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From Midwifery to National Healthcare, Step by Step

By Rebecca Wolsak

Controlling Their Own Bodies, Controlling Their Own Lives

The establishment of four reproductive health clinics in the Philippines and the promotion of sexual and reproductive health of women and girls contribute to a better control of their bodies and their lives.

Women's Health & Women's Rights

This bulletin highlights the excellent work of our counterparts in reproductive and sexual health of women and girls in the Philippines, in-depth training for midwives in Burma and the unveiling of forced sterilizations committed in Peru.

Inter Pares Film Nights - Girls' and women's rights in Sudan

Inter Pares is screening a 30-minute documentary from one of our Sudanese counterparts on child marriage. After the film, we will be discussing girls' and women's rights in Sudan with Fahima Hashim, founder of Salmmah Women's Resource Centre.

World March of Women 2015, Outaouais delegation

This video of the World March of Women from Outaouais shares voices of participants who tell us why in 2015, we still need to march.

Iday Simbajon, Likhaan Center for Women's Health

Iday Simbajon is a community health worker in the Philippines.

2015 Highlights

Here are some highlights of what we’ve accomplished with our counterparts around the world in 2015.

JQSI celebrates women’s local action for a more equal world

From November 5-14, 2015, this year’s 19th JQSI edition will offer a wide variety of events and opportunities to discuss international solidarity issues that concern us all.

Working for Change Among Equals

This bulletin is about the future of international solidarity, the importance of exposure trips in Inter Pares' approach, the role of political leadership in universal healthcare.

Healthcare, Political Will and Federal Leadership

Funding universal healthcare in Canada is economically viable, but it requires political will and federal leadership.

Up for Debate: Watch the individual interviews with party leaders

After months of campaigning, Up for Debate put four federal leaders on the record on women’s issues during this election campaign.

Issues affecting women will finally get the attention they deserve on September 21!

Hear what the party leaders have to say about issues affecting women.

Inter Pares welcomes the Government of Canada’s new funding to improve women’s health in the Philippines

Press release.

Women's Health Is the Key to Economic Prosperity in the Philippines

Dr. Melgar and Dr. Estrada Claudio are both co-founders of Likhaan, an Inter Pares counterpart in the Philippines.

Case study: Women organizing for health and justice

"Side Effects" was part of a larger organizing process that brought together women on health and social justice, and that spanned several years.

Connecting the Dots: The power of people meeting people

This bulletin presents how Inter Pares link individuals and organizations from Canada, the Philippines, Guatemala, India and West Africa.

Women's Health in the Philippines: Interview with Dr. Junice Melgar

Junice Melgar is a prominent health activist from the Philippines. She formed Likhaan, one of the country’s leading women’s health organizations.

Health Workers with Grassroots Responses to Crisis

This bulletin is about disasters and disease outbreaks that demand a response. Inter Pares counterparts are ideally placed to provide effective solutions.

Feminist activist advocates for women’s sexual autonomy in Peru

Peruvian feminists face opposition by ultra-conservatives as they work to promote women’s sexual autonomy

Public financing for women’s rights in the Philippines

Likhaan, a women’s health organization in the Philippines, advocates for universal healthcare and reproductive rights.

Kiko dela Tonga: Organizing for Women's Health

Hear Kiko dela Tonga describe Inter Pares’ collaboration with Likhaan, a national women's health organization in the Philippines.

Dr. Cynthia Maung: A model for women’s leadership

Dr. Cynthia provides critical healthcare to Burmese refugees at the Mae Tao Clinic near the Burma border in Thailand.

Rejecting the Cult of Austerity

This Bulletin examines the possibilities enabled by fair and just taxation policies, in Canada and in the South.

The Gradual Instant: Change from the Ground Up

We do not wait for change to come – we make change every day.

Peter Gillespie: 35 years of social justice action

Peter Gillespie reflects on more than two and a half decades with Inter Pares.

Health Care in Paradise

An exchange between Likhaan in the Philippines and the Mae Tao Clinic on the Burma-Thai border.

The Land We Call Home

In every place that Inter Pares works, a central issue is the uncertainty people face about their future on the land.

Shining a light: Inter Pares’ thirty-five years of social justice action

Peter Gillespie shares Inter Pares rich history, telling the stories of the many relationships he has nurtured with people around the world.

Lessons from the Philippines: Public Health, Privatization, and Women's Activism

Public health care globally has been privatized and downsized, and even less accessible to those who need it most

Women and Pharmaceuticals: Twenty Years Later

A Toronto Symposium organized to honor and celebrate the achievements of Ruth Cooperstock.