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jgonzalez[at]equitas.org 312 Main Street – Suite 213 Vancouver, BC, V6A 2T2 Equitas acknowledges that its office is located on unceded xwməθkwəyəm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil Waututh) land. Juanita (she/her) joined the Equitas team as an Education Specialist in November 2021 and is now a Human Rights Education Advisor. She holds a Bachelor’s degree [...]

Rima (she/her) joined the Equitas team in April 2022 as a Development Officer in the Communications and Fund Development Department. Passionate about human rights, social justice, intercultural relations and international cooperation, Rima was very involved in associations during her studies in international relations and international law at UQAM. She co-founded and chaired several cultural and [...]

Project partners Stephen Lewis Foundation - SLF (Canada) Freedom and Roam Uganda - FARUG (Uganda) Sexual Minorities Uganda (Uganda) Ice Breakers Uganda -IBU (Uganda) Men Against AIDS Youth Group - MAAYGO (Kenya) HIV and AIDS People's Alliance of Kenya - HAPA (Kenya) Health Options for Young Men in HIV, AIDS & STIs - HOYMAS (Kenya) [...]

Project partners Egale (Canada) Intersex Asia - IA (Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan) Transbantu Association Zambia - TBZ (Zambia) Project description This two-year project will address important research gaps in Asia and Africa with an overarching goal  of  increasing  respect,  protection  and  fulfillment  of  human  rights  and  socio-economic outcomes for trans and intersex persons in five [...]

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 [...]

Project partners Canada LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce - CGLCC (Canada) Samavesh Chamber of Commerce (India) Equal Asia Foundation - Stichting EqualA Foundation (Thailand) Project description This collaborative capacity-building project was co-designed by CGLCC, Samavesh and EqualAF. Both Samavesh and Equal AF conducted preparatory stakeholder consultations that fed into the design of this project. The interventions [...]

Project partners Rainbow Railroad (Canada) PASSOP (Kenya), Diálogo Diverso (Ecuador) Access Chapter 2 (South Africa) Al Otro Lado (Mexico) Project description LGBTQI+ individuals globally face extreme violence, discrimination and persecution, often causing them to flee for their lives.  Latin America and Southern/Eastern Africa are currently regions where LGBTQI+ persecution, coupled with geographic instability, has led [...]

Project partners YMCA GTA (Canada) YMCA of Peru (Peru) TRANS - Organización por los Derechos Humanos de las personas Trans (Peru) Project description In Peru, the rights of trans people are not promoted nor guaranteed by public policies on diversity and social inclusión. Trans people face multiple vulnerabilities and situations of violence that leave no [...]

Title: Communications and Knowledge Intern Location: Remote work/Hybrid work Schedule and Duration: January 17, 2022 – April 29, 2022 – flexible (20h/week) Deadline for applications: December 6, 2021 Remuneration: $18/hour Equitas – International Centre for Human Rights Education is a non-profit organization founded in 1967 that works to promote equality, social justice, and the respect for [...]