Transparency platform takes on mining tycoon’s toxic spill March 23, 2020 It’s August 6, 2014. Residents in northern Mexico nearby the Sonora and Bacanuchi rivers notice the water is turning orange. But it isn’t until 24 hours later, when dozens of kilometers of river have turned the color of Fanta, that officials at Grupo México […]
Todos Cambiamos (“Everyone Changes”) is a bold film that breaks taboos about gender identity and acceptance in Panama’s macho culture. The film was going to be screened for the first time in the Netherlands at the Pink Film Days, and its director Arturo Montenegro was to receive the Hivos Free to be Me Award. Unfortunately, […]
Contestation against the adoption of the open contracting approach in government have revolved around national security concerns in the procurement of military equipment citing ‘the contravention of confidentiality clauses and privacy rights’. In various jurisdictions these arguments for blanket non- disclosure have been discredited.
The world has changed dramatically in just a few months, and everyone has had to change along with it. Hivos always strives to continue to do our work through thick and thin, but we, too, are making adjustments. In view of the recent outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID19) in Kenya, the Kenyan government has issued […]
Civil society organizations have intensified calls on African governments to ratify the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 190 on Violence and Harassment in the world of work. The CSOs want the member states to ratify the Convention to achieve the decent work agenda.
Change sometimes is in the hardware – it’s in the structures, frameworks and institutions. And we tend to focus largely on these shifts, so that culture shifts in good governance can go unrecognized, unnoticed.
By Winifred Nambuusi Hivos together with Food Rights Alliance on March 6 held a dinner under the theme Let’s talk Nutrition with the aim of recognizing the role women play in the food system. The Chief Guest H.E Rhoda Tumusiime, former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture at the African Union Commission as well as […]
High-scoring 100&Change applications featured in Bold Solutions Network San Francisco, CA February 19 2020 — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today unveiled that “25×25: End Energy Poverty Faster,” submitted by the 25×25 Electricity Access Acceleration Collaborative, was one of the highest-scoring proposals, designated as the Top 100, in its 100&Change competition for […]
Hivos’ Regional Advocacy Manager for Sustainable Diets William Chilufya before commemorations of the International Women’s Day, shared the organization’s vision in promoting women in Agriculture as well as implementation of the Sustainable Diets for All Program (SD4ALL).
Protecting ancestral land through mining data March 16, 2020 By Adelle Chua At a venue of a workshop on mining royalties, organized by Hivos’ Open Up Contracting partner Bantay Kita, male participants from an indigenous community in Narra municipality, Palawan (Philippines), quickly fill up the meeting room. Meanwhile, a handful of women stand on the […]
Decent work is widely considered as an important strategy to fight poverty and foster development. In fact, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has sustained a decent work agenda campaign over the years to offer the basis for a more, just and meaningful improvement on workers welfare. However, this campaign has largely remained superficial and has not brought any significant change to the working poor.
As Kenya prepares to host the 6th International Open Data Conference later this year Jackline Kagume who heads the programme on Constitution, Law and the Economy (CLE) at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) was keen to share with Hivos East Africa’s Sarah Nyakio insights regarding the current state of public procurement in Kenya.