On May 30, 2023, Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved a bill (Bill 490) that could be a death sentence for the Amazon and the Indigenous communities who protect it. In the letter, the spokespersons on foreign affairs of ChristenUnie (Christian Union), GroenLinks (GreenLeft), Partij voor de Dieren (Party for the Animals), PvdA (Labor Party), […]
On May 30, 2023, Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved a bill that could be a death sentence for the Amazon and the Indigenous communities who protect it. In the coming days the bill will be put to a vote in the Senate. Hivos expresses its deepest concern about this piece of legislation and calls […]
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has assented to an anti-homosexuality law. The speaker of the country’s parliament made this announcement today, May 29, 2023. This comes as defiance to international pressure appealing to the President not to sign the law. Same-sex relations were already illegal in Uganda, but the new law goes much further in targeting […]
Our new Urban Futures program is working at the intersection of urban food systems, youth well-being, and climate action. We’re happy to announce the program’s first five cities of operation.
The collaboration grant will support advocacy collaboration efforts and initiatives by consortia or networks. The purpose is to amplify voices and promote collaboration in promoting adolescent and youth SRHR in East and Southern Africa.
The rights of LGBTIQ+ people are under attack. Around the world, we see that hard-won gains are being rolled back. Queer people have never been as visible as today, but their visibility seems to come at a price. Hivos applauds the courage and determination of the global queer community.
Two years ago, Hivos started working with Kenyan media house Africa Uncensored. One of the documentaries that came out of this collaboration won one of the 2023 Annual Journalism Excellence Awards.
The interview below was written by Elsie Vermeer from the HUMAN broadcast organization. What does it mean to get your period in different parts of the world? That’s the question the television program Metropolis is asking in one of its episodes. Hivos, a partner of Metropolis, introduced the program’s producers to Celine (25), who works […]
On March 21, a strict anti-LGBTIQ+ law was passed in Uganda. Sex between two people of the same sex was already punished with life sentences; now it is also a crime to identify as LGBTIQ+. This worrying development is also affecting neighboring countries. The new law, Anti-homosexuality Bill, 2023, restricts the freedoms and rights of […]
As supporters and allies of LGBTIQ+ individuals and movements in East Africa, we stand in solidarity with the LGBTIQ+ population and civil society organizations in Uganda
Recently you read about the efforts of the Free to be Me partnership under Hivos’ leadership to queer the international advocacy space of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United Nations in New York. Representatives from Hivos’ Free to Be Me and We Lead programs also organized several informative events, such […]
By Vincent Mogaka, Voices For Just Climate Action Project Officer The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that water scarcity in Africa affects one in three people. Water scarcity is killing livestock, drying up crops and driving families from their homes in search of water. There is a link between climate change and water scarcity. Climate […]