Margaret Sekaggya joins Equitas Honourary Board

Equitas is pleased to announce that Margaret Sekaggya, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders has accepted our invitation to serve on Equitas’ Honourary Board. As member of the Honourary Board, Mrs. Sekaggya joins a group of distinguished individuals who are committed to Equitas’ mission of advancing equality, social justice and respect for human dignity in Canada and around the world through transformative human rights education programs.

Mrs. Sekaggya is a magistrate from Uganda and was the Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission from 1996 to 2008. In 2008, she was appointed Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders by the United Nations Human Rights Council and is a member of the United Nations High Level Task Force on the Implementation of the Right to Development. Throughout her career, Mrs. Sekaggya has paid particular attention to human rights issues concerning vulnerable groups such as people affected and infected with HIV/AIDS, the disabled, children, women and the elderly

31st annual International Human Rights Training Program, June 6 – June 25, 2010

• Press release
• Information about the International Human Rights Training Program
• June schedule 2010
• John Abbott College
• Tourist Information
• What to pack for the IHRTP

The IHRTP is intended for human rights workers and educators from non-governmental organizations, National Human Rights Institutions, government bodies and educational institutions. The goal of the IHRTP is to strengthen the capacity of human rights organizations to undertake human rights education efforts aimed at building a global culture of human rights. The curriculum is based on principles of adult experiential learning in which participants and facilitators engage in a process of mutual teaching and learning.

“This training program is an important Canadian contribution to the spread of human rights and democratic principles around the world,” says Ian Hamilton, Executive Director of Equitas. “Through the IHRTP, participants gain greater confidence in their abilities as well as the skills and motivation to become effective human rights champions upon their return home”.

The Ruth Selwyn Bursary

Equitas awards the Ruth Selwyn Bursary for Achievement in Empowering Women and Girls to a selected candidate who has shown a sustained commitment to the empowerment of women and girls, and has used innovative education methods to the advance the rights of women and girls. For more information about this bursary, please
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The 30th annual International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP), June 14 – July 3, 2009

• Training manuals
• Evaluation report

The 29th annual International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP), June 8 - 27, 2008

• Evaluation Report

The 28th annual International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP), June 10 - 29, 2007

• Evaluation Report 2007 IHRTP
  
  Proceedings of Presentations during IHRTP 2007

• Opening Ceremony
• The Role of Human Rights Education in the Process of Global Social Change
• The Principles and Values of the UDHR
• Universality of Human Rights
• Conflict transformation and Gender
• The Global Context of Human Rights
• The reform of the United Nations Human Rights System
• The Rights of Indigenous People
• Advocacy and Human Rights Education
• Gender-Based Violence against Women

• Evaluation Report

• Evaluation Report

• Evaluation Report
• Proceedings
• Presentation of Results
• Training Manuals

• Evaluation Report 2003
• Proceedings

• Evaluation Report 2002
• Proceedings

• Evaluation Report Summary
• Proceedings