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#SheLeads: Salantei Leburkash leading change in the Samburu Community
During the week of 8 March – International women’s Day – Hivos is sharing stories of some of the amazing and powerful women we support worldwide. This year’s theme is: “Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives”. The Samburu tribe is a proud cattle-keeping community in Kenya widely known for their colourful dress and cultural…
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Warrior for women’s and children’s rights in East Java
During the week of 8 March – International Women’s Day – Hivos is sharing stories of some of the amazing and powerful women we support worldwide. This year’s theme is: “Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives”. Prominent Muslim feminist Her full name is Farha Abdul Kadir Assegaf, but she is popularly known as Farha…
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Reflecting on Nairobi’s Colourful Workplaces Conference
The front line in the battle for Human Rights of LGBTI people has reached Africa’s workplace In 2014, I was struck by a CNN interview with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, then Nigeria’s finance minister, in which she was asked about her country’s new draconian anti-LGBT law which had been signed just two months before. The “Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act” criminalized public…
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Centroamérica emPODERada
Ingeniosas: consorcio centroamericano busca promover emprendimientos de energías limpias liderados y desarrollados por mujeres Celebrar la energía Hoy, el Día Mundial de la Energía, celebramos el rol tan importante que ha jugado este recurso en el desarrollo de la vida de las personas. Durante las distintas épocas, hemos sido nosotros y nosotras las personas encargadas…
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We must be very cautious about using Genetically Modified Organisms
We invest in a world where entrepreneurial local people are developing new solutions for some of the most challenging problems of our time. There are many other options for sustainably increasing food production and improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers that we should look at first before considering investing in GM technology. While acknowledging the…
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Why NGOs must turn their communication style upside down …
… but at the same time stay true to their values When we look at the way organisations communicate, we often see that NGOs, like Hivos, are particularly fond of imposing their own worldview on their audiences. The language and narratives they use rarely really resonate with viewers, readers and listeners, but rather reflect the…
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La Corte dijo sí
El matrimonio igualitario, la identidad de género y orientacion sexual son derechos reconocidos para todas las personas en Costa Rica y muy pronto en otros países La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH) lo analiza, lo afirma y lo justifica Dos de los temas más polémicos de nuestra región han resurgido recientemente por una…
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Meat laced with formalin: How safe is the food we consume in Uganda?
Media reports in Uganda two weeks ago revealed that butchers are using formalin to extend the shelf-life of meat. Formalin — a substance meant to preserve dead bodies has become popular in butcheries as it also keeps flies away raising the question of food safety in Uganda. As a result, a few people were implicated…
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Tender wars in Nairobi
Real fixes for Nairobi County Procurement Hivos is gravely concerned by reports of public contracting and procurement anomalies reported to be occurring within the Nairobi City County Government. At the heart of the reported issues lie lack of transparency and public accountability in the use of public funds for the procurement of public goods and…
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Young women have health rights too
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Hivos Sustainable Diets for All programme holds the first ever SD4ALL Media Awards in Zambia
The Zambian diet is mainly composed of cereals, predominantly maize, starchy roots and, to a lesser extent, fruit and vegetables. Cereals provide almost two-thirds of the dietary energy supply. According to the National Food and Nutrition Commission (NFNC), one of the major causes of malnutrition is the mono diet practice. Mono cropping in Zambia The…
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No need for GMOs: Uganda’s rich biodiversity already provides solutions to the country’s food problems
The Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) Bill puts the future of Uganda under threat: Slow Food offers a different way forward. “In Uganda, Slow Food continues to embrace, implement and disseminate agroecological practices as the legitimate solution to the problems of the current food system; it works on initiatives that defend the non-renewable wealth of food biodiversity…