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El mensaje urgente de un activista LGBTIQ+ gana premio de comunicación
Un mensaje audiovisual protagonizado por el activista LGBTIQ+ Jairo Rodríguez, de Guyana, ganó el premio High Flyer al mejor mensaje de una organización de desarrollo. El vídeo fue producido en el marco del programa Right Here Right Now por Rutgers, un centro especializado en sexualidad en los Países Bajos y por Hivos. Right Here Right…
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Hivos’ matching fund vehicle for green startups extends its MENA rally
As the effects of climate change are starting to seriously impact the global economy, more and more funds and corporations worldwide have begun to make climate-conscious investment decisions. According to ESCWA (2019), climate change is likely to compound persisting development challenges, making adaptation a priority. This is particularly true for highly vulnerable countries across the…
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Making information about Covid-19 more accessible for people with disabilities
The Advocacy Center for Disability, Women and Children Foundation (SAPDA) today launched a guidebook aimed at addressing the needs of people with disabilities in accessing information. The “Accessible Media Production Guide” will help the media, government, businesses and other content creators improve the way they get their information across to people with hearing, visual and…
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#OrganizacionesTOA: AIDA, litigio estratégico para la protección de la Amazonía
Nos encontramos en la segunda fase de Todos los Ojos en la Amazonía, en la que buscamos aunar esfuerzos para apoyar a los pueblos indígenas a defender sus derechos humanos y territoriales. Una de nuestras estrategias para alcanzarlo es a través del fortalecimiento del litigio estratégico con perspectiva de derechos humanos, derechos ambientales y cambio climático…
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Celebramos la inspiradora vida de Pamela Valenzuela
Pamela Valenzuela fue realmente una fuerza imparable. Ella dedicó su vida a promover los derechos de las personas trans en Bolivia. Su inspiradora historia es sobre romper barreras a lo largo de toda una vida. Ella tocó los corazones de los miembros de la comunidad internacional LGBTIQ+ y en Hivos la recordaremos por su valentía.…
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Kenya must safeguard the sexual and reproductive health rights of young girls and women
By the We Lead team Sexual and reproductive health is a fundamental human right as well as a human development issue that countries and states must strive to fulfil. But this is a right that is seemingly at a crossroads of gross violations. The shocking news of the Kenyan government’s complacency in allowing expired family…
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Solar block-chain technology for climate justice
Climate change cannot wait. This is a statement that is not far from the truth. Catastrophic environmental disasters have been on the rise through floods, famine and hunger. And now, the world is facing a pandemic that has decimated lives at a massive scale. At the heart of the climate change debate are also communities…
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Nuestros aprendizajes importantes del Orgullo
El mes pasado se celebró el orgullo en todo el mundo. En países donde las restricciones por el Covid-19 lo permitieron, personas marcharon en coloridos desfiles, sin embargo, en otros lugares, la gente se vio obligada a reunirse en pequeños grupos por miedo a la violencia o a ser arrestados, igual que en los días…
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CommCare: Aplicativo de vigilancia epidemiológica de base comunitaria
Soberanía de la información para la respuesta de las comunidades amazónicas a la COVID-19 Por: Cristina Cadena Para una toma de decisiones oportuna, tener alcance a información precisa y veraz es fundamental. En el contexto de la pandemia, los pueblos indígenas de la Amazonía han encontrado dificultades para disponer de información sobre la situación real…
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Demanding justice for Indigenous Peoples
In the fight to protect the Amazon, Indigenous Peoples are not only up against illegal land grabbers, loggers and other invaders of their lands who are not afraid to resort to violence. They are also faced with local, regional and national governments who foster a culture of impunity that has a devastating effect on Indigenous…
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Cross-border nomadic communities upholding their civic rights
For Ekal Erupe, a nomadic Turkana pastoralist from Kenya, sovereignty means a sense of authority over his cattle -a source of his livelihood – and sharing resources with his neighbours from the Karamoja community across the border in Uganda. The history of cross-border pastoralist communities has been marred by -clan tensions and resources driven- conflicts…
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Refuge in storytelling: The story of Simma Africa
This is a series of stories from the Resource of Open Minds (R.O.O.M) Program, New Ways of Working focus area. Through this new area we have on boarded 8 grantees in our continued support to defend the waning civic space in East Africa. Contribution by guest blogger- Natasha Simma Fleeing home to seek refuge and settle…
