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Putting clean cooking on the agenda
A Q&A with Rita Poppe From September 23 to 29, the city of New York will host the annual climate week. Besides panel discussion, concerts and exhibitions, the Climate Action Summit of the UN Secretary-General will be organized. In the same week, the SDG Summit will also take place, bringing together the climate and development…
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African advocacy groups and creatives unite for women’s empowerment
Shifting the narrative on women’s rights Conversations about social change are not always easy, be it around the dinner table or in the halls of government. That’s why Hivos is adopting a novel approach to supporting advocacy in an upcoming women’s empowerment campaign in Egypt, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Tunisia. For this campaign, Hivos is connecting…
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Hazvinei breaks the glass ceiling
It’s hardly surprising Hazvinei Mariko has broken the glass ceiling and risen to become a supervisor on a rose farm close to the capital, Harare. She is also a representative on the Regional Women Advisory Council (RWAC), a regional advisory council structure within the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), the country’s main trade union…
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Breve cronología de aprendizaje
Breve cronología de aprendizaje September 17, 2019 Blog por Gabriela Melgar, septiembre 16, 2019 Es difícil contar una historia sobre un tema con el que recién te conectás. Saber por dónde empezar, con qué frase atraer la atención de la persona que lee las líneas de un texto. ¿Qué preguntas se deben plantear para intentar…
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Blog: Trade unions to the rescue
Minaye flowers in Bishoftu (about 50 kilometers from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia) was, just like many farms, not immune to rampage and disruptions of day-to-day operations whenever there was conflict between staff and management. A year now, the farm has not had any riots. Not that there haven’t been disagreements between the workers and their…
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Majority farmworkers in Zimbabwe live on less that 25c a day
The monthly wage of the lowest-paid farmworkers in Zimbabwe was pegged at ZWL213 in July, throwing that grade of workers into extreme poverty, surviving on less than 25 USD cents a day.
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Update delayed publication Hivos Annual Report and Annual Accounts 2018
The publication of the Hivos Annual Report and Annual Accounts 2018 has been delayed because of changes to our reporting methods in 2018 that made the process more complex than usual. Hivos is implementing these changes to better respond to the increasing demands of external auditors, which have also contributed to the delay. We will…
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Where are we: a factsheet
This factsheet gives a snapshot analysis of the state of ratification and reporting against regional and international instruments as well as information on the lived reality of women in the work force within these countries.
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Change Lab revolutionizes horticulture industry in Malawi
Stakeholders in the horticulture industry in Malawi have taken a major stride towards a collaborative approach to productive employment and sustainable enterprises. Dubbed the Change Lab, the concept seeks to bring players and interested stakeholders in the industry to discuss innovative ideas on how to work towards a living wage in the horticulture industry in…
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We have failed to give prominence to food issues –
By Caroline Wahome Access to experts is one of main challenges journalists are struggling with in their quest to publish stories related to food, the journalist have said. The members of the fourth estate had convened in Kampala, Uganda at a forum organized by Hivos under the theme “Positioning Media for policy influence of food…
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Annual horticulture reporting awards to be launched
The Zimbabwe Agricultural Society (ZAS) will next year include horticulture as a category in the Agriculture Media Awards after excluding it by mistake from the inaugural awards held this year.
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Information is power
How more transparent public spending processes can improve communities’ needs in Indonesia
