“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 […]
Thanks to the financial support of The Rockefeller Foundation, the Amazon Indigenous Health Route will improve access to Covid-19 care for 339,000 individuals from 23 Indigenous peoples and local communities in the Ecuadorian, Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon. In the Amazon, Covid-19 represents an increasing threat. The lack of access to health services and a proper […]
Thanks to the financial support of The Rockefeller Foundation, this initiative will improve access to Covid-19 care for 339,000 inhabitants from 23 Indigenous peoples and local communities in the Ecuadorian, Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon. In the Amazon, COVID-19 represents an increasing threat. The lack of access to health services and the limited response to the […]
In a new step to further decentralize its operations, Hivos is announcing the launch of the Yayasan Humanis dan Inovasi Sosial. The yayasan (foundation in English) is a Jakarta-based Indonesian organization that will take over Hivos’ activities in Southeast Asia. The birth of the yayasan was spearheaded by several developments that came together over the […]
At the 2021 Pink Film Days festival, Hivos will present the Free to be me Award to “Valentina” – an impressive film from Brazil that powerfully portrays the importance of being – and embracing – oneself. This 2020 production by director Cássio Pereira dos Santos stands up for the rights of (young) transgender people. The […]
Can you shift the way people think about gender and sexuality? More often than not, effective public campaigns play a crucial role in changing the way people think. Our new publication Changing Hearts and Minds shares how activists from countries as diverse as Poland, Costa Rica, Ukraine, Nepal, Zimbabwe and Southern Africa are doing incredible […]
Our Manifesto ‘’Womxn. We are more. We work more. We carry more. We achieve more. We stand for more. We feel more. We. Women.More. Why?, you ask. Simple, Because we womxn about it.’’ For years, Hivos East Africa has been an ally of gender equality, inclusion and diversity; challenging harmful stereotypes against womxn in society […]
Here we are. Another year, another International Women’s Day. You would think that by now organizations as focused as we are on women’s rights, women’s empowerment, and sexual rights and diversity, wouldn’t have that much to add to what has already been said and done. But our work for women “is never done.” It’s taken […]
The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has posed great challenges to the worldwide economy and people’s daily lives and will have far-reaching consequences beyond the spread of the disease. The creative economy is one of the sectors most at risk from the COVID-19 crisis. Any lasting damage to the creative sector will drastically undercut our culture, […]
ts published by LCPS, a WE4L partner in Lebanon February 4, 2021 The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, an independent think tank in Lebanon and Hivos Women Empowered for Leadership (WE4L) partner, published various reports on the 2018 elections that could be studied to advance the efforts of women in the country’s […]
Hivos welcomes the decision of US President Joe Biden to rescind the Mexico City Policy, commonly known as the Global Gag Rule (GGR). It banned international NGOs from accessing USD 8.8 billion in aid meant for the health sector, upon which millions of women globally depend for reproductive health goods and services. While this repeal […]