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Making participation and use of open contracting data sustainable: Lessons from Bandung, Indonesia
The Bandung project sought to increase access to public procurement information and improve various actors’ ability to monitor the public contracting system, including government staff, vendors, civic groups and journalists. Despite strong initial interest and uptake of the data, maintaining engagement has proved challenging.
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Covid-19: Farmworkers excluded from government cushion
Farmworkers have been excluded from the Zimbabwean government’s allocation of $600 million set aside to cushion one million vulnerable households worst hit by the national lockdown, put in place to stem the spread of new coronavirus.
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IDAHOT 2020: discrimination is on the rise during the corona crisis
In the run-up to IDAHOT on May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, we’re sharing stories from the countries where Hivos is committed to the LGBT community. In more than 25 countries, we work with LGBT organizations and activists. That collaboration often goes back decades. Slowly but surely, we are working on…
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COVID-19: workers call for OSHE legislation
The Zimbabwean government should immediately put an occupational safety, health and environment (OSHE) legislation in place throuh a statutory instrument (SI), to address long-standing health issues affecting farmworkers, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 ravages women’s jobs on horticulture farms
Casual workers have suffered the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as most farm owners have shut the door for non-resident workers despite them constituting the majority workers on most farms, as a way to curb the spread of the virus.
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Civil society efforts in OGP are winning
Hivos East Africa contribution to OGP through the civil society engagement ties with its belief in establishing just and fair societies. This is a future where governments are open and accountable in their practices in an ideal democratic society.
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How citizens engage in governance processes
Hivos East Africa developed and piloted various interventions geared towards driving accountability and transparency in public service delivery. The Busara Center for Behavioral Economics, in assessing these internventions, found that citizens’ demand for transparency and accountability in Kenya is largely motivated by external, social and internal factors.
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Open Government Week
Civil society efforts in OGP are winning The growing need for governments to foster transparent and accountability has been apparent in current times. Ideals of populism have been on the rise with trust in governments slowly waning due to corruption and lack of openness in the use of public funds. We have observed how cultures…
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Comics as a tool to explain mining concepts to IP communities
Through a partnership with Hivos Southeast Asia, Bantay Kita – a coalition of civil society organizations advocating transparency and accountability in the extractive industry – has come up with a six-page illustration that attempts to explain mining concepts to indigenous peoples (IPs). With information on the mining activity going on in their community, they are able to…
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Farmworkers excluded from Covid-19 cushion
Farmworkers have been excluded from the government’s allocation of $600 million set aside to cushion vulnerable households worst hit by the national lockdown put in place to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19).
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COVID-19: Horticulture farmworkers cry out for help
Annabella Nyoni is a 44-year-old mother of three, who works at a horticulture estate just outside Harare. The estate produces mainly roses for export. We interviewed her end of January 2020 and followed up three months later on her journey.
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Covid-19: Workers call for OSHE legislation
The Zimbabwean government should through a statutory instrument (SI) immediately put in place occupational safety, health and environment (OSHE) legislation to address long-standing health issues affecting farmworkers especially in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
