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Hivos: human rights and freedoms violated during Tanzania’s elections
Hivos is deeply concerned about the human rights violations witnessed in Tanzania in the period leading up to – and during – the national elections on October 28, 2020. Reports of widespread irregularities have multiplied, including ballot-box stuffing, a massive Internet shutdown, the suspension of media houses, arrests of candidates, and the alleged harassment and…
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Report launch: Energy for all: better use of subsidies to achieve impact
Significant progress has been made in improving access to electricity, but 789 million people worldwide still go without. The gap for cleaner cooking is even greater: 2.8 billion people worldwide cannot cook cleanly and safely. The reliability of energy delivery is also still a massive challenge. The energy finance scenario is complex and varies widely…
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COICA and Hivos launch Ebook “Virtual Meeting of COICA Youths”
The Ebook is available in Spanish, Portuguese, English and French. The Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin – COICA, a strategic partner of the All Eyes on the Amazon program, seeks to undertake a management model in the Amazon territory that further promotes the involvement and participation of the youths and connects them…
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COICA e Hivos lanzan Ebook “Encuentro Virtual de las Juventudes COICA”
El Ebook está disponible en español, portugués, inglés y francés. La Coordinadora de Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica – COICA, socio estratégico del programa Todos los Ojos en la Amazonía busca emprender un modelo de gestión en el territorio amazónico que promueva el involucramiento y participación de las juventudes y que las conecte con…
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Hivos and SAfAIDS commission SRHR case study in Zambia
Hivos, through the Regional Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Fund, commissioned a case study on evidence-based advocacy for social accountability in adolescent SRHR – a case study of SAfAIDS in Zambia. This case study is part of a series of documentation of partners’ implementation of ASRHR advocacy approaches, best practices and lessons learnt…
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Looking back at a successful closeout of the program
Looking back at a successful closeout week with our partners
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Hivos published results of monitoring the resources to face the pandemic in the Brazilian Amazon
Prior to the start of COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, the Brazilian government had budgeted for R$ 1,43 billion (€ 225,115 million) for ordinary expenditures to be allocated by the Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health (SESAI), within the structure of the Ministry of Health, and R$ 495,6 million (€ 74,463 million) for the National Indigenous Foundation…
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Ruta de Salud Indígena Amazónica: avanza testeo COVID-19 en Amazonía Ecuatoriana
Como parte de la implementación de la “Ruta de la Salud Indígena Amazónica”, Hivos a través del programa Todos los Ojos en la Amazonía (TOA), realizó una alianza estratégica con la Universidad Regional Amazónica -Ikiam para la adquisición y procesamiento de 1008 pruebas diagnósticas de COVID-19 en pueblos indígenas y comunidades locales de la Amazonía…
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Hivos Latin America has joined the Sustainable Development Solutions Network
We are pleased to announce that we are members of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network – SDSN! The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) was created in 2012 under the auspice of the Secretary General of the United Nations and world leaders from all regions of the world to promote innovative and practical initiatives with the…
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Hivos América Latina se suma a la Red de Soluciones para un Desarrollo Sostenible
¡Nos complace anunciar que somos parte de la Red de Soluciones para un Desarrollo Sostenible – SDSN! La Red de Soluciones para un Desarrollo Sostenible (SDSN por sus siglas en inglés), fue creada en 2012 bajo el auspicio del Secretario General de Naciones Unidas y la dirección de líderes mundiales de todas las regiones del…
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Restoring dignity through transforming language
With about 2000 languages spoken across the African continent and almost 100 in East Africa alone, language and its development, critique and transformation has been and is key to shaping culture and attitudes. Language and how it is used can be a way to elevate or degrade dignity. Cultural norms are passed on and preserved…
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Call for Proposals: Consultancy on Open and Sustainable Procurement
Hivos is looking for an international consultant to lead the production of the Discussion Paper on: State of the sustainable procurement & open contracting fields, Key ways in which open and sustainable procurement can reinforce each other, Existing examples of collaboration/links of open & sustainable procurement, Key tensions that need to be resolved, Challenges and…
