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...
Apr 15, 2018 | News
(En français ci-dessous.) Please join us at the UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday April 18, Room S-2724 BR at 1:15 pm local time. We will present a short overview of the dangerous situation of the Indigenous Twa and Mbuti peoples in the African Great...
Oct 23, 2017 | News
Initiative for Equality (IfE) will present a panel discussion at the upcoming Left Forum, entitled “Transnational Solidarity in Social Justice Movements.” The discussion will focus on why it is essential to have international activist collaborations, and how to engage...
