In a historic ruling on June 21, 2024, the Namibian High Court declared the country’s laws banning same-sex relations unconstitutional, marking a significant victory for human rights and LGBTIQ+ equality in the region. Central to this landmark victory is Friedel Dausab, a prominent lawyer and passionate human rights advocate.
We Speak is a podcast series under the “We Lead” program, dedicated to improving Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for young women.
Preparing girls to occupy decision-making spaces is crucial not only for gender equality but also for climate justice.
APIB and Hivos’ partner COAIB co-organized the largest gathering of Indigenous Peoples in the history of Brazil. More than eight thousand people from around two hundred different Indigenous ethnic groups attended the “Free Land Camp.”
“Around the world, we supports grassroots leaders. But increasingly, powerful interests try to shut them down through harassment, violence and even imprisonment. That’s why the EU SEE initiative is so important,” says Hivos CEO Anne Jellema.
In more and more countries, June means Pride month. While Pride is a celebration of hard-won rights in some cities and countries, it’s likewise an expression of the struggles faced by LGBTIQ+ people in many other parts of the world. Many of them face escalating violence and discrimination. Strict anti-gay laws lead to arbitrary arrests […]
Thanks to the financial support of individual donors, Hivos is able help LGBTIQ+ activists around the world escape life-threatening situations. We do this with the Bessy Ferrera Fund: a fund named after a courageous trans rights activist who was murdered in Honduras in 2019. In 2023, we were able to take action 41 times. For […]
Six months after the Dutch elections, the right-wing parties (PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB) forming a coalition presented their coalition agreement. This agreement includes deep cuts to the development cooperation budget. Hivos and eight other organizations have issued the following press release. May 16, 2024 Cutting back on development cooperation is capital destruction By cutting […]
May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). On this day, worldwide attention is drawn to homophobia and discrimination based on sexual and gender diversity. Will you help? On May 17, 1990, homosexuality was officially removed from the list of diseases by the World Health Organization. Until then, homosexuality was classified […]
Next week, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD57) will take place in New York. Although this historic event marks the 30th anniversary of the Cairo Programme of Action, and the We Lead partnership actively participated in ICPD30 processes, our organizations will not attend. As Israel is one of the vice-chairs of the commission, we […]
Our work on urban food systems in Zambia and Zimbabwe took off this March at the launch ceremonies of Hivos Southern Africa’s Urban Futures program in Bulawayo and Lusaka. The Urban Futures program will support young people and youth-led organizations focused on building climate-resilient urban food systems to ensure healthy and accessible food for all. […]
Meet three young Kenyan climate activists we support in claiming a seat at the table during international climate change conferences.