Life happens at the workplace and for millions of women this also means enduring pregnancy and infant loss while working. How can and should employers support parents going through this loss? What does the law say? For women in Uganda’s flower farms, these questions are slowly being answered.
a Force to Push Women in Lebanon Forward November 5, 2020 By Laudy Issa With so many crises simultaneously affecting the country and its citizens in 2020, women’s rights often go underrepresented in the Lebanese media landscape. The Maharat Foundation, a Hivos Women Empowered for Leadership (WE4L) partner that focuses on driving […]
Opening up contracts for a better diet November 3, 2020 Read the comic strip version of this story Relying on the school meal program in Bolivia “How can I help these children get better and healthier food?” Estefanía Rada remembers asking herself this back when she was working as a volunteer teacher at local schools in […]
One of the most glaring inequalities that plagues humanity continues to be economic inequality. Even more so during the Covid-19 pandemic, the gap between the rich and the poor has been stretched tenfold and the most economically vulnerable in society have borne the brunt of massive layoffs, salary reductions and inflation.
Hivos is deeply concerned about the human rights violations witnessed in Tanzania in the period leading up to – and during – the national elections on October 28, 2020. Reports of widespread irregularities have multiplied, including ballot-box stuffing, a massive Internet shutdown, the suspension of media houses, arrests of candidates, and the alleged harassment and […]
CPS data reminds us that Lebanese women are now more vulnerable October 29, 2020 By Laudy Issa Hyperinflation, empty fridges, and bank restrictions on access to foreign currencies have come to define the Lebanese landscape in the past 12 months. Following the country’s worsening economic collapse, struggle with COVID-19, and a tragic […]
Significant progress has been made in improving access to electricity, but 789 million people worldwide still go without. The gap for cleaner cooking is even greater: 2.8 billion people worldwide cannot cook cleanly and safely. The reliability of energy delivery is also still a massive challenge. The energy finance scenario is complex and varies widely […]
The Ebook is available in Spanish, Portuguese, English and French. The Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin – COICA, a strategic partner of the All Eyes on the Amazon program, seeks to undertake a management model in the Amazon territory that further promotes the involvement and participation of the youths and connects them […]
Hivos, through the Regional Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Fund, commissioned a case study on evidence-based advocacy for social accountability in adolescent SRHR – a case study of SAfAIDS in Zambia. This case study is part of a series of documentation of partners’ implementation of ASRHR advocacy approaches, best practices and lessons learnt […]
reates much-needed feminist network in Aley, Lebanon October 26, 2020 By Laudy Issa “When we started Noon Al Tadamon, I didn’t think it would work,” said Farah Abi Mershed, one of the three founders behind the feminist space. “But I’m somebody who tries regardless.” The Hivos WE4L partner is tasked with bringing […]
Looking back at a successful closeout week with our partners
Prior to the start of COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, the Brazilian government had budgeted for R$ 1,43 billion (€ 225,115 million) for ordinary expenditures to be allocated by the Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health (SESAI), within the structure of the Ministry of Health, and R$ 495,6 million (€ 74,463 million) for the National Indigenous Foundation […]