The core purpose of the Regional SRHR Fund is to improve access to high quality SRHR information and services for adolescents and youth in all their diversity as underserved populations.
As the climate crisis worsens, the work of climate activists and conservationists is more important than ever. Yet they are coming under increasing pressure. In fact, more than 1,700 climate activists and conservationists have been murdered since 2012. What does Hivos do? Hivos supports courageous people like Adriano and Manar who fight to keep our […]
On the eve of Human Rights Day, ABN AMRO hosted its 8th International Human Rights Conference in Amsterdam. The event was dedicated to “A Just Transition” and the role that companies and financial institutions should play in ensuring that a future zero-carbon world is also a fair and inclusive one. Hivos CEO Anne Jellema joined […]
This step-by-step digital support guide helps smaller civil society organizations and grassroots groups respond to the digital safety needs of the people they work with and for.
The Regional SRHR Fund developed a Malawi Age of Consent contextual analysis with the aim to support the undertaking of an evidence-led advocacy process by focusing on age of consent barriers to adolescents’ access to SRH services in Malawi.
Through the Regional Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (R-SRHR) Fund, Zambia Youth Platform (ZYP) conceptualized the “Enhanced Youth Action Project” aimed at enhancing adolescent access to SRHR information and services.
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.