The year 2020 kicks off a decade of action for Wilkitsa Akinyi, a renewable energy specialist who advocates for clean cooking solutions every day in her job. Wilkitsa always knew she wanted to contribute towards sustainable development. Then she discovered the critical role that access to energy plays in nearly all sectors of the economy. […]
Growing up, Nelly Nyiha was always fascinated by technology and the digital world. In high school, she followed a tech curriculum called Science, Technology and Mathematics (STEM) and has never looked back. At university, Nelly pursued a Bachelor of Science in computer technology, which she says was a male-dominated course. “I was among a small group […]
Trying to balance a career with family and household responsibilities is a challenge that women continuously grapple with in an ever-changing world. But Celine Magneche Sika, a scholar and founder of Association de Femmes et Familles du Milieu Rural (AFFAMIR) in Cameroon, passionately took advantage of these challenge. She used them to both advance her […]
2020 is a critical year for gender equity and equality. This year’s theme – Each for Equal – reflects the voices of 30,000 activists who advanced women’s rights in Beijing 25 years ago. Since then, much has been done to create a gender equal world. Women have been taking up their rightful places as change-makers, […]
Can you spot red flags in government contracts? March 3, 2020 By Adelle Chua Gaining access to contracting documents is a challenge in itself, but once you get your hands on them, how do you even know what to look for? At a recent investigative journalism conference called Muckraking for the Public Good, the Philippine Center […]
Hivos together with implementing partners under the Sustainable Diets for All program (SD4ALL) in Uganda, Slow Food Uganda, Kabarole Research Centre (KRC), Food Rights alliance and Volunteer Efforts For Development Concerns (VEDCO) will on March 6 host a dinner in celebration of women. Titled, Dine with a woman, the dinner aims to recognize the role of women […]
Struggling to be ‘sexy’: Reporting contracting amid competing news values in the Philippines February 26, 2020 By Adelle Chua In a series of stories published August 2019, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism reported that aside from the publicly acknowledged mishaps during elections that previous May – the 3,414 vote counting machines (VCMs) that had […]
Marcus Michaelsen’s new report examines the online efforts of authoritarian regimes to intimidate activists living abroad. Hivos is proud to have acted as a host organization for the one-year research project leading to the publication of this report. Authoritarian regimes have long used a variety of repressive tools to control, silence, and punish dissidents living […]
Hivos in collaboration with flower sector stakeholders will convene the first ever “Producer of the Year Award” as a platform to demonstrate the role of front runner farms (in horticulture) and the impact of better engendered workplace policies on business and changing the state of women workers.
Khoury) Can independent female candidates translate Lebanon’s revolution into political representation? February 21, 2020 By Laudy Issa Independent political candidates in Lebanon shared their previous electoral experiences and the new-found possibility of taking on more leadership positions in a closed workshop hosted by the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS), a Hivos […]
Hivos in collaboration with flower sector industry stakeholders will convene the first ever “Producer of the Year Award” (POYA) as a platform to demonstrate the role of front runner farms (in horticulture) and the impact of better engendered workplace policies on business and changing the state of women workers. This award ceremony is borne out […]
Layertech Labs: Business Intelligence in Action February 20, 2020 By Adelle Chua Imagine you are a business owner in a city south of Manila. The thought of doing business with the local government has crossed your mind, but many reasons have somehow prevented you from doing so. You could be operating on the notion that […]