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The European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) and Hivos are organising a virtual conference on ‘A green and gender-driven COVID-19 recovery in Africa: How development finance can boost energy access for all’, where participants will explore how public funding and innovative forms of finance could be applied to provide energy to COVID-19 affected women – […]

Open data standards design behind closed doors? September 29, 2020 Guestblog by Ana Brandusescu  (McGill University), Michael Canares (StepUp Consulting), Silvana Fumega (ILDA). Original publication here. In June 2020, we had the opportunity to join a discussion on open contracting and inclusion organised by HIVOS. Participants shared their thoughts on a newly published paper by Michael Canares and Francois van Schalkwyk that is […]

– Women Tackling the Covid-19 September 19, 2020 BINDURA- DESPITE its rugged outlook, 45-year Chipo Musonza’s four-roomed house in Bindura’s oldest high density suburb of Chipadze has transformed into a safe haven for 11 young women and children, all victims of varying forms of gender based violence during the Covid-19 national lockdown period. […]

The world’s remaining forests are under threat. Their precious biodiversity is being destroyed to make way for beef, soy, sugar and palm oil production. As well as mining, logging and other industrial activities – all fueled by increasing demand from Europe and elsewhere. The European Union (EU) is a significant importer of products that cause […]

@kypcommunity KYP Women Are “The Change Society Has Long Awaited” September 12, 2020 By Laudy Issa When women in Lebanon are told to “know their place,” the perpetrators of those words are more often than not asking them to stay at home –out of male-dominated sectors and away from leadership roles. Grassroots, […]