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Building strong partnerships to stop TB-HIV in the Philippines
Above: Official signing of the MoU between Hivos, KNCV and the DOH; in presence of Dutch Amb Marion Derckx / Credit: Andre Villanueva from KNCV As programme officer for the Hivos HIV & Human Rights Programme, I joined our team in Manila this January for the launch of our newest project. During the course of…
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Why we need Women Empowered for Leadership in Lebanon
“There is no abstract mass of Lebanese citizens; there are Lebanese male citizens and Lebanese female citizens.” – May Mikdashi, “A Legal Guide to being a Lebanese Woman” Why Lebanon? Lebanon has always had the image and reputation of being the most open and liberal country in the Arab world. Lebanese women in particular are…
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Important Message from Sumba to the World at COP 22
Baca postingan blog dalam Bahasa Indonesia “If you want to see how 100% renewable energy has been put into practice in the field, please take a look yourself in my village in Sumba, Indonesia. Everyone who comes today is welcome”, said Umbu Janji. He made his invitation to the appreciative laughter and applause of participants…
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A Glass Half Full
Latin America is suffering from an epidemic. It seems very contagious, but it does not affect the entire population equally. Neither water nor air borne – it is basically unpredictable. We are talking about violence against women, a widespread problem that is not new, but only very recently becoming visible. According to the UN, one…
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Why the Lebanese presidential election was not a laughing matter for women
The 31st of October was not a particularly good day for Lebanese women. An overhead visual of the Lebanese parliament reminded us of the stark reality that we have only 4 women MPs, that’s 3 % of the total number of MPs, one of the lowest percentages in the world. Not only did we have…
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Mixing more voices into food policy
This blog post is written by: Busiinge C. Amooti, Head of Information Unit, Kabarole Research and Resource Centre (KRC), Uganda Bill Vorley,Principal Researcher Sustainable Markets Group, IIED, United Kingdom Felia Boerwinkel, Coordinator of the Hivos-IIED Food and Energy Labs, Hivos Global Office, the Netherlands How an innovative ‘Food Change Lab’ in Uganda is bringing together a…
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The future is calling us from Latin America
Right before dawn on April 26, Hivos General Director Edwin Huizing put on a pair of colorful glasses and gazed at dozens of people who waited silently in their seats. His intention was to lead them in symbolic time travel to the year 2020. “I have the privilege to take you to the year 2020,”…