Presentation on Women, Peace and Security for the SCFAID
Bill Fairbairn, Inter Pares Program Manager, Latin America, testified before the parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development on April 12th, 2016, during its study...
View ArticleAnnual report 2023 | Existence is resistance
In our 2023 annual report, you’ll read about our counterparts struggling through current conflicts and others working under the long shadows of a violent past. You’ll meet people whose existence has...
View ArticleBurma’s Forgotten Wars
"People are trapped in the jungle and can’t go home to their villages.” It is April 2018, and Steven and I are talking in a hot wooden house in Kachin State, northern Burma. Steven is the Secretary...
View ArticleBurma's Forgotten Wars
In our June 2018 edition, Samantha McGavin, Asia Program Manager, shares photos and reflections from her then-recent trip in Burma.Inter Pares has been working with local organizations in Burma and...
View ArticleBroadening the conversation on Burma
Inter Pares staff member Samantha McGavin’s April 2018 trip to Burma, which also led her to Thailand and Malaysia (see additional photos in the gallery below), was part of Inter Pares’ approach to...
View ArticleThe cycle of violence in Burma
August 8, 2018.Thirty years ago today, most of the world remained unaware as thousands took to the streets of Burma to demand democracy after decades of military rule. The army responded to the...
View ArticleKaren Women's Organization & Inter Pares: A relationship based on shared values
Inter Pares has an extensive program on Burma, in which we have been collaborating with the Karen Women's Organization (KWO) since 2000. We asked two KWO leaders, Naw K'nyaw Paw and Tharamu Zipporah...
View ArticleNikki Richard
Nikki Richard is Co-Manager of the Burma Program at Inter Pares. Her key focus areas are the nexus of human rights and the environment, and community development work.Nikki spent several years in...
View ArticleColombian Truth Commission hears testimony from Inter Pares
Inter Pares Latin America Program Manager Bill Fairbairn recently provided testimony in Bogotá to the Colombian Truth Commission about his experience working in support of human rights and peace in...
View ArticleSeeking truth and justice for the LGBTIQ+ community in Colombia
Seeking truth and justice for the LGBTIQ+ community in ColombiaWednesday October 2712:00pm – 1:00pm ESTFeaturingMaría Susana Peralta RamónColombia Diversa (Colombia)The webinar will be in English....
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