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Africa Day: Alternative voices for the Africa we want
By Samantha Nengomasha, R.O.O.M. Project Manager, Hivos Southern Africa Africa Day is a day to celebrate the diversity and unity of the African continent. It is a day to reflect on the progress that has been made and to recommit ourselves to building a better future for all Africans. This year, as we celebrate Africa…
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Local chiefs meet to discuss climate solutions in Zambia
By William Chilufya, Voices for Just Climate Action Program Manager in Zambia Zambia has been experiencing the adverse impacts of climate change for the last three decades – including an increase in frequency and severity of seasonal droughts, rising temperatures in valleys, flash floods, and major changes in the growing season. Recently, I joined a…
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Why many women in Lebanon stay at home when they menstruate
The interview below was written by Elsie Vermeer from the HUMAN broadcast organization. What does it mean to get your period in different parts of the world? That’s the question the television program Metropolis is asking in one of its episodes. Hivos, a partner of Metropolis, introduced the program’s producers to Celine (25), who works…
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The world’s first ever Feminist Foreign Policy pub quiz!
Hivos helped organize the first ever pub quiz on Feminist Foreign Policy. This dynamic event generated in-depth conversations about the policy, and what it would look like to put feminist principles into practice.
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Defender con éxito los derechos del colectivo LGBTIQ+ en la región andina
Nuestros esfuerzos orientados a aprovechar las fuerzas políticas y jurídicas para proteger los derechos de la población LGBTIQ+ en la región andina están dando resultado. Celebramos las numerosas normas, políticas, programas y sentencias jurídicas a favor de los derechos de las personas LGBTIQ+ que han sido aprobadas por el Parlamento Andino y los distintos estados…
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Reflections on the We Lead linking and learning meeting in Maputo
By Nyambura Gathumbi, We Lead program manager “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” This quote from Audre Lorde was on my mind during We Lead‘s entire linking and learning meeting event. After months of planning, engagement and negotiations with We Lead partners…
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Human Rights Day: Raising awareness around the devastating impacts of gender-based violence
By Nana Zulu (Regional Director Hivos Southern Africa) The last few days have been a hive of activism, raising awareness around the devastating impacts of gender-based violence (GBV) and the needed actions to ensure its eradication. Key in ensuring this becomes a reality is addressing GBV and its debilitating impacts on women and girls. More…
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One decade protecting activists and human rights defenders
By Frerieke van Bree, Program Manager Digital Defenders Partnership While another challenging year for activists and human rights defenders facing digital threats is about to end, our program, Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP), is celebrating its tenth anniversary. DDP was created at the end of 2012 by the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) as a grant-making mechanism…
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The future of climate adaptation is local
Together with pioneering green entrepreneurs, climate activists, investors, and civil society actors from the Middle East and Africa we explored the future of just green transitions. Our conclusion? The future of climate adaptation must be inclusive and locally-led.
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The phone changed everything
Nanjala Nyabola is editor and contributor of Vertical Atlas. In her essay, The Phone Changed Everything, Nanjala Nyabola sheds a light on the political economy of the mobile phone in the context of Kenya.
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América Abierta: Hacia una región abierta, democrática y sostenible.
Por: Gabriela Melgar | Oficial de Comunicación Regional La agenda de datos abiertos, tecnología cívica, transparencia, anticorrupción y derechos digitales tiene ya un largo camino transitado. El primer Abrelatam y Condatos al que asistí fue en el 2018, en Buenos Aires, Argentina. En esa ocasión, en compañía de varios activistas LGBTIQ+ de Guatemala asistimos al…
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Defending the Amazon rainforest through land monitoring
The Amazon rainforest indigenous people fight against alarming deforestation by extractive industries and anti-rights governments, also by using land monitoring,
