In Zimbabwe, one in three girls is married off before they reach the age of 18. Most of the causes of child marriages are preventable and are caused by a myriad of interlinked factors.
Bessy Ferrera was a young Honduran trans woman and activist who was killed in 2019 by a hate crime. Her legacy inspired Hivos to create an emergency fund for LGBTIQ+ people in life-threatening situations. The fund has already helped over 30 people.
By Mickey Andeweg (Hivos) and Jimena Cascante Matamoros (Restless Development) All too often, women with disabilities are left out of conversations on sexual health and bodily autonomy. This week, the We Lead program is present at the International Conference on Family Planning in Pattaya, Thailand. During the Youth Pre-Conference, four young women with disabilities from […]
RUAF and partners will discuss how to address the growing food-related shocks and stresses and the opportunities that cities can leverage to build a resilient food system.
Immediately following the COP 27, Hivos and the Challenge Fund for Youth Employment will collaborate with New Silk Roads and ElRehla to organize a Futures Lab in Sinai – Egypt, to explore the future of just green transitions in Africa.
Hivos is looking for a consultancy firm or individual to support in documenting local climate solutions through videos, pictures and other forms that can be shared widely. The firm or individual should be experienced in documenting local solutions of climate change.
Hivos is looking for a media-based organisation to design and implement a media fellowship programme targeting young/junior media practitioners for the VCA programme in conjunction with Hivos.
Hivos and our partners will be in full force at the 27th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) held in Sharm El-Sheikh, November 6 to 18, 2022.
This paper underlines why money should flow to the local level and showcases promising examples of locally-led climate solutions. It shows ways for international donors and funds, as well as for intermediaries, to increase and secure the effective flow of financial resources to the local level.
“My father and Chico Mendes fought together for the defense of the Amazon. So, now it’s our turn.” Chico Mendes was a Brazilian rubber tapper, union leader and environmentalist who advocated for the rights of Indigenous peoples. In the 1970s and 1980s thousands of Brazilian rubber tappers resisted the violence of ranchers who stole lands […]
By Sheila Oparaocha, Director at ENERGIA The multiple and severe crises we are facing present us with serious issues that require immediate action. Yet our current political and economic system fails to ensure an equal and sustainable future that benefits all. We need a just energy transition that not only puts people and the environment […]
Our Resource of Open Minds (R.O.O.M.) program in Zimbabwe hosted a forum titled “Traditional Beer, Mbira and Cultural Criticality: A Zimbabwean Story” that explored theory on past practices and their influence on society, modern critical art, and the media. Significance of traditional beer and the mbira Traditional beer brewing and playing the mbira (a musical […]