2.4 billion people worldwide lack access to electricity and clean cooking fuels, this is “energy poverty.” Hivos’ Sheila Oparaocha gave a TED Talk about addressing energy poverty and the health impacts and how we can change our approach to energy and the energy transition. Sheila, Director of ENERGIA, wants to challenge how we think about […]
Paula Moreira runs our Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) program in Brazil, which helps local communities make their voices heard in national and global discussions on the climate crisis. We talked to her on Skype the other day about this summer’s record-breaking wildfires in the country. “Brazil is ablaze – once again. This year, fires […]
Hivos proudly announces Connect, Defend, Act! – an ambitious five-year initiative aimed at combating shrinking civic space in Colombia, Indonesia, Malawi and the occupied Palestinian territory.
Our Women and Youth Inclusion for Equality (WYI4E) project, launched in January 2022, came to an end this last June. Its aim was to empower women and youth to participate in accountability and decision-making processes in Zimbabwe and create tangible change within their spheres of influence. To mark its achievements, we held a close-out meeting […]
Should climate transition policies prioritize environmental goals or social ones? How about both? Our GreenWorks program, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, showed it’s possible.
By Elizabeth Cecelski, founder member of ENERGIA Power to the people was the theme of a June 25 webinar sponsored by the SHINECollab, whose goal is scaling women-led, community-driven renewable energy solutions for a gender just energy transition. What is a gender-just energy transition, and why does it matter? Speakers debated the unjust nature of […]
In a historic ruling on June 21, 2024, the Namibian High Court declared the country’s laws banning same-sex relations unconstitutional, marking a significant victory for human rights and LGBTIQ+ equality in the region. Central to this landmark victory is Friedel Dausab, a prominent lawyer and passionate human rights advocate.
We Speak is a podcast series under the “We Lead” program, dedicated to improving Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for young women.
Preparing girls to occupy decision-making spaces is crucial not only for gender equality but also for climate justice.
APIB and Hivos’ partner COAIB co-organized the largest gathering of Indigenous Peoples in the history of Brazil. More than eight thousand people from around two hundred different Indigenous ethnic groups attended the “Free Land Camp.”
“Around the world, we supports grassroots leaders. But increasingly, powerful interests try to shut them down through harassment, violence and even imprisonment. That’s why the EU SEE initiative is so important,” says Hivos CEO Anne Jellema.
In more and more countries, June means Pride month. While Pride is a celebration of hard-won rights in some cities and countries, it’s likewise an expression of the struggles faced by LGBTIQ+ people in many other parts of the world. Many of them face escalating violence and discrimination. Strict anti-gay laws lead to arbitrary arrests […]