Agroecology: Helping women in West Africa access land
What role agroecology can play in strengthening women’s access to and control over land?
February 7, 2023
Karate and bodily autonomy: Helping girls in Bangladesh thrive through sport
What does karate have to do with bodily autonomy? When Munira* began taking karate classes, her neighbours weren’t encouraging. When she would head out to the free sessions run by Inter Pares counterpart Nijera Kori, people would tell her that as a girl, she ought to be doing chores instead. You’re a girl. Why learn…
December 15, 2022
The twin fights for reproductive health and LGBTQI+ rights in Guatemala
2022 saw a major threat to bodily autonomy in Guatemala.
December 15, 2022
Resistance and movement building: Women’s rights in Sudan
A new Inter Pares-commissioned study explores the perspectives of women’s rights activists at the centre of gender justice in Sudan.
December 13, 2022
Stop child marriage in Bangladesh!
Donate now Trisha* was just 14 years old when her parents told her she must marry a 25-year-old man from another village. She desperately did not want to marry – but she didn’t know she had the legal right to refuse. That is, until one day, Trisha saw the side of a building with bright…
November 21, 2022
Forced sterilization: Finding light after the darkness
In Peru during the 1990s, hundreds of thousands of women were forcibly sterilized under a government program.
November 18, 2022
Speak my language: Connecting through isolation with memes
The early pandemic was a dark time for everyone in metropolitan Manila – especially youth.
November 18, 2022
Finding hope and strength in each other
Your November Bulletin shares stories of how difficult situations—from COVID19, to coups, to forced sterilization—bring communities together.
November 1, 2022
Privacy please: Respecting community women’s health rights in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh’s patriarchal society, our counterpart organization, Nijera Kori, brings poor, marginalized women together in local groups.
September 23, 2022
Sudan’s legal advocates finding their voice
The Sudanese constitution guarantees gender equality. But paradoxically, the “personal status laws” mandate a woman’s obedience to her husband.
September 9, 2022