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    Purpose of the Job: The main purpose of this assignment is to conduct field data collection in Lusaka and Chongwe. Location: Lusaka and Chongwe, Zambia Type: Short Term Field Assistance Period of Performance: June/July 2022 (15 days) Introduction Hivos is implementing the Healthy Food Africa (HFA) project which aims to increase the resilience of food […]

    May 27, 2022

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    This year’s edition of RightsCon (June 6-10, 2022) once again brings together human rights defenders, government representatives, business leaders, technologists, and journalists from around the world to tackle the most pressing issues at the intersection of human rights and technology. Issues that are also high on Hivos’ Civic Rights in a Digital Age agenda. We’re happy […]

    May 25, 2022

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    The SRHR Fund, a four-year regional program implemented by Hivos with support from the embassy of Sweden in Lusaka through Sida’s regional SRHR team, is currently in its final year of implementation. Hivos seeks to conduct an end-line evaluation to assess the impact the program has made in the East and Southern Africa region. Purpose […]

    May 23, 2022

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    By Churchill Ongere, Project Manager, R.O.O.M East Africa Across East Africa, creatives are inventing new stories and re-imagining old ones. On a daily basis, musicians, film makers, animators, fashion designers, and illustrators demonstrate one of the most unique things about human beings – our need to expressive ourselves – and to do so freely. However, […]

    May 12, 2022

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    Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP), managed by Hivos, supports Digital Security Lab Ukraine, an organization now responding to the digital impacts of war. With increasing frequency, digital attacks are becoming part of many countries’ military arsenal, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine is no exception. In fact, Russia’s DDoS attacks on media websites, mass reporting of […]

    May 12, 2022

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    The global celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8, and the viral success of the hashtag #BreakTheBias throughout the month, saw happy outcomes for women Hivos supports in different areas of the world, in this case, Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe, Women’s Month – March – coincided with local by-elections for Members of Parliament and […]

    May 9, 2022

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    Hon. Susan Matsunga began her political journey in 1999 after joining the then recently formed opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). She was elected MP in the 2018 general elections, only to be recalled in 2020. But she presented herself as candidate for the Citizen’s Coalition for Change in Mufakose Township in Harare, winning […]

    May 9, 2022

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    Hon. Sichelesile Mahlangu believes the key to winning elections is maintaining a presence among the people you want to vote for you. This also helps you understand their needs. First elected MP in 2018, but then recalled in 2020, this is how the new MP for Pumula Constituency made her way to victory in Zimbabwe’s […]

    May 9, 2022

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    On May 17th-19th leading global energy stakeholders will gather in Kigali, Rwanda for the 2022 SEforALL Forum to take stock of progress, showcase success and identify solutions to achieve faster, broader gains toward sustainable energy for all. It serves as a platform to broker new partnerships, spur investment, address challenges and drive action towards realizing […]

    May 6, 2022

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    After two years of Covid-19 restrictions, worldwide LGBTIQ+ communities are finally able to attend the ILGA World Conference in person at Long Beach, California, from May 2 to 6. Activists and partners from our Free to be Me program will also be there, and we want to tell you why. Philip Uma – Nigeria One […]

    May 3, 2022

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    Applications to the GreenWorks Fund for Just Transition (GFJT) are now open to Small & Growing Businesses Hivos’ GreenWorks program contributes to a Just Green Transition by supporting local climate change adaptation and mitigation solutions that create new and/or support existing green jobs for 9000 young women and men in North Africa. The GreenWorks Program […]

    April 26, 2022