Hivos through its Regional SRHR Fund, on Tuesday May 18th 2021 launched the Consent to Access Campaign (#Consent2Access). The Campaign is aimed at promoting adolescent access to Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) information and services. The campaign aims to achieve this through advocacy for improved laws, policies and practices on age of consent for adolescent access […]
The free exchange of information, and the ability of journalists to exercise their right to freedom of expression and to find out facts, are essential in a healthy democracy. It is often their work, uncovering the truth and holding those in positions of power to account, that helps citizens make informed decisions and likewise demand […]
Today is IDAHOT, the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. Thirty-one years ago today, May 17 was chosen to commemorate the World Health Organization’s decision to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness. At about the same time, Hivos started working with the LGBTIQ+ communities. Initially, we partnered with organizations to respond to the HIV/AIDS […]
For the second time, we celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia during the Covid-19 pandemic. As we reflected last year, the LGBTIQ+ community has been disproportionately impacted. Limited access to economic support programs and redirection of funds means that the longer this pandemic lasts, the harder it will be for the LGBTIQ+ […]
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted people’s lives socially and economically in a global challenge the likes of which we haven’t seen in decades. While many governments were swift to implement economic stimulus packages, lockdowns and curfews, marginalized groups such as LGBTIQ+ persons, women and sex workers found themselves at the margins of these responses and […]
Amani, My Friend, the prototype of an interactive digital game, has won a friendly competition between master’s students studying media design at the University of Design and Applied Arts of Geneva (HEAD). The competition aimed to support the development of virtual tools which foster the exchange of information on HIV and sexual health among adolescent […]
Hivos is proud to announce that Sheila Oparaocha, International Coordinator and Program Manager of our ENERGIA program, has won the prestigious Sixth Annual Carnot Prize issued by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania for her distinguished contributions to energy policy. The Carnot Prize is named in memory of the French scientist and […]
Inspiring change by financing green, inclusive growth in emerging markets Triodos Investment Management and Hivos have signed a new five-year strategic agreement for Hivos-Triodos Fund, further strengthening the fund’s focus on financing successful renewable energy and sustainable agriculture businesses in developing countries. Green and inclusive Founded in 1994 by Triodos Bank and Hivos, Hivos-Triodos Fund […]
Hivos’ new GreenWorks program aims to mitigate the impact of climate change through job creation and economic empowerment across North Africa.
HIAS Kenya conceptualized a project aimed at improving refugees’ access to high quality and safe SRH information and services.
“Decolonizing the development sector” started as a radical idea to rethink power structures in the social justice debate. It has now become an uncomfortable reality that many international NGOs and the philanthropy world have to grapple with. The term “decolonizing”, which also evokes historical struggles for independence, calls for structural change in more than just […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown a greater need for new ways of working, innovation and effective partnerships for the implementation of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) programming. Ensuring cross learning, knowledge exchange and a reflection on the strategies and learns learnt cannot be over emphasized. With this in mind, Hivos through the […]