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Webinar: Energy, finance and community business – where is the money?
Electricity drives economic development. But many small community-level businesses and smallholder farmers in rural parts of sub-Saharan Africa need more access to affordable energy financing to thrive. This IIED Debates event organized with Hivos on Monday, 30 November will explore what mechanisms can enable community businesses and farmers to access the financing they need to grow…
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All eyes on Covid-19 assistance in the Amazon
In the state of Maranhão in northern Brazil, a forested area, the village of Caxias was rapidly turning into a large cattle-raising center. It wasn’t long before cattle ranchers and farmers started clashing with the Timbira Indigenous peoples who inhabited the forest. So the ranchers hatched a plan to get rid of them. “The plan…
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Forces of Art: online book launch and discussion
How do artists, musicians and filmmakers increase freedom of expression, collective imagination, community wellbeing, and global solidarity? How can art counter authoritarian narratives and shrinking civic space? How do the forces of art materialize in our different, yet deeply interconnected societies? The answers to these questions can be found in a new book about the…
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Hivos y GK lanzan becas para historias amazónicas
El enfoque de derechos humanos en el periodismo de profundidad es cada vez más necesario en la región. El que existe está centralizado en las ciudades principales. Sin embargo, el periodismo de profundidad es esencial para una sociedad más democrática, que comprenda la realidad y se aproxime a las regiones más distantes. Una de estas…
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On the evaluation of the Open Up Contracting Program
At the end of 2019 Hivos commissioned an independent external evaluation of the Open Contracting program. We think the evaluation provided a fair and critical assessment of the achievements and limitations of the Open Contracting program. Read on to learn the lessons on tactics of the Open Contracting program that tended to work well.
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LOCI Eastern Europe and Central Asia
LOCI Eastern Europe and Central Asia November 10, 2020 The Local Open Up Contracting Initiatives are proud to host the digital regional meeting this week for representatives of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Are you joining us? Have a look at the program below!
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On the road to accountability in Tanzania
On the road to accountability in Tanzania November 9, 2020 Read the comic strip version of this story Frustrations lead to new beginnings “It was clear to me that there was a need for such an institution in Tanzania,” says Ludovick Utouh, founder and executive director of the think tank WAJIBU – Institute of Public…
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For menstruation’s sake: menstrual care provisions for women flower farm workers in Uganda
Across sectors, most leadership and planning positions at the workplace are held by men and as such, very little consideration is given to provisions around menstrual care and products for female employees. Within the horticultural sector this presents a particularly big challenge because low wages directly contribute to period poverty: meaning most women view these…
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Addressing maternity protections and the silence around infant loss at the workplace
Life happens at the workplace and for millions of women this also means enduring pregnancy and infant loss while working. How can and should employers support parents going through this loss? What does the law say? For women in Uganda’s flower farms, these questions are slowly being answered.
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Organizaciones unidas por #EscazúAhora – Ecuador
La sociedad civil ha sido un actor clave en el proceso de negociación y adopción del Acuerdo de Escazú, bajo la premisa que la gestión de los recursos naturales debe realizarse con todos los actores y sectores involucrados. No pueden existir decisiones sobre asuntos ambientales y de interés público que no sean participativas e informadas. …
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Opening up contracts for a better diet
Opening up contracts for a better diet November 3, 2020 Read the comic strip version of this story Relying on the school meal program in Bolivia “How can I help these children get better and healthier food?” Estefanía Rada remembers asking herself this back when she was working as a volunteer teacher at local schools in…
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Freedom through financial literacy, a Ugandan story
One of the most glaring inequalities that plagues humanity continues to be economic inequality. Even more so during the Covid-19 pandemic, the gap between the rich and the poor has been stretched tenfold and the most economically vulnerable in society have borne the brunt of massive layoffs, salary reductions and inflation.
