring three-week program and the opportunity to meet […]

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 […]