Align your practices with human rights
Organizations operate in a complex world and face a variety of human rights challenges: discrimination, gender inequality, toxic leadership, unfair decision-making, exclusion of marginalized communities, etc.
It can be difficult to align practices and operations with human rights principles and national and international standards while ensuring inclusive and safe work environments that meet the needs of communities. Specialized advice and support can help identify risks, strengthen internal capacities, and co-create concrete solutions that promote equity, inclusion, and sustainable social impact.
ABOUT OUR EXPERTISE
Equitas offers specialized consulting services to help organizations integrate human rights into their internal practices and external operations. Our customized approaches enable organizations to understand, identify, and manage human rights issues while promoting equity, inclusion, and sustainable social impact in the communities where they operate.
WHAT WE OFFER
Customized human rights training
Strengthen your teams' knowledge of human rights standards and applications in different areas, according to your needs.
We design customized training, in English and French, online and in person, to meet your needs in a wide range of subject areas (human rights, gender equality, anti-racism, among others). Our practical training allows participants to apply their knowledge to real-life scenarios, developing concrete skills to integrate human rights into their work.
Specialized training support
Maximize the impact of your own human rights programs and workshops with our expert guidance.
If your organization conducts its own internal human rights training, our instructional design experts can provide strategic advice and support to improve the accessibility, inclusivity, and impact of your training. This includes adapting content and presentation to different profiles, language contexts, literacy levels, digital connectivity, and cultures, among other factors.
Participatory consultation
Facilitate inclusive consultations to better understand the concerns and strengths of the communities you serve.
Equitas' approach is based on equity and inclusion. We design and facilitate participatory consultation processes that respectfully engage the community actors most involved or most affected by your initiative. We have decades of experience consulting with communities in Canada and around the world to hear concerns and identify collaborative solutions, even when divergent interests are at stake.
Dialogue facilitation
Create spaces for constructive exchange between stakeholders with diverse interests and perspectives.
We work with our clients to create respectful and constructive spaces for dialogue. We facilitate meaningful exchanges where diverse voices are heard and valued to achieve mutual understanding. We have decades of experience in dialogue between government, civil society, and the private sector, whether through public consultations, research, expert panels, or roundtables, to solve local and global issues.
Stakeholder engagement
Develop lasting relationships of trust with your partners and communities.
We help you identify key stakeholders and create dedicated channels to keep them informed, respond to their claims or concerns, and ensure transparent, two-way communication throughout your initiative. Our approach focuses on trust and meaningful participation to ensure engagement, inform decision-making, and strengthen accountability.
Human rights impact analysis
Develop tools to identify risks, analyze the context, and prevent negative impacts.
We work with you to develop tools and approaches to conduct a thoughtful contextual analysis of potential human rights risks in the communities you serve, work with, or are part of your supply chain. This may include research, consultations, and community mapping to identify risks and collaboratively define ways to proactively prevent harm.
Participatory evaluation
Design evaluation processes that document your results and capture key lessons learned.
Equitas is deeply committed to robust evaluation, evidence-based research and results, capturing emerging practices, and sharing innovative learnings. Our team works with you to design a monitoring and evaluation system that meets your needs and can help you document your improved social impact over time.
Policy development
Create clear, inclusive policies that are aligned with national and international human rights principles and standards.
A strong rights-based policy is essential for any socially responsible organization. It aligns your activities with global human rights standards, builds trust and accountability, and demonstrates your organization's commitment to ethical conduct. We develop meaningful and practical policies based on in-depth research that reflects your organizational needs and dynamic operational context. We prioritize clarity and accessibility so that policies can be used by all stakeholders, from management to staff to partners.
Strategic planning
Develop a collaborative plan to maximize your social impact and strengthen your internal practices.
Careful planning and human-centered process design lead to better social impact outcomes. We use a systemic and collaborative approach to understand your needs, identify your long-term goals, and develop a concrete plan for changing practices that will make a measurable difference.
Policy and plan implementation
We support the implementation of policies and plans for sustainable impact.
We support your organization in implementing learning, introducing changes, and realizing your human rights-centered policy or plan. We work with you to ensure that your stakeholders understand the plan or policy, confidently take ownership of their roles, and actively support progress monitoring, all in accordance with the principles of successful change management.
WHO WE WORK WITH
Our services are aimed at a wide variety of organizations, including public institutions, businesses, civil society organizations, and educational institutions. We work closely with our partners to tailor each service to their context and needs, and to support them in implementing ethical practices that respect human rights.
IMPACT
Our consulting services lead to concrete changes within organizations. They help strengthen their practices, better engage stakeholders, and create sustainable solutions for communities and workplaces, while contributing to the promotion and protection of human rights around the world.
Concrete results
Equitas played a crucial role in advising and supporting the adaptation of the workshop format to ensure both participation and process effectiveness. Thanks to Equitas, we also had a clear project plan, which allowed CECI teams to focus their energy on content and tool development, knowing that the educational and participatory streams were being taken care of.
Mollie Dujardin
Communications Advisor, CECI
Organizations that have placed their trust in us
Global Affairs Canada
Burnaby School District, BC
CanWaCh
CECI
Chile Human Rights Institute
Cooperation Canada
Collingwood Neighbourhood House
FrancoQueer
GIZ
Government of Egypt
German Institute for Human Rights
Maple Ridge School District
Quebec Ministry of Education
Quebec Ministry of International Relations and La Francophonie
Ministry of Education and Child Care of British Columbia
Moving Forward
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House
New Westminster School District, BC
Heritage Canada
People for Education
City of Vancouver
YWCA Vancouver
GET INVOLVED
Are you part of an organization that wants to align its practices with human rights or strengthen its social impact? Contact us for a personalized consultation plan or to learn more about our services.
Together, let’s find concrete and sustainable solutions.