Alinea is a global international development consultancy with a corporate presence in Canada, the UK, Europe and Australia. “Alinea” refers to “introducing new ideas,” which is how we approach the world’s evolving challenges, providing technical and management expertise that help people improve their lives. Hand in hand with governments, investors, companies and communities, we have delivered over 500 projects in 88 countries over the past 34 years.
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Amnesty International is a global movement of over 7 million people in more than 150 countries working together to protect and promote human rights. Our vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments. Our mission is to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated.
We believe that we are at our most powerful when we stand together for human rights. Each person, no matter who or where they are, can make change happen by acting in concert with others who share their vision of a world where everyone lives in dignity. People are the strength of our organization. It is because so many people speak out for justice that Amnesty International is able to achieve remarkable things.
The Canada for Africa Group | Le Groupe Canada Pour l’Afrique (CanafGroup) is a network of women and men whose purpose is to increase Canada’s leadership role on the African continent through knowledge exchange. We work to empower black women and youth by fostering their success, while connecting them to their cultural roots.
Established in 1996, CANADEM is a not-for-profit Canadian agency dedicated to advancing international peace and security around the world through the rostering, rapid mobilization, and mission management of experts committed to International Service with the UN, other IGOs, NGOs and governments. CANADEM’s 1325 roster currently has 18,601 women, 8,184 of which are from the global south including Africa and the Middle East – many supporting protection efforts against sexual and gender-based violence and promoting women’s greater participation in post-conflict political, economic and civil reconstruction processes.
The Canadian Coalition for Youth, Peace & Security (CCYPS) is a network of individuals and organizations working or interested in Youth, Peace and Security with the primary purpose of uplifting each other’s work, advocacy and research. The CCYPS platform fosters a collaborative space for young people living in and connected to Canada and allies to share and exchange resources and opportunities to better engage in the United Nations’ Youth, Peace and Security Agenda locally, nationally and globally.
The Canadian Peace Initiative (CPI) is committed to the establishment of a Department of Peace within the Government of Canada. The Department of Peace would work towards building a new architecture of peace by establishing and supporting a culture of peace and assertive non-violence in Canada and the world.
We are part of a growing international movement that includes citizens from some 50 countries represented in the Global Alliance for Ministries & Infrastructures of Peace. Four governments have already established Ministers of Peace: the Solomon Islands (2005), Nepal (2007), Costa Rica (2009), and most recently the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
Our Initiative has chapters and contacts across Canada and is endorsed by more than 30 national organizations and eminent individuals. Supporters of the CPI include such prominent Canadians as the Honourable Lloyd Axworthy and Senators Doug Roche and Dr. Anne Pearson. The CPI is also supported by several organizations that together represent 2 million Canadians, such as the Council of Canadians, the World Federalist Movement-Canada, and Physicians for Global Survival.
Canadian Red Cross
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace provides a means for women to exercise responsibility for the promotion of world peace and justice, through education of themselves and others to take an equal part in the democratic process of decision making; and to cooperate with women throughout the world to create the mutual respect and understanding necessary for the peaceful resolution of international conflict.
Founded in 1945 with the creation of the CARE Package®, CARE develops solutions alongside women and girls in developing countries to lift themselves, their families, and their communities out of poverty and out of crisis. CARE stands with women and girls around the world in economic empowerment. We bring women, girls, and their communities together to challenge inequality while facing issues like food insecurity, climate change, and emergency relief in times of crisis or disaster. CARE works in 100 countries around the world.
Egale Canada
The Equality Fund is a Canadian-led, international fund designed to support gender equality around the world. The groundbreaking initiative will deliver new momentum for women’s movements across the globe. The Equality Fund (formerly The MATCH International Women’s Fund) will shift power and resources to local organizations and leaders on the frontlines of building and sustaining a more gender equal world. We will mobilize philanthropic and investment capital, in Canada and beyond, and build a brighter, more equitable future for everyone, everywhere. The Equality Fund is made possible in partnership with the Government of Canada.
Equitas is Canada’s most recognized and active human rights education organization. We work for the advancement of equality, social justice and respect for human dignity through transformative education programs that empower individuals to challenge inequality and discrimination, and to build more inclusive, rights-respecting communities. In the last five decades, Equitas has reached over 4 million people worldwide through its programs and contributes to changing attitudes and behaviours and providing the type of learning experiences that empower people to emerge as human rights changemakers.
For more information, visit: equitas.org.
*Equitas acknowledges that our offices are located on the unceded Indigenous territories of Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk), xwməθkwəyəm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil Waututh), First Nations
The Federation of Medical Women of Canada (FMWC) is a national organization committed to the professional, social and personal advancement of women physicians and to the promotion of the well-being of women both in the medical profession and in society at large since 1924. For more information, please visit: www.fmwc.ca
And check out FMWC’s video interview series of other WPSN-C members and their work.
