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, […]
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 […]
We find ourselves at a moment in time when the true extent of the challenges facing the world has been thrown into stark relief. To ensure Hivos remains well-equipped to address these challenges – together with our partners and allies – we have adopted a new strategic direction. In a nutshell, Hivos will bring more […]
In a country plagued by corruption, how can you prevent another toxic mining spill? Is it possible to reduce malnutrition without listening to both food consumers and producers? Or, advance women’s economic development when their needs are mere footnotes in energy policy planning? For this, you need to partner with courageous and determined civil society […]
By Sally Akinyi and Churchill Ongere As Ugandans headed to the polls yesterday, the country and the East African region at large was deeply worried by an election cycle marked by prolonged periods of protest, police brutality, and undue restrictions of civil liberties like free expression, association, and access to information. Close to one hundred […]
The largest coffee companies in the world are failing to report transparently on their 2020 commitments, and doing too little to ensure sustainability for farming and farmers. These are among the findings of the new Coffee Barometer – the latest report from a collective of organizations in the sustainability field; Conservation International, Hivos, Oxfam Belgium […]
This article is a summary of the original report by Onai Stanely Mushava for ThisisAfrica.me. African Crossroads’ third edition, held on December 10 and 11 2020, revolved around its crowdsourced theme: “Reimagining the Pan-African Dream – Reflecting on the past, experiencing the present and imagining the future.” Other themes included mental health in the creative […]
In male-dominated societies in Africa and Asia, we’ve been helping thousands of women entrepreneurs start their own environmentally-friendly business. They are leading the way for other women and girls to become independent like them, while at the same time fighting climate change. But then corona hit. Diarriétou and Everlyne are just two of the nearly […]