Publications

This report presents the findings of the end-term evaluation (ETE) of the We Lead program, a multi-year, multi-country initiative.

We are proud to share the inaugural edition of the Connect, Defend, Act! (CDA!) program’s Year in Review. For a program like ours, that advances civil liberties and fights efforts to restrict (digital) civic space, 2025 was a year of great risk and pressure brought by profound global shifts in civic space. 

Hivos and local partners in Brazil and Zambia conducted mixed-methods research with 236 households to better understand how climate change is reshaping daily life, budgets, emotional wellbeing, and survival strategies.

We Lead with Power is a feminist transformative leadership guide and aims to be a catalyst for young women leaders (or aspiring leaders) to explore innovation, growth, grounding and other ways of feminist leadership in their various settings.

In this report about the first phase of the Urban Futures program, you will read about results that mark the beginning of youth-led food system transformation.

This publication gathers stories about many inspiring initiatives in the Brazilian Amazon supported by Hivos under the VCA program.

The experience and data gathered by our We lead program have provided critical insights into the evolving nature of threats faced by SRHR advocates and the mechanisms needed to effectively respond. In this We Lead Safety & Security Learning Brief, we share important lessons and recommendations.

This manual is a practical, rights-based, and contextually relevant resource aimed at equipping young women and their allies with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to protect themselves and continue their critical work safely.

Through the VCA program, Hivos has supported 15 projects and 12 civil society organizations in Tunisia focusing on food sovereignty, water justice, climate planning, artivism, and environmental advocacy, ensuring that climate action is locally driven and community centered. In this publication, we look at VCA’s impact and achievements.

Through the VCA program, Hivos has supported 12 local organizations in Zambia addressing the water, food, energy, health, and gender impacts of climate change. In this publication, we look at the program’s impact and achievements.

The Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) program in Kenya partnered with 10 local civil society organizations. In this publication, we look at VCA’s impact and achievements.

This document summarizes relevant emerging recommendations from the Financing for Feminist Futures (F4FF) Conference.

This publication, written by 23 women authors from the Global South, discusses decolonial and feminist responses to the climate crisis.

This publication shows how LGBTQ+ inclusion boosts economic outcomes, and how discrimination against LGBTQ+ communities may inhibit companies from achieving their full growth potential and hinder their ability to attract the best talent.

At Hivos, we believe that inclusive development is not only a matter of justice, but also a precondition for sustainable progress. That’s why, through our Free to Be Me program, we researched with the Bank Information Center to what extent the World Bank takes the realities faced by LGBTQI+ communities into account in its operations.