Category: Uncategorized
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Boosting the sustainability of the arts in Zambia
Together with the National Arts Council of Zambia (NAC), Hivos organized a workshop to help creatives, artists and lobbyists think of new critical ideas for the sustainability of the arts in Zambia. Their views were also used in formulating Zambia’s National Arts Policy. The workshop fell under Zambia’s Creative Industries Recovery Strategy (CIRS) and was…
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Terms of Reference: VAAM project end-line evaluation
With funding from the European Union, Hivos is implementing a three-year project titled ‘Voices and Actions for Accountability in Malawi’ (VAAM). Contract title: VAAM End-line Evaluation Terms of Reference: Please find all information, including work plan, timeline and deliverables in the ToR. Location: Lilongwe, Malawi Organization: Hivos Email: sa-hub@hivos.org Deadline: January 19, 2023 The overall…
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We condemn the murder of Edwin Chiloba and stand in solidarity with LGBTIQ+ persons in Kenya
The Free to be Me Alliance stands in solidarity with the LGBTIQ+ community in Kenya and with all those mourning the loss of Edwin Kiprotich Kiptoo, commonly known as Edwin Chiloba. We recognize this is a difficult time for queer activists, the family and friends of Edwin, and those who admired and supported his work…
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Request for proposal: team building for Hivos staff in East Africa
Hivos East Africa is looking for a consultant to facilitate a 2-day team building event.
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Riding along on the African Crossroads’ “Dala Dala”
The African Crossroads gathering returned this year with an engaging two-day event held in Harare, Zimbabwe. While many participants were able to attend in-person, an even larger part of the audience from across Africa connected online. African Crossroads is a community of future-oriented African thinkers and doers that meets once a year. The Crossroad’s gatherings…
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Promoting regional collaboration for youth-led advocacy
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.
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Hivos supports the struggle of climate activists
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…
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Telling the truth at ABN AMRO’s International Human Rights Conference
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…
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Announcing Tech Care: a simple digital support guide for civil society
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.
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Contextual analysis on the age of consent for adolescents’ access to SRHR in Malawi
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.
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Promoting adolescent access to sexual and reproductive health services
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.
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Ending child marriages among girls with disabilities
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.
