• News

    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 […]

    November 17, 2022

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    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. 

    November 10, 2022

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    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.

    November 10, 2022

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    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.

    November 3, 2022

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    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.

    November 1, 2022

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    “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 […]

    October 28, 2022

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    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 […]

    October 27, 2022

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    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 […]

    October 27, 2022

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    Informação Sobre a Hivos A Hivos é uma organização internacional de desenvolvimento orientada por valores humanistas. Em cooperação com diferentes cidadãos e as suas organizações, o nosso objectivo é de contribuir para a construção de sociedades justas, inclusivas e sustentáveis, onde as pessoas tenham igualdade no acesso à oportunidades, direitos e recursos. A Hivos acredita […]

    October 20, 2022

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    About Hivos Hivos is an international development organization guided by humanist values. Together with citizens and their organizations, we aim to contribute towards just, inclusive and life sustaining societies where people have equal access to opportunities, rights and resources. Hivos firmly believes in every person’s right to live in freedom and dignity, to enjoy equal […]

    October 20, 2022