Jessica Moerman | Senior Program Officer, Canada
jmoerman[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. Jessica (she/her) joined Equitas’ Canadian team as a Program Officer in October 2022 and is now a Senior Program Officer for B.C since 2024. She has [...]ACTIF Funded Projects: Together for Equality – Promoting social change for the recognition of LGBTQ2I rights in Honduras
Project partners Centro para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación LGBTI - SOMOS CDC (Honduras) Lawyers without borders (Canada) Target country Honduras Project description Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, two-spirited and intersex (LGBTQ2I) people in Honduras face various forms of discrimination and stigmatization, too often expressed through acts of violence and other forms of human rights [...] ACTIF Funded Projects: EDING – Programme d’appui aux droits humains en Afrique francophone
Project partners Fierté Afrique Francophone (Ivory Coast) Fierté Montréal (Canada) Fondation Émergence (Canada) Target countries Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Ivory Coast Morocco Senegal Project description LGBTQI+ people in Africa are invisibilized, excluded and oppressed from participating in political processes and spaces. Political leaders (ruling and opposition parties), religious leaders and community leaders all use [...] ACTIF Funded Projects: Costa Rica and Jamaica Initiative
Project partners Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (Jamaica) Alianza para la Educación Inclusiva (Costa Rica) The Global Interfaith Network for People of All SSOGIE (South Africa) Rainbow Faith and Freedom (Canada) Target countries Costa Rica Jamaica Project description The goal of this three-year project is to change the hearts and minds of families and faith communities [...] ACTIF Funded Projects: Diverse Voices of the Maghreb
Project partners Journalists for Human Rights (Canada) Target countries Tunisia Morocco Project description Diverse voices of the Maghreb is a proposed project for two years and a half by Journalists for Human Rights and a tunisian organization. The proposed project aims at enhancing the respect for, and protection and fulfillment of the human rights of [...] Dan Christian Ghattas | Executive Director of OII Europe
Dan Christian Ghattas (he/they) PhD is the Executive Director of Organisation Intersex International Europe (OII Europe). Dan started advocating for intersex human rights in Europe in 2009 and has since provided expertise to governments, EU and CoE and UN treaty bodies. He was one of the initiators of the 1st International Intersex Forum (2011), co-authored [...]Elsa Saade | Program Officer Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights
Elsa Saade (she/her) is a Lebanese cultural and social activist, aspiring historian, political artist and mobilizer. She currently works at Urgent Action Fund as Program Officer based in New York City. She has been involved in the field of philanthropy for the past few years after a decade of activism in the Middle East and [...]Employment Opportunity – Education Specialist, Haiti
Be part of positive social change Imagine working for an organization whose primary mission is to advance equality, social justice and respect for human dignity. Imagine that your work aligns with your personal values and that you participate every day in creating positive social change through transformative human rights education programs. Alongside 60 like-minded colleagues […]
Erik Bornemann | Program Officer
ebornemann[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. Erik (he/him) joined Equitas as a Logistics Coordinator in August 2022 and is supporting Equitas' Canadian program team. He then, as of November 2023 became a Program Officer. He holds a bachelor's in public [...]Employment Opportunity – Education Specialist, MENA
Do you care about the rights of women, young people, and people with disabilities? Are you passionate about human rights and do you want to support the work of Equitas in the Middle East and North Africa region? Do you have experience in developing educational programs, designing educational tools and assessment? If so, Equitas has […]