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Rania Derbel | Program Officer, Middle East & North Africa

Publié en 2022

rderbel[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. Rania (she) joined the Equitas team in 2018 as Rawabet Project Coordinator, later becoming Regional Coordinator as Consultant for the Middle East and North Africa program. In April 2023, she was appointed [...]

ACTIF Funded projects: Reclaiming our History, Defending Our Rights

Publié en 2021

Project partners Inter Pares (Canada) Colombia Diversa (Colombia) Fondo Lunaria Mujer (Colombia) Asociacion Lambda (Guatemala) Project description “Reclaiming our History, Defending Our Rights” is a three-year project in support of LGBTIQ+ persons and communities in Colombia and Guatemala. Each of the target countries of this project is in various stages of transition following periods of [...]

Emerging Opportunities Fund

Publié en 2021

ACTIF’s Emerging Opportunities Fund is a complementary fund meant to provide a mechanism to respond to emerging opportunities or risks related to advancing the human rights of LGBTQ2I people. It can also respond to gaps relating to inclusion, geographies or other priorities, as identified by the Advisory Committee whether in reference to the Canadian or Southern context. [...]

Jillian Stirk | Former Ambassador and Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Affairs Canada

Publié en 2021

Jillian Stirk (she/her) is a former Ambassador and Assistant Deputy Minister at Global Affairs Canada where she was responsible for strategic policy, global issues and European affairs. Over the course of her career, she has worked on a wide range of issues including security, peace support operations, human rights and democracy. In 2020, she led the [...]

Inez Jabalpurwala | President & Chief Executive Officer – Public Policy Forum Global Director VINEx – Viral Neuro Exploration

Publié en 2021

Inez Jabalpurwala (she/her) has extensive experience building and leading teams, organizations and cross-sector collaborations in science, technology and innovation, academia, and international development. She is currently the President & Chief Executive Officer of the Public Policy Forum, a leading Canadian think tank. Inez founded and is Global Director of VINEx, a non-profit corporation that was [...]

Equitas is delighted to announce that we’re partnering up with Aeroplan!

Publié en 2021

The Aeroplan campaign has ended on October 4 with more than 500 000 points donated by 11 Equitas supporters! Aeroplan will therefore match all points donated, collecting up to 1 million points for Equitas. Thank you to all supporters of Equitas! Your support helps us raise more awareness on the need for human rights education: [...]

How Marie Marthe Nicholas is Working to End Impunity for Human Rights Violations in Haiti

Publié en 2021

Marie Marthe Nicholas, an alumna from Equitas’ 2019 International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP) and lawyer for Lawyers Without Borders Canada (LWBC) in Port-au-Prince Haiti as part of the Accès à la justice et lutte contre l’impunité en Haïti (Access to Justice and the Fight Against Impunity) project, is using strategic litigation and human rights education to fight against impunity, promote human rights and increase access to justice in Haiti. Marie Marthe became more conscient of rampant human rights [...]

Opening – Consultancy on the development of a human rights education training manual and detailed TOT agenda for HRE project in MENA

Publié en 2021

Background Equitas has been working since 2006 in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in over 10 communities and with 10 local partners to increase respect for human rights, reduce conflict and promote children’s rights, gender equality and to identify emerging issues impacting marginalised groups (specifically women, youth and people living with disability), [...]

Genwa Genweten | LGBT MENA Officer, Hivos

Publié en 2021

Genwa Genweten (she/her) is a Lebanese sexual and bodily rights and freedoms activist working on Local, and regional levels. Being the first woman assigned as Executive Director of Helem Montreal, an organization promoting the rights of Arabic-speaking LGBTQ+ people. For four years, she led on the foundation of the Trans Committee and Women’s Committee that brought queer feminist voices closer to the scope of Work. She [...]

Alejandra Sardá-Chandiramani | Sexual Rights Activist, previous Director AWID Forum and Co-creating Feminist Realities

Publié en 2021

Alejandra Sardá-Chandiramani (she/her) is a feminist activist and translator from Argentina who currently lives in Uruguay. (She has also lived in a few more places in Latin America, Europe and Asia. She is retired from full-time NGO work after many years of very fulfilling work at the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID), Mama Cash and Akahatá, among other feminist [...]