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Pueblo Shuar Arutam se capacita en monitoreo y mapeo comunitario
En el marco del programa Todos los Ojos en la Amazonía (TOA), miembros de la comunidad indígena del Pueblo Shuar Arutam se dieron cita en la ciudad de Sucúa, de la provincia Morona Santiago, Ecuador, para recibir un taller de capacitación en el adecuado uso de tecnología para el mapeo y monitoreo comunitario, facilitada por…
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Rescinding the Global Gag Rule: a new day for women’s rights
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…
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Hivos adopta una nueva dirección estratégica
Nos encontramos en medio de un período que, sin reservas, nos revela los retos abrumantes de estos tiempos. Para asegurarnos de que Hivos se mantenga bien equipado para atender estos retos con ustedes, nuestros socios y aliados de la sociedad civil, hemos adoptado una nueva dirección estratégica. En síntesis, indica que Hivos se enfocará más…
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Hivos charts new strategic course
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…
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Uganda: Freedom of Expression Essential for Democracy to Prevail
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…
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Se producirán 6 historias amazónicas de profundidad
Hivos y GK anuncian a las y los ganadores de la Beca TOA-GK En noviembre de 2020, en el marco del programa Todos los Ojos en la Amazonía, nos aliamos a GK-reconocido medio digital ecuatoriano, para lanzar la Beca TOA-GK con el objetivo de fortalecer el periodismo de profundidad en la Amazonía, a través de:…
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New 2020 Coffee Barometer: Coffee companies must start proving their sustainability impact
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…
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Pan-Africanism revisited at African Crossroads 2020
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…
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Evaluating the Citizen Agency Consortium
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…
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Women who bring sustainable change
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…
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Celebrating the results of the five-year Green and Inclusive Energy Program
2020 marks the last year of the Green and Inclusive Energy program, a five-year-long lobby and advocacy program of Hivos, ENERGIA and IIED in partnership with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Under the ministry’s Dialogue and Dissent program, alliances were forged with civil society organizations in Indonesia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Nepal, Myanmar, Central…
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Women in Africa need Better Support in Environmental Journalism
This year we, in partnership with Climate Tracker, launched an exciting media fellowship about sustainable energy in Africa. The fellowship aimed to empower journalists across Africa in telling in-depth stories focusing on a key Sustainable energy challenge facing their country. The fellowship received an overwhelming amount of applications which showed the great interest among journalists…