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A collective commitment to Afro-Colombian and Indigenous voices in Colombia
In Colombia, being a human rights defender is very risky business. In 2024, the country tallied the highest number of murders of human rights defenders in the world. According to Front Line Defenders, 157 cases were recorded, together with 88 documented attacks and a worrying 90 percent impunity rate. Those who defend the land, natural…
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A milestone for gender and energy at the UN
On July 17, 2025, during the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), ENERGIA, together with UNDESA, IRENA, Sida, Canada, Iceland, and the World Bank, convened a powerful side event to launch the policy brief “Gender Indicators for Sustainable Energy: A Call to Action.” For the first time ever, all five custodian agencies tasked with…
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Open Data, Open Pathways: Hivos at Abrelatam/Condatos 2025
Since 2013, Abrelatam/Condatos (“Open up LatAm /With data”) have established themselves as the leading and longest running gatherings in Latin America and the Caribbean focused on promoting open data as a tool for social transformation. They are much more than a combined conference: they are the birthplace and meeting point of a diverse community that…
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Abrir Datos, Abrir Caminos: Hivos en Abrelatam/Condatos 2025
Desde 2013, Abrelatam y Condatos se han consolidado como los principales y más antiguos encuentros de América Latina y el Caribe dedicados a impulsar la apertura de datos como herramienta de transformación social. Son mucho más que una conferencia: son el punto de nacimiento y reencuentro de una comunidad diversa que cruza fronteras —del Caribe…
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Solidaridad con la familia de Roberto Samcam
Con profundo pesar, condenamos el asesinato de Roberto Samcam y nos solidarizamos con su familia, en especial con Claudia Sancam, quien es parte de una organización socia de Hivos desde hace más de 20 años y actual integrante del consorcio We Lead- Nosotras Lideramos El crimen ocurrió hoy, 19 de junio de 2025, en San…
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Powering MENA’s green transition: Hivos to host 2nd Green Growth Summit
Building on the first Green Growth Summit’s success, Hivos is hosting the region’s most pioneering changemakers for the second consecutive year in Cairo on June 16.
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Conexión mediante sistemas alimentarios urbanos resilientes al clima
Los alimentos forman parte de una red de conexiones que tejemos con quienes cultivan, distribuyen, transportan, comercializan y estudian lo que comemos.
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Harvesting Equality: a groundbreaking call for change in African agriculture
By Cynthia Omondi Today I’m headed for Makongo Village, some hundred kilometers northwest of Nairobi. After an hour or two of punishment on the rocky, muddy roads, I step out to stretch, gazing at the undulating green hills — a testament to hard, unseen labor. Women in colorful wraps are bent over their fields,…
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LGBTIQ+ justice and data: a meeting to learn, share, and transform
Sharing experiences and best practices is the beginning of significant change in the justice system, as demonstrated by the recent meeting between civil society and judicial delegations from Costa Rica, Guatemala, and the Netherlands. They met to improve access to justice for LGBTIQ+ people and to tackle the urgent issue of ethical and sensitive data collection…
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Closure of the G2C2 Project
Hivos announces we are ending the activities of our program “Global Girls Creating Change – G2C2.” G2C2 aimed to involve girls and women from territories in Brazil, Indonesia, Uganda, and Nepal in global discussions on the climate emergency. The decision to cut the program’s funding was made unilaterally by its donor, the U.S. Department of…
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Encerramento do projeto Global Girls Creating Change
A Hivos torna público o encerramento das atividades da iniciativa Global Girls Creating Change (G2C2). Durante meses de atuação, o projeto se propôs a conectar meninas e mulheres dos territórios do Brasil, Indonésia, Uganda e Nepal às discussões globais sobre emergência climática. Esta decisão foi tomada unilateralmente pelo Departamento de Estado dos EUA, doador do…
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Breakthrough for energy democracy in Tunisia
Parliamentarians slam government renewable energy violations In March 2025, 86 deputies from Tunisia’s Assembly of the People’s Representatives issued a public statement accusing the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Energy of numerous legal and procedural violations in its management of renewable energy projects. This has put the growing demand for greater transparency, energy sovereignty, and…
