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“You don’t need a title to be a leader”
By Odette Ntambara Alphonsine Murebwayire lives in Kagitumba, Nyagatare district with her husband and six children. She has been working in the shed department at Garden Fresh Rwanda – a farm in Nyagatare District, Eastern Province which produces and exports fresh French beans— for the past two years as a cleaner. Currently, she is one…
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La revolución de una abuela
Elena ha trabajado 65 de sus 81 años. Se mueve rápida, serena por su cocina mientras prepara un picadillo, palmea tortillas y chorrea un café de forma casi simultánea. Me explica que quiere tener todo listo para cuando llegue su nieta Shi. Vive en una casa de muchas puertas, por las que entran y salen…
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The need for agro-ecological farming systems in Kenya
Despite increased food production in the world today, it is estimated that more than 800 million people are undernourished and many more suffer from hunger and malnutrition. This paradox reaffirms that the high levels of hunger witnessed in different parts of the world have less to do with production but are more closely related…
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Dime lo que comes y te diré quién eres
El discurso internacional ha migrado de “debemos alimentar al mundo” a “debemos nutrir al mundo” y “debemos nutrir al mundo de forma sostenible para el planeta”. Quizás nos quedamos cortos al enmarcar nuestra lucha en estos términos, porque olvidamos u omitimos lo que la comida y la alimentación es realmente para las personas. Para las…
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Un paso más hacia la igualdad
Blog por Anthony Marten, mayo 8, 2019 Jess Márquez se convirtió en la primer persona trans que ve su identidad de género reconocida en un documento de identidad de persona migrante en Costa Rica. “Esto no es sobre mí. Esto se trata de garantizar todos los derechos para todas las personas”, señaló Jess Márquez luego…
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Hivos East Africa at the Information Commissioners Conference in South Africa
#ICIC2019 South Africa recently hosted the largest gathering of Information Commissioners from 10-13 March 2019 in Johannesburg. The annual convening of Information Commissioners Conference (ICIC) also drew participants from the civil society to address issues that hinge on access to information, transparency and accountability and the rights of the vulnerable when it comes to technology.…
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Hivos East Africa at the Africa Development Bank civil society forum
By Caroline Wahome, Maimuna Kabatesi Hivos East Africa will take part in two side events discussing Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) at the second annual Civil Society Forum hosted by the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), in Abidjan, Ivory Coast as part of the Bank’s mandate to further engage with civil society. The event: Engaging Civil Society…
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There is no silver bullet to improve plight of flower farm workers
Kenya’s cut-flower industry has grown by leaps and bounds over the years. Exports have increased in volume and value from 10,946 tonnes in 1988 to 133,658 tonnes in 2016, according to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. But there are still many challenges for workers who make this happen. As the Women@Work campaign continues to shine the…
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Seed Savers Network makes it easier to access seeds
How an Open Source Seed System in Kenya helps local farmers to register, produce and trade crops By Nout van der Vaart, Advocacy Officer Sustainable Food Last week, I visited the Seed Savers Network in Kenya. The organization helps small-scale farmers to identify, store and scale up the seeds of traditional crop varieties. This is…
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Coffee world: Are we talking too much and doing too little?
Reflections from the African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA) Conference Global and Regional coffee conferences like the just concluded Africa Fine Coffees Association (AFCA) Conference 2019 have an opportunity to address the key challenges facing the coffee sector, but do they? On 10-15 February 2019, thousands of delegates from multinational coffee organizations, traders, roasters, government and…
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Diet champions in Uganda strive to improve access to quality indigenous vegetable seeds and knowledge
For many years, indigenous and traditional food systems have provided rural communities in Uganda’s Gulu district with diverse, healthier, fresher and more nutritious foods. For the Acholi, indigenous vegetables with strong Acholi cultural attachments, such as cow peas, otigo diri (jute mallow), created a sustainable source of food and income. This thereby improved the…
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Surge una nueva generación de activistas por los derechos de las mujeres con VIH
“Entendemos que nuestras necesidades como mujeres adolescentes y jóvenes son muy diferentes a las de las mujeres adultas, necesitamos hablar más de derechos sexuales y reproductivos de las jóvenes con VIH. Sentimos que no hay espacios amigables de acompañamiento y consejería en los centros de salud y queremos hacer incidencia política para lograr eso”. Así…