Youth are leading positive change in their community
April 1, 2015 Equitas is happy to announce some great news for our Speaking Rights programs and youth leaders. Seventeen bursaries valued at $500 each have been granted to support youth organizations and youth aged 13-17 in the realization of youth-led community projects. The bursaries have been granted to different groups across the country, including […]
World social forum: Equitas promotes youth participation in Tunisia
26 mars 2015 About 20 young members of Equitas’ EU funded Mosharka project in Tunisia, participated at the World Social Forum this week in Tunis. In cooperation with the Association des Femmes tunisiennes pour la Recherche sur le Développement, the young members hosted a workshop titled Socioeconomic rights of youth for a better social integration. […]
IHRTP 2015: the countdown is on!
March 23, 2015 The countdown to the 36th edition of Equitas’ International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP) is well underway. We are happy to announce that our participants, as well as facilitators and co-facilitators have been selected! With about 600 applications from 80 countries, there were a lot of difficult decisions to make. The 2015 […]
Equitas at the educational symposium of teachers of Montreal
March 19, 2015 How can we get children and youth to integrate human rights values like respect, inclusion, and acceptance in their everyday behaviors and attitudes? Jean-Sébastien Vallée, an education specialist at Equitas, and Ruth Morrisson, program officer at Equitas, are aiming to provide an answer to this tricky question at the Educational Symposium of […]
Sharing a vision for the future of human rights
March 18, 2015 At Equitas, we are thankful for our many sponsors and partner organizations. They allow us to continue building a culture of human rights at home and abroad. TD Bank has been a supporter of Equitas since 2006, sponsoring our Play it Fair! program, which is run in day camps and after-school programs […]
In Tanzania, community members use their voice to fight exclusion and violence
March 16, 2005 Today, 185 men, women and children of all ages gathered in the community of Biriri, located at the foot of Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. They came together to hear the results of the baseline study that Equitas, in partnership with Tusonge and community leaders, facilitated in three communities in the region over the […]
Breaking down human rights barriers one keystroke at a time
March 11, 2015 The power of a voice can be revolutionary. The ability to share ideas and band together for a common cause and the greater good is a very unique facet of humanity, and over the years this practice has grown. As the gap between us grows smaller, the voices grow louder. We’re connected […]
Fighting violence to promote youth participation in Senegal
March 9, 2015 More than 100 youth, community leaders, and representatives of local authority shared their experiences and offered recommendations during a community forum which took place in Thiès, Senegal on February 25. The forum‘s theme was the fight against violence in the community. The participants welcomed the opportunity to share their knowledge and experiences, […]
Civic participation in Haiti
March 3, 2015 In Haiti, thirty people from the communities of Gressier, La Victoire and Thomassique participated in an inter-community Forum on civic participation. The event, organised by Equitas partners in Haiti took place on February 28 and March 1 in Hinche. Participants discussed engaged citizenship and shared their experiences in this matter. They also […]
Equitas receives the winner of the 6th annual human rights award of the Embassy of Canada in Venezuela
March 2, 2005 Equitas was happy to welcome Marino Alvarado during his visit to our Montreal office last Thursday. Mr. Alvarado was recently awarded the 6th annual Human Rights Award from the Embassy of Canada in Venezuela, in partnership with the Center for Peace and Human Rights of the Universidad Central de Venezuela. The Award […]