Just before the end of the school year, Equitas local partners across Canada celebrated the amazing work done by children and youth to promote important human rights values in their communities (cooperation, respect, fairness, inclusion, respect for diversity, responsibility, and acceptance). On April 27th, 2016 Young Women Spoke Up! in Winnipeg. This was a proud moment to […]

Equitas alumni and partner, Charlot Jeudy (KOURAJ, Haiti) met with VICE’s Brigitte Noel while he was in Montreal. “En Haïti, la communauté LGBT est victime de discrimination et de violence. Particulièrement depuis le tremblement de terre de 2010, alors que des missionnaires auraient nourri l’homophobie avec des discours religieux. C’est en réaction à cette montée […]

The 37th International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP) is well under-way, with participants from all around the world! The 2016 IHRTP,  taking place from June 6-24 at the John Abbott College Campus in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, is a once in a lifetime, intensive 3-week training experience. This year, we have welcomed over 90 human rights defenders from […]

The 2016 East Africa Human Rights Program (EAHRP) took place from April 24 to May 6, 2016.  The EAHRP is a regional training program targeting participants from East African countries. Now in its 4th rendition, the two-week training session brought together twenty-six human rights workers and educators from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, […]

Regional initiative seeks to engage young people in decision making By Laila Azzeh – Apr 16,2016 AMMAN — After three years of persistence to equip young Arabs to overcome challenges in their regions based on a human rights approach, the first phase of the EU-funded Mosharaka (participation) project came to an end. The programme, which […]

Youth Participation in Community Life Implementing human rights projects in the Middle East and North Africa : Lessons learned and good practices Year of publication: 2016 Programme: Mosharka (2012-2015) Region: Middle East and North Africa –> DOWNLOAD THIS PUBLICATION FOR FREE IN English, French or Arabic This publication is one of the main tools developed […]

(ENGLISH FOLLOWS) Oportunidad Laboral en Bogotá, sólo para Colombianos que residen en Colombia Título: Coordinador/a Nacional de Proyecto, Bogotá – Colombia Proyecto: Fortalecimiento de la Educación en Derechos Humanos a nivel Mundial (FEDHM) Duración: Mayo 2016 – Abril 2017 (días exactos por definir) Ubicación: Bogotá, Colombia Supervisores: Oficial de Programas para Colombia (Equitas) y Directora […]

Equitas is proud to take part of the TELUS Montreal Celebration of Giving marking the 10th anniversary of the Montreal Community Board by featuring it’s Young Women Young Leaders program in the TELUS video below. Young Women, Young Leaders strengthens the active  participation of young women in civic, political and community life in Montreal. We thank […]