Internship opportunity – Coordination Assistant
Job Title: Coordination Assistant Location: Remote work Timeframe: 16 weeks at 30h/week Starting date: As soon as possible Ending date: May 06th, 2022 Deadline for applications: January 21th, 2022. Please apply as soon as possible, applications will be reviewed as received. Salary offer: $16/hour Number of positions available: 1 Equitas - The International Centre for [...]Juanita Gonzalez | Human Rights Education Advisor
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 [...]Miguel Romero’s journey: Promoting higher education in Colombia
Hailing from Valle del Cauca in Colombia, Miguel Romero is an eager participant of Global Rights Connection, Equitas’ new online human rights train program. He joined the program to bring a more global perspective to his work at Kids Lives Matter, an initiative that is funded by the University of Houston. While on a scholarship [...] Rima Choghri | Fund Development Officer
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 [...]ACTIF Funded projects: The Right to Health and Healing
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) [...]ACTIF Funded projects: Translating research, education and dialogue into change and action for LGBTI communities
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 [...]ACTIF Funded projects: Reclaiming our History, Defending Our Rights
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 [...]