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How can we bring justice to climate action?
NewsThe environmental and economic fallouts of climate change are a lived reality felt across the globe. While most major contributors to carbon emissions are countries in the Global North, the greatest environmental and social impacts are being felt by people in the Global South.
October 26, 2021 -
Call for Proposals: Tunisia
NewsIs your organization working around climate change adaptation and advocacy, and are you focusing on representing women, youth, urban poor, rural communities, and marginalized groups? Then we have an exciting opportunity for you. The Voices for Just Climate Action program is looking for partners in Tunisia and has issued three grants: 1. Climate grant of […]
October 20, 2021 -
Climate justice at African Crossroads
NewsOn October 14 and 15, Hivos’ African Crossroads will organize its fourth edition. The theme of this year’s gathering is ECOEXISTENCE. At the end of Crossroads 2021, participants will emerge with an actionable (collective) manifesto that aims to shape the trajectory of climate justice on the African continent for the years to come. African Crossroads […]
October 6, 2021 -
Closing the gender and energy gap: Interview with Magi Matinga
NewsMagi Matinga, Technical Advisor at ENERGIA, explains how ENERGIA has contributed to the inclusion of a gender perspective in policies, projects and programs at national and international level by: Providing research evidence and sex-disaggregated data for use by policy- and decision makers on women’s and men’s energy needs and consumption patterns. Advocating for women’s recognition […]
October 4, 2021 -
The gender and energy nexus: Interview with Magi Matinga
NewsWhat do we mean by gender and how does this relate to energy? What do we mean by gender perspective? Magi Matinga, Techincal Advisor at ENERGIA, guides us through these aspects, highlighting how women and men have different energy needs and how taking or not into account this diversity could influence their life, perpetuate gender […]
October 4, 2021 -
An inclusive movement for safe abortions
NewsToday, the 28th of September, we celebrate the International Day of Access to Safe and Legal Abortion. What started as a regional campaign in Latin America, has grown into a worldwide movement for the rights to make decisions about one’s own body and to access basic health care. We sat down with Lucy Minayo, Program […]
September 28, 2021 -
Ample coalition launches Gender and Energy Compact
NewsToday, a coalition, initiated by ENERGIA, Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and supported by the Governments of Iceland, Ecuador, Nepal, Kenya and Sweden launched a Gender and Energy Compact to catalyze action towards gender equality and women’s empowerment to accelerate a just, inclusive and […]
September 22, 2021 -
Hivos Launches “Letters to Creatives”
NewsHivos, through its Resource of Open Minds (R.O.O.M.) program, has been enabling a new generation of artists to produce critical cultural content on the African continent.
September 20, 2021 -
Join Hivos at the Global Landscapes Forum Amazonia
NewsWe are at a turning point. As everybody knows the Amazon is threatened by deforestation, climate change and constant violations of human and territorial rights. But we need new strategies to counter these threats. That is why scientists, policymakers, activists, youth, investors, ecological restorers, Indigenous peoples, private and public organizations, the media, and other global […]
September 16, 2021 -
Hivos at the Africa Climate Week
NewsLocal communities should be involved in influencing decision-making at the local level and up the chain to the global level. This is especially true for Africa’s communities, who are least responsible for climate change, but suffering most from climate impact. Hivos will be accelerating this debate and much more on 26 September 2021 from 17:00-18:00hrs […]
September 14, 2021 -
The blackbox of gender mainstreaming in the energy sector
NewsIn its 25 years of existence, gender mainstreaming in energy policies, institutions, programs and projects has been and still is an important part of ENERGIA’s work. But what is gender mainstreaming in the energy sector exactly? In short, gender mainstreaming is a tool or a process to correct the imbalance between women and men in […]
September 13, 2021