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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 (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 [...]

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 […]

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 [...]

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 […]

cblake[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. Candace joined Equitas in August 2022 as Knowledge Manager. She leads the development and implementation of Equitas’ knowledge strategy and supports organization-wide knowledge building, management and sharing to the broader field of [...]

smasabanda[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. Sasha (she/her) joined the Equitas team in September 2021 as an Education Assistant, lending her support to the first edition of the Global Rights Connection program. Following this, she worked as Communications [...]

Afsaneh Rigot (she/her) is a scholar and researcher covering issues of law, technology, LGBTQ, refugee, and human rights. Her work and her research pose questions about the effects of technology in contexts for which it was not designed, and the effects of western-centrism on vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities. She also looks, in theory and practice, at [...]

Solange Musanganya (she/her) is a Rwandan-born African transwoman and feminist, Solange Musanganya's activism took off in 2003 after a six-month trip to twelve African countries, from Dakar to Johannesburg. Back in Canada, she co-founded Arc-en-ciel d'Afrique in November 2004, the first Afro-queer organization in Canada. Later, she initiated the Massimadi festival which highlights films and [...]