Feb 28, 2019 | News
All around the world, IfE’s Field Hearings report to us that poor and marginalized people are disempowered when those with wealth use their political influence to generate more opportunities to enrich themselves, and block access to resources and opportunities by...
Jan 10, 2019 | News
The Initiative for Equality (IfE) Board of Advisors held its annual elections in December of 2018, electing five people to the Board of Directors, and 15 people to the Board of Advisors for 2019. The Board of Directors now includes: Roberto P. Guimaraes...
Dec 15, 2018 | News
Members of IfE’s regional network for Batwa rights in the African Great Lakes region are conducting an investigation into widespread atrocities in Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This province, formerly known as Katanga, suffers from...
Jul 25, 2018 | News
For the past year, the Advisors and Directors of Initiative for Equality (IfE) have been asking how we can best work towards a more equitable and sustainable future. IfE is a global network that implements its activities through local partners on the ground. This...
Apr 19, 2018 | News
(En français, ci-dessous) The UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples met with a delegation of Batwa rights activists on Thursday 19 April in New York, and accepted a Petition from them asking her to visit the African Great Lakes region to gather...
Apr 18, 2018 | News
(En français, ci-dessous) Twa and Mbuti Indigenous peoples, first inhabitants of the African Great Lakes region, have been the subject of massive land grabs, rights violations, sexual violence and mass killings over the past few decades. Conflict characterized as...
