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After the program ends: impact from VCA in Kyandulu
A criticism often directed at development programs is that once funding ends, the impact disappears with it. Especially projects set up and led by organizations without significant local involvement leave communities struggling to run them after donors move on. But not always. Our Voices for Climate Justice (VCA) program officially came to an end in…
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Connecting teams and strengthening impact for sustainable food systems
In an increasingly bleak funding landscape, taking the time to personally exchange experiences, listen to different perspectives, and build on what others have already tested is a worthwhile and necessary investment. It is a strategic opportunity. And this was the goal of the Urban Futures Annual Meeting, held from April 8 to 10, 2026 in…
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Women and girls’ rights are meaningless without enforceable justice
We see this price paid in the Middle East, where over 161 million women and girls are living in countries shattered by conflict, and over 1.6 million pregnant women are currently struggling to survive under the threat of escalating violence.
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CSW70: Access to justice requires access to global policy spaces
Governments, activists, and advocates are preparing for the UN’s 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. This year’s focus is on improving access to justice for women and girls. But what does this mean for women and girls in Zimbabwe, where gender equality exists on paper but not…
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Sistemas alimentarios para la paz: alianzas que transforman territorios
Desde la Fundación SIDOC creemos que la paz se construye en lo cotidiano, en los barrios, en las decisiones pequeñas que transforman la vida de las personas. La capital del Valle del Cauca como epicentro del programa Futuros Urbanos Cali (FUC), ha sido el lugar donde esta convicción se pone en práctica, acompañando a comunidades…
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Food systems for peace: Alliances that transform territories
At SIDOC Foundation, we believe that peace is built in everyday life; in neighborhoods; and in small decisions that transform people’s lives. The city of Cali, capital of Valle del Cauca and the epicenter of the Urban Futures program, has been the place where this conviction is put into practice. Here, we support communities and…
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Datos abiertos para fortalecer el espacio cívico y la democracia: Guatemala abre sus puertas para el Abrelatam/ConDatos 2026
En 2026, Guatemala será la sede de Abrelatam/ConDatos, el principal encuentro de América Latina sobre datos abiertos, tecnología cívica y transparencia. Que este espacio llegue al país no es casualidad: responde a años de trabajo colectivo, de alianzas estratégicas y de una convicción compartida de que los datos abiertos son una herramienta clave para fortalecer…
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When frontline communities lead; lessons from five-years of just climate action
Efforts to combat climate change too often sideline the very communities hit hardest by the crisis and who have contributed the least to it. This injustice was the core idea of the Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) program. Now that VCA has concluded after five years, Job Muriithi and Winny Nyawira from Hivos reflect on its…
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We Lead, We Measure, We Transform
Feminist approaches to data, impact, and collective sense-making Traditional data generation processes often privilege those with technical tools and expertise, creating barriers to meaningful participation in data collection, analysis, and interpretation. While this exclusionary dynamic persists in many spaces, We Lead’s feminist Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (DMEL) framework actively reimagines these processes as political…
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Beyond adaptation, climate justice must put life and care at its center
A few days have passed since the end of COP30, held in Belém do Pará, Brazil. Without a doubt, it was not just another COP. Just bringing these global climate negotiations to the heart of the Brazilian Amazon was a political declaration in itself by the Brazilian government. And notably, it was also an urgent…
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Enraizados en la identidad: defendiendo el espacio cívico étnico en Colombia
Cuando José Antonio Minota, líder juvenil colombiano entró en el museo Casa de las Memorias de Cali, no solo lo hizo como participante en un taller, también acudió como alguien decidido a recuperar un espacio cívico en el que los jóvenes afrodescendientes como él suelen ser invisibles. Preparado con música e historias de resistencia de…
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Los Sistemas Alimentarios son territorios de lucha: sembrar igualdad, cosechar vida
Por Mónica Tobar- Oficial Global de Monitoreo, Evaluación y Gestión del Conocimiento, Programa Futuros Urbanos, Hivos. Cada 25 de noviembre recordamos que la violencia contra las mujeres no solo se expresa en violencia física y psicológica sino también a través de formas profundas y silenciosas de opresión. Las lógicas patriarcales y el extractivismo han configurado…