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  • Asesoría legal para la defensa de pueblos indígenas de Maranhão

    Asesoría legal para la defensa de pueblos indígenas de Maranhão

    Alianza entre HIVOS y la Coordinación de Organizaciones y Articulaciones de los Pueblos Indígenas de Maranhão (de aquí en adelante COAPIMA) tiene como objetivo fortalecer el papel de COAPIMA en la defensa de los derechos territoriales de los pueblos indígenas de Maranhão y en el seguimiento de casos de violaciones de derechos humanos. Frente a…

  • New Energy Ecosystem Can Aggravate Existing Inequalities If Gender Gap Is Not Addressed

    New Energy Ecosystem Can Aggravate Existing Inequalities If Gender Gap Is Not Addressed

    This interview was originally published on the Heinrich Böll Foundation website. Authored by by Daniel Abunales and Lea Goelnitz    Why is it important to integrate gender equality in the energy transition debate? Silvia Sartori: Women and men have different energy needs and use energy differently. Globally, women have less access to and control over…

  • Gender and Energy Innovation Facility – Nepal

    Gender and Energy Innovation Facility – Nepal

    To bridge the gender gaps throughout the energy supply chain and in decision-making groups, ENERGIA, EnDev, Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS), Hivos and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), launched the Gender and Energy Innovation Facility in July 2020. The facility aims at developing, testing and evaluating innovative approaches to address the persistent gender…

  • Gender and Energy Innovation Facility – Kenya

    Gender and Energy Innovation Facility – Kenya

    To bridge the gender gaps throughout the energy supply chain and in decision-making groups, ENERGIA, EnDev, Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS), Hivos and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), launched the Gender and Energy Innovation Facility in July 2020. The facility aims at developing, testing and evaluating innovative approaches to address the persistent gender…

  • Gender and Energy Innovation Facility – Tanzania

    Gender and Energy Innovation Facility – Tanzania

    To bridge the gender gaps throughout the energy supply chain and in decision-making groups, ENERGIA, EnDev, Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS), Hivos and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), launched the Gender and Energy Innovation Facility in July 2020. The facility aims at developing, testing and evaluating innovative approaches to address the persistent gender…

  • Innovative approaches to close the gender gaps in energy in Kenya, Tanzania and Nepal

    Innovative approaches to close the gender gaps in energy in Kenya, Tanzania and Nepal

    A partnership among various donors supports eleven organizations in Kenya, Tanzania and Nepal to pilot their innovative idea. These pilots will all address persistent gender challenges in energy access, use, provision and transition. Worldwide, 760 million people still lack access to electricity. Another 2.6 billion (ESMAP, Tracking SDG 7. The energy progress report 2021) still…

  • Documental refleja importancia de herramientas de sanación para la salud mental de mujeres trans en Costa Rica

    Documental refleja importancia de herramientas de sanación para la salud mental de mujeres trans en Costa Rica

    Este 25 de noviembre, en conmemoración del Día internacional de la eliminación de la violencia contra las mujeres, se estrenó el documental “Reflejos comunes”, protagonizado por mujeres trans de Puntarenas, algunas de ellas integrantes de la Asociación Diversidad de Género. En la producción audiovisual las participantes narran sus vivencias y su resiliencia para sobrevivir en…

  • Meet the young women who advocate for their (SRH) rights

    Meet the young women who advocate for their (SRH) rights

    Adolescent girls and young women are disproportionately the objects of gender-based violence. Especially those who are displaced, live with a disability or HIV, or who identify as lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex. They are often the most neglected and the hardest to reach. That is why during this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based…

  • Better protection for LGBTIQ+ activists at risk

    On Transgender Remembrance Day on November 20, we honor the victims of violence against transgender people. We reflect on their lives and stories, such as the courageous Bessy Ferrera. She was fatally shot in Honduras in 2019. Bessy was our partner and an example to many. What she most wanted and what she fought for…

  • Call for EOI: Voices for Just Climate Action – climate communications research Kenya

    Call for EOI: Voices for Just Climate Action – climate communications research Kenya

    Hivos is looking for a consultant or a team of consultants to carry out research into the current environment around climate communications in Kenya. The task is to – through a number of methods – ascertain the messaging around climate change and climate justice that influence how it is discussed, or even IF it is…

  • Terms of Reference: consultant to develop a program manual

    Hivos is looking for a consultant to finalize the development of the We Lead program manual. This manual gathers in one place the way of working and procedures of the program. It serves as a guide and resource for all staff working on the program, both from Hivos, consortium partners and the host organizations. ToR:…

  • Call for Proposals: Art & Climate Justice Research

    Hivos is looking for a research institution or individual to map the existing climate justice advocacy work which integrates art in it. We would like to identify artists, initiatives, collectives, and communities who are integrating art as a medium for advocacy and their impact on the climate justice conversation. We are looking to learn from…

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