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Safe spaces for free expression through Arts for LGBTI persons in Kenya
The Out Film Festival (OFF), first held at the Goethe Institute in Kenya, in 2011, was the first ever Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ+)-themed film festival with an aim of showcasing films, documentaries, features and plays revolving around LGBTQ+ persons in Africa. The festival featured visiting movie makers who led plenary discussions…
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Seis medidas para frenar la crisis de Centroamérica
En las imágenes que circulan hoy de la caravana migrante centroamericana, vimos un hombre joven con un bebé de meses en brazos, cruzando el río Suchiate, que divide Guatemala y México. La imagen de un futuro cargado en brazos en medio de una corriente que nos mueve los cimientos y que intenta frenar nuestro paso,…
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Data for good!
Open data is the new future The future is open! This was the main message at the 4th International Open Data Conference. On 27- 28 September 2018, 1,500 participants from the data community drawn from government, civil society, academia and private sector convened in Buenos Aires, Argentina to share experiences, learnings and collaborate on the…
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The role of the informal food sector in the food value chain
Growing urbanization and food demand 60 percent of the world’s population is projected to be urban by 2050; 2.5 billion will be in Africa and Asia. Eastern Africa is now by far the world’s most rapidly urbanizing region. In Uganda it is projected at 33 million urban dwellers by 2050. Investments characteristic with urbanization stimulate…
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Food, sisterhood and dreams
Nicole Szucs of the Hivos local office in Bolivia tells us how the Food Change Lab kicked off At the end of September, I attended the first session of the Food Change Lab held in Bolivia by the Hivos and IIED Sustainable Diets for All program. The participants formed a patchwork quilt of stories of…
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The right to seeds access in alleviating hunger
Climate change and seeds ‘’Seeds are the soul of agriculture’’. This is a statement not far from the truth; these tiny plants are the lifeline of the food we consume everyday. However with the stark reality of climate change, the future of seeds is under siege. The harsh consequence of this reality has been…
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Día Internacional del Café: el poder de las mujeres
Desde la siembra hasta la cosecha, y más allá, las mujeres juegan un rol fundamental en la producción de café. A pesar de esto, el café es comúnmente considerado un cultivo de hombres. Según el Barómetro de Café 2018, las mujeres perciben menos ingresos, son dueñas de menos tierra y tienen menos oportunidades de capacitación…
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Datos abiertos: lo que nos une y nos mueve
Abre Latam y IODC: una oportunidad para nuevas discusiones Hace un año estábamos en Costa Rica afinando los detalles para recibir a esa comunidad vibrante, creativa y plural que usa los datos abiertos para avanzar hacia sociedades más justas e igualitarias. La quinta edición de AbreLatAm-ConDatos fue un encuentro inolvidable, lleno de ideas y…
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Reflections on LILO Identity
By Henry Ominde “If you have a voice and a space to speak, then you are authentic” I love the opening quote that explains what LILO Identity is all about: “The hardest journey after all, is becoming less of what others want you to be, and more of what makes you the person you are. It…
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We soldier on! A lab approach to wade off sexual harassment
Despite the ground breaking record made by women’s rights globally in recent years, it’s quite appalling that incidences of sexual harassment continue to escalate in the workplace. A vast number of these cases have been meted out on women who unfortunately have had to live with the scarring effect associated with this crime. One year…
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Artivism and Free Expression
By Sally Akinyi and Sylvia Musalagani Spiralling Censorship Recent times in East Africa have seen countries at the margins of interesting junctures: the arrest and torture of activists such as Bobi Wine in Uganda, sanctions against media in Tanzania and the crumble of media independence in Kenya. These entire commonalities link to a civic space…
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Drawing lines for cash and food crop farming systems in Uganda
Food and nutrition security Cash and food crop farming systems have long since existed side by side in Uganda, with land allocated for both. Large corporations primarily take on the large scale production of cash crops such as coffee, cotton, tea, cocoa, tobacco and sugarcane, leaving very few individual ventures. The dualism of the two…