tegy in community organizing December 5, 2019 By Shara Jazzar Since the goal of community organizing is to change the existing balance of power to the benefit of the concerned population, developing a strong strategy is essential as it is what guarantees the success of a campaign. What is a strategy? A strategy […]
Over the last two years, Seed Savers Network a social enterprise dedicated to improving seed access and agro-biodiversity conservation in partnership with Hivos East Africa has been researching and documenting crops that are under-utilised in Kenya. After months of research, documentation and analysis the findings from farmers’ as well as nutritionists were documented in a […]
from Zambia, Malawi, Zim gather in Lusaka December 3, 2019 By Salim Dawood FEMALE councilors from Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe have gathered in Lusaka for a three-day regional summit to share notes on how they can be effective leaders as well as increase women’s participation in leadership roles. The summit is expected to […]
upport Women Economically December 3, 2019 Hivos, with the support of the Dutch MFA and within the framework of the Women Empowered for Leadership (WE4L) program, launched “Let’s Walk to Support Women Economically” on the occasion of the 16 Days of Activism Against GBV campaign, which focuses in Jordan this year on […]
The 25th edition of the climate conference, known as COP25 will be held under the Presidency of the Government of Chile in Madrid from 2 to 13 December. The conference is designed to take the next crucial steps in the UN climate change process. Following agreement on the implementation guidelines of the Paris Agreement at […]
From December 3rd–7th, delegates from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi and South Africa will gather in Nakuru, Kenya, to participate in the event “Shaping the future of food system in Africa”. Delegates are members of the Indigenous Terra Madre (ITM) network, the Slow Food Youth Network (SFYN), as well as the Hivos Sustainable Diets for […]
Blog post by Andrés Méndez, Hivos Latin America Voices from Latin America were heard from November 11 to 14 at the Latin American Energy Organization’s (OLADE) fourth edition of Energy Week, in Lima, Peru. Women leaders spoke about what it’s like to live without access to energy, the challenges for women in the energy sector, and […]
“A Ugandan girl is always judged by whether she would make a good wife, not a potential member of the workforce,” says Leah Eryenyu, a professional feminist who’s fighting to improve the rights of women in the flower sector. “With a living wage women could flourish and take well-considered decisions about their lives.”
ommunity organizing November 27, 2019 By Shara Jazzar The second session of the community organizing course focused on one of its main pillars: storytelling. In that context, the women were introduced to the theory of American psychologist Jerome Bruner who discovered that people react emotionally to stories they hear, and their emotions can […]
the status quo: Why the Lebanese political system doesn’t elect women November 25, 2019 By Laudy Issa A newly-launched policy brief from Hivos WE4L partner Lebanon Support mapped out why the Lebanese political status quo was reproduced in the country’s 2018 elections, despite widespread citizen frustration. In May 2018, Lebanese parliamentary elections […]
LGBT+ people in Guatemala are frequently discriminated against in their daily lives. Most political parties do little to change that. In the battle for votes, they call out loudly in favor of the “traditional family” as defined by the conservative Christian majority. They have no problem with the fact that they’re excluding and stigmatizing parts […]
One of the key barriers to delivering energy solutions for the rural and urban poor is the limited access to finance at local and national levels and insufficient targeted finance flows at the international level. Despite commitments from international development organizations, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and investors, specific options and mechanisms to channel the finance […]