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Highlights and learnings for LGBTQI+ rights from the ILGA Conference
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From November 11 to 15, 2024, several partners of the Act Together for Inclusion Fund (ACTIF), managed by Equitas, in collaboration with Dignity Network Canada gathered in Cape Town, South Africa, for the 31e ILGA Conference on LGBTQI+ rights. More than 1,450 people from some 100 countries took part in panels and discussions around the [...]

Lisa Schmidt | MEd, PCC, Leadership Coach, Worksphere Consulting

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Making a small contribution to advancing human dignity—and particularly women's rights—is a core value for me. Women deserve to live free from violence and discrimination, to enjoy physical and mental health, to build material wealth, and to participate fully in shaping their communities and political systems. My background is in corporate communications, organizational development and [...]

Your Aeroplan points for human rights!
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From August 12th to 18th, you can donate your points to Equitas and Aeroplan will DOUBLE your impact by matching the points! These points enable us to expand our human rights education work beyond borders. This is another simple way to contribute to human rights defenders’ work in building a respectful and tolerant world.  Because human rights [...]

Valérie Séguin | Development and Communications Coordinator

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vseguin[at]equitas.org 666 Sherbrooke Ouest – Suite 1100 Montréal, Quebec, H3A 1E7 Equitas acknowledges that its office is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) land. Valérie (she/her) joined the Equitas team as a Development and Communications Coordinator for a replacement contract in July 2024. Prior to joining Equitas, Valérie worked in community and hospital sectors in providing basic health [...]

Building a trail: From policy to action

Building a trail: From policy to action
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This interactive presentation is a depiction of a collective activity during a gathering of Equitas partners in 2024. Participants were invited to think on solutions and strategies to turn recommended policies into implementable and concrete action. Discover a trail for a better implementation of policy related to gender equality, gender-based violence and participation of women. […]

Building a trail: From policy to action

Building a trail: From policy to action
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In February 2024, more than 30 human rights educators and Equitas partners from all over the world came to Montreal for a week of exchanges, learnings and practical activities. During one of the activities, all participants were invited to Build a Trail. The objective was to reflect on strategies and solutions to turn recommended policies and [...]

Buhary Mohammed: Rallying all positions with the power of human rights education

Buhary Mohammed: Rallying all positions with the power of human rights education
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Buhary Mohammed is a long time Equitas partner and human rights educator who participated in the International Human Rights Training Program in 2018 before coming back as a facilitator in 2023. His philosophy is that when human rights educators engage with the most reluctant, “we should allow them as well to engage to [reach a [...]

Terms of reference – Call for proposals: Animated video capsules to highlight the end of Advancing Equality Through Human Rights Education project

Call for proposals: Animated video capsules production
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Context For 57 years, Equitas – International Center for Human Rights Education has been working towards advancing equality, social justice and respect of human dignity all around the world. Equitas is recognized as a leader in global efforts to design and deliver innovative and effective human rights education programs for first-line human rights defenders and [...]

Support Equitas at the Montreal Charity Challenge!
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Here we go for a fifth consecutive year! Equitas will be on hand again this year at Parc Jean Drapeau for the  21K de Montreal Charity Challenge on April 20, 2024!   Every year, the Charity Challenge brings together various charitable organizations to raise funds for the different essential causes they support. These organizations create [...]

EquiTalks: Turning Division into Dialogue

EquiTalks: Turning division into dialogue
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Join us for the first in-person EquiTalks in Montreal (Tiohtià:ke*) in four years! Equitas is excited to announce that the next EquiTalks will be taking place on February 15, 2024, under the theme of Turning Division into Dialogue. The event will include an in-person networking event from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm EST followed by [...]
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