Women’s Struggles for Justice – A Roundtable on Confronting Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict
Twenty activists consolidate knowledge and advance feminist strategies on the issue of sexual violence against women in armed conflict.
The Boundaries of Belonging: Reflections on Migration Policies into the 21st Century
The paper examines how we categorize people who have been forced to leave their places of belonging.
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.
Towards a Feminist Political Economy
How gender influences the social and political relationships and structures of power.
Rethinking Development: Promoting Global Justice in the 21st Century
The global context that will form the imperatives that frame international cooperation, and attempts to re-think international development.
Community-Based Food Security Systems: Local Solutions for Ending Chronic Hunger and Promoting Rural Development
This policy brief explores community-based food security systems based on examples from India.
Citizenship and Action: What’s at Stake?
This document was presented as the keynote address to the “Community Forum on Social Action,” hosted by the Concordia University Institute in Management and Community Development in June 2003, and explores what is at stake in social change activism.
In Our Own Name: Promoting Peace Through Justice
This paper was a contribution to discussions concerning Canada’s role in the world, initiated by the Hon. Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in his call for a “Dialogue on Foreign Affairs” in January 2003. The reflections in this paper emerge from Inter Pares’ direct international experience over almost thirty years.
Beyond the Politics of the Possible: Corporations and the pursuit of social justice
This document was presented at “Corporations as a Factor in Social Justice,” a forum organized by Concordia University Institute in Management and Community Development in June 2002, and explores the limits of the concept of corporate social responsibility.