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Hivos and its partners launch the Voices and Actions for Accountability in Malawi project
The Voices and Actions for Accountability in Malawi (VAAM) project was officially launched in Lilongwe, Malawi on Friday 27 November 2020 to curb corruption in the country. With support from the European Union (EU), Hivos in collaboration with the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace Archdiocese of Lilongwe (CCJP) is implementing the three-year VAAM program…
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Leading Renewable Players Urge Governments to Re-align Recovery Measures with Paris Agreement
With the Paris Agreement celebrating its fifth anniversary this week, all eyes are on the world’s governments to urgently scale-up climate action. In a renewed call to action, over 100 leading renewable energy players, as members of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Coalition for Action, urge governments to correct course. By placing a renewables-based…
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Hivos and Greenpeace receive an additional 4 million euros to fight deforestation in the Amazon
Forest fires, illegal logging, and pollution from oil extraction: the Amazon is under serious threat. The Indigenous inhabitants of the Amazon rainforest are fighting to preserve their habitat. This is important to all of us, because if we lose the Amazon, we will lose the battle against climate change. In the All Eyes on the…
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Media tipped on public procurement
The media has been urged to take an interest in public procurement processes to ensure that they understand open contracting procedures for transparency and accountability in public expenditure.
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African Crossroads 2020: Reimagining the Pan-African Dream
African Crossroads is a community of future-oriented African thinkers and doers initiated and organized by Hivos. They gather every year to reflect critically on the most pioneering entrepreneurial, scientific, artistic, and technological developments anchored in African intellectual and technological traditions. African Crossroads is a space where African collective intelligence and creativity meet to positively shape…
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Monitoreo al ejercicio de los derechos de los defensores de la naturaleza y los pueblos indígenas
Desde el mes de agosto, Hivos América Latina y el Observatorio de Derechos y Justicia del Ecuador iniciaron un trabajo conjunto para el monitoreo, evaluación y diagnóstico de la efectividad del sistema de justicia ecuatoriana en busca de garantizar los derechos de los defensores de la naturaleza y los pueblos indígenas, especialmente en el contexto…
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The journey to creating safer workspaces for women must press forward
By Imungu Kalevera, Program Associate, Women@Work Campaign Marking its 29th year of observance and action, the Global 16 Days campaign is the longest running campaign against sexual and gender-based violence against women. Happily, in June 2019, the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted the Violence and Harassment Convention C190. This marked the culmination of years of campaigning by the Center for Women’s Global…
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Webinar: Better supporting women in African environmental journalism
Join us as we host an open webinar to highlight the challenges facing female journalists across Africa, with a focus on young journalists who want to cover energy and environmental issues. DATE: 26th November, 2020 TIME: 5 pm (GMT+3) This year Hivos ran a fellowship focusing on climate and (renewable) energy journalism in Africa with…
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Join us 30 November at the International Anti-Corruption Conference
Join us 30 November at the International Anti-Corruption Conference November 23, 2020 Cities, Corruption and COVID-19 Hivos will host a workshop at the upcoming International Anti-Corruption Conference looking into innovative approaches to tackling corruption at city level. What are the corruption risks at city level? And where is the support for approaches to tackle them?…
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Soldering on despite setbacks in the Kenyan flower industry due Covid-19
When Asha Obonyo, joined Cenacle farm in January 2020, she had a lot of plans for the year. However, her aspirations were disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, which almost crippled the flower industry in Kenya. Ms Obonyo who works in the irrigation department, had to stay at home for a few months as the situation…
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Resilience during Covid-19 pandemic
When the government of Kenya announced that the Covid- 19 pandemic had hit the country in March 2020, many businesses were thrown into panic mode. Many were caught unaware, and had no plans on how to navigate the health and operational challenges brought about by the pandemic. Action planning However, at Fides Kenya farm things…
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Room for improvement
Room for improvement November 19, 2020 Open contracting in the province of South Cotabato By Adelle Chua John Magbanua has been working in the provincial government of South Cotabato (in Mindanao, southern Philippines) for 25 years. For 19 of those, he sat on the Bids and Awards Committee, which he thought was doing a good…