Created in 1982, Humanity and Inclusion, is an independent and impartial international aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster in around 60 countries. Working alongside people with disabilities and other groups at risk of exclusion, our actions are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights.”
Inter Pares – which means among equals – is a feminist organization that believes in solidarity, not charity, as an approach to international cooperation. For over 40 years, we have worked closely with courageous activists and more than a hundred inspiring organizations throughout the world to build peace, advance justice and globalize equality. Our programs largely focus on six global issues: food sovereignty, women’s equality, peace and democracy, economic justice, health, and migration. We work with long-term counterparts – local and national activist organizations – in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Canada. We are dedicated to empowering people in Canada and around the world to be at the center of their own development and to assert their own agency. By supporting the work of our counterparts, we help communities confront injustice, implement locally adapted solutions, spark innovative initiatives and occupy the political space that belongs to them. We are also committed to engaging Canadians in the struggles for justice and equality that people face around the world, and to offer ways to take action. Inter Pares strives to change the overall systems that perpetuate inequality, poverty and injustice.
The International Women’s Rights Project (IWRP) was founded in 1998 to strengthen the capacity of women’s NGOs in Canada and internationally to advocate for women’s human rights. The IWRP works to influence the implementation of international human rights standards through collaboration, participatory research and evidence-based advocacy. IWRP operates on a project-by-project basis, with support from universities, funding from private donors, foundations, individuals and government sources. We work with a team of student interns, volunteers, and international associates. Our model is to work in partnership with civil society organizations, research institutions, donors, universities, and individuals. IWRP works in partnership with Canadian and international NGOs, by invitation, to provide research, capacity-building, and an exchange of knowledge and learning. IWRP believes strongly in “femtorship” and we have had the privilege of ‘femtoring’ students from several disciplines. IWRP is incorporated as an independent non-profit organization in Canada and in South Africa. As of 2013, the IWRP is based in Vancouver, B.C.
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) works in over 50 countries around the world. We partner with local churches and organizations with similar values to amplify our impact. Together we work in these three areas:
Relief – We help meet people’s immediate needs for survival during times of crisis, like during a hurricane or war. We also focus on helping communities prepare for and respond to disasters.
Development – We work to strengthen people’s long-term access to food and water, health care and education. Our programs also help people find ways to support their families.
Peace – We work with partners to teach conflict transformation skills, and support peace education. We advocate for justice and encouraging people to work together despite their differences.
Mines Action Canada (MAC) is an international leader working to eliminate the serious humanitarian, environmental and development consequences of indiscriminate weapons. We are committed global advocates working to alleviate the impact that these weapons have on the rights, dignity and well being of civilian populations. We do this by engaging the public; supporting domestic and international partners; researching and monitoring the performance and compliance levels of disarmament and humanitarian laws; and by developing and disseminating resources.
The Peace Track Initiative (PTI) was founded to support the peace process in Yemen and MENA region. It was incubated in Geneva at the Geneva Center for Security Policy in 2017 and then incorporated in Canada as a non-profit incorporation (Registration No.: 1046074-5) on 22nd October 2017. The PTI also has a cooperation agreement with Yemen Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) to operate in Yemen. The PTI is hosted at the Human Rights Research and Education Center, at Ottawa University in Canada and has an office which is hosted at To Be Foundation for Rights and Freedom in Aden, Yemen. The PTI also has an ECOSOC special status with the UN. The PTI is hosted at the Human Rights Research and Education Center, at Ottawa University in Canada and has an office which is hosted at To Be Foundation for Rights and Freedom in Aden, Yemen. It is chaired by Rasha Jarhum.
The Peace Track Initiative (PTI) aims at localizing and feminizing the peace process through promoting inclusion and enhancing feminist knowledge leadership in the Middle East and North Africa with focus on Yemen. PTI has positioned itself as a Track II partner promoting feminist peace processes. PTI working areas focuses on promoting inclusion of women and marginalized groups in the peace and political processes, as well as, promoting the protection of women’s rights, and amplifying feminist knowledge leadership. PTI employs a human-rights based approach to our programs. The PTI operations are guided by the CEDAW, UNSC 1325 resolution and its relevant subsequent resolutions on Women, Peace, and Security, and internationally agreed human rights frameworks.
Sisters Trust is a feminist non-profit that provides support to women human rights defenders in exile in Canada. By giving resources to these women, Sisters Trust rejects the gender stereotypes and violence that invalidate women defenders’ important work and role as catalysts for social change.
Sudan Women Rights Action
WREN – Women Veterans Research and Engagement Network
WREN’s mission is to ensure equitable lifetime outcomes for women and men veterans in all the seven domains of wellbeing as defined by the Government of Canada. Members of WREN support and promote the government’s use of sex- and gender-informed, evidence-based policies and practices in defence and security.
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