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Samantha McGavin

Program Manager with Inter Pares

Samantha McGavin is a program manager with Inter Pares, a Canadian organization that works around the world to promote equality, peace, and justice. Her current program focus is on Burma, where Inter Pares has been supporting marginalized and conflict-affected civil society since 1992, with a strong focus on human rights, democratic governance, and women’s leadership. Samantha also has a strong interest in documenting and promoting non-hierarchical management structures, consensus-based decision-making, and feminist practice. She was one of three principal researchers in Inter Pares’ participatory action research project on its feminist methodology and structure, and is a co-author of two related publications. She joined Inter Pares in 2002.


Samantha McGavin est gestionnaire de programme à Inter Pares, un organisme canadien qui œuvre dans le monde entier pour promouvoir l’égalité, la paix et la justice. Son programme actuel est axé sur la Birmanie, où Inter Pares soutient la société civile marginalisée et touchée par les conflits depuis 1992, en mettant l’accent sur les droits de la personne, la gouvernance démocratique et le leadership des femmes. Samantha s’intéresse aussi beaucoup à la documentation et à la promotion de structures de gestion non hiérarchiques, à la prise de décisions par consensus et à la pratique féministe. Elle a été l’une des trois chercheuses principales du projet de recherche-action participative d’Inter Pares sur la méthodologie et la structure féministes. Elle est également coauteure de deux publications connexes. Elle s’est jointe à Inter Pares en 2002. 

My Sessions

Gender Equality in the Workplace: Turning the Lens Inward

Room 106 E

Register for this session   This session will look at internal equity programs in the development sector – how do we walk the talk in our own organizations? The format of the session will comprise two parts: Fireside chat: Four experts with diverse experience with internal gender equality programs will share their knowledge with a […]

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