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    Across the world, 2019 was a year of protests for women’s rights and gender equality. From the Chilean anti-rape anthem performed worldwide to women leading protests in Sudan, Lebanon, and Iraq, these women and their movements successfully used creative content and digital technologies to demand rights and recognition. As did the Hivos-supported women’s empowerment campaign […]

    February 3, 2020

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    Together with Climate Tracker, Hivos will be training and sending six journalists to cover the Sustainable Energy for All Forum in Rwanda, this May (26th-28th). We are looking for six young journalists from Africa who want to make an impact in their countries by publishing about energy and help shape one of the most important debates of our […]

    January 27, 2020

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    Join us at the Sustainable Energy For All Forum in Rwanda and win an investigative reporting scholarship! The opportunity Together with Climate Tracker, Hivos will be training and sending six African journalists to cover the Sustainable Energy for All Forum in Rwanda, this May (26th-28th). We are looking for young journalists from Africa who want […]

    January 24, 2020

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    You’ve probably heard it by now. We need to revert to consuming more of our traditional foods in an effort to diversify the food we are consuming and also because their nutritional benefit is undefeated. As part of Hivos on-going advocacy in Sustainable Diets for All Programme, together with our partners Building Eastern African Community […]

    January 23, 2020

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    Vincenzo Cavallo aka Dr. Faras is the director and co-founder of Cultural Video Production and Cultural Video Foundation. In 2012, Dr. Faras bought a Double-Decker Bus and began a collective creating many collaborations between different types of people such as visual artists, photographers, event managers, videographers and producers. Today Dr.Faras has become a point of […]

    January 23, 2020

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    Opinion piece by Eco Matser For the first time, the world’s elites meeting this year at Davos have listed environmental issues as their top concerns about the next decade. The WEF’s annual Global Risks Report raises the alarm on increased extreme weather events, manmade environmental damage – including oil spills and contamination, major biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse […]

    January 22, 2020

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    We are happy to announce the launch of the mini-grant scheme for Open Data Day 2020.This scheme will provide small funds to support the organisation of open data-related events across the world on 7 March 2020. Hivos is among proud supporters of the mini grant scheme. Apply before 9 February!

    January 20, 2020

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    The estimates depend on whom you ask, but one thing is certain. Since the start of the Syrian war in 2011, hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed and wounded. Millions more have had to leave everything behind, including family, in search of safety. As international power blocks fight to secure their own interests […]

    January 16, 2020

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    Now 2020 has arrived, it is time to look back and proudly share some of the key results from our Green and Inclusive Energy Program in 2019. In the past year, Hivos continued the battle to overcome two major challenges related to achieving universal energy access; putting clean cooking firmly on the agenda and increasing […]

    January 7, 2020

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    Fight for justice after mine spill continues January 6, 2020 Grupo México’s New Threat: The fight of a community affected by a toxic mega-mine spill continues By Claudia Ocaranza, PODER Journalistic Coordinator Five years after the spill of 40,000 cubic meters of copper sulphate in 2014, the communities in Sonora, Mexico, are still fighting for […]

    January 6, 2020

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    Jakarta’s 2019 PARARA Healthy Food Festival Sharing food has always been part of Indonesia’s culture. Eating as a family or with friends not only gives nourishment, but also lets us share our culture and heritage through food. This is also the thinking behind Jakarta’s biennial PARARA Festival. It was first held in 2015 to display […]

    December 20, 2019