Equitas International Centre For Human Rights Education

Based in Montreal, Equitas is Canada’s oldest and most active human rights education organization. Equitas works for the advancement of equality, social justice and respect for human dignity through transformative education programs. Equitas works closely with many partners in Canada and around the world, in Burkina Faso, Haiti, Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal and the Middle East and North Africa region. We provide knowledge, skills and tools to support the empowerment of groups that are subject to discrimination, exclusion and other forms of human rights violations, particularly women, children and youth. In the last 50 years, Equitas has reached over 4 million people worldwide through its programs. These programs are based on three pillars: participatory human rights education, human rights-based approach (HRBA) and gender-based analysis. Through human rights education activities that address systemic discrimination, exclusion and other forms of human rights violations, Equitas contributes to changing attitudes and behaviours and providing the type of learning experiences that empower people to emerge as human rights changemakers. To deliver on its mission, Equitas relies on values such as: equality and non-discrimination, meaningful participation, accountability, mutual respect and trust, equitable partnership and innovation. These values speak to the way Equitas approaches its work and represents its collective will to live and work in a way that is consistent with human rights values. For more information, visit equitas.org.