The average wage of a farm worker in the horticulture industry has fallen way below the poverty datum line, its value eroded by high inflation, an official of the General Agricultural and Plantation Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ) has said.
Interview with Sheikh Ibrahim Washenga, an imam from Mombasa Kenya’s debate on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) people has been fueled by our historical penal code 162 that criminalizes homosexuality. While we could make history on May 24, 2019 by decriminalizing the penal code, justice towards LGBTI persons in Kenya still has a […]
Women constitute more than 50 percent of the workforce on farms in Zimbabwe but are employed mostly as casual labor, opening them to various forms of exploitation, a new research by the Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of Zimbabwe (LEDRIZ) has revealed.
Are you a Tunisian artist or content creator? Are you passionate about storytelling and its ability to spark important conversations? Apply today to co-create an upcoming digital advocacy campaign with Hivos and Chouf which will address the issue of gender-based violence in Tunisia. Call for artists (pdf in English and French) For this campaign, we […]
nours women in Lebanese history and creates new leaders May 15, 2019 By Laudy Issa The new open-access timeline from Hivos’ Women Empowered for Leadership program highlights key females and moments in the history of the women’s movement in Lebanon since 1906. Created in partnership between Hivos, Lebanon Support and URIKA Agency, the […]
A new collaboration to strengthen resilient urban food systems As of May 1, 2019, Hivos is the host of the Secretariat of the Global Partnership on Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food Systems, RUAF. Hivos will join the RUAF Global Partnership, host its Secretariat, and take over part of the portfolio and staff of the Dutch-based […]
Alphonsine Murebwayire lives in Kagitumba, Nyagatare district with her husband and six children. For the past two years she has been working in the shed department as a cleaner at Garden Fresh Rwanda – a farm in Nyagatare District, Eastern Province in Rwanda, which produces and exports fresh French beans. Currently, she is one of two advisers for the Gender Committee at the farm: a committee that was formed after a training on leadership.
The voices around climate change adaption have often been dominated by shift in policies, decision makers in governments and sometimes involve citizens at the bare minimum. While the shift is a massive move globally to mitigate the current climate crisis, most citizens at the bottom of the pyramid continue to grapple with food insecurity, environmental […]
Despite the government’s adoption of Public Information Disclosure Law, in reality it is nearly impossible to access contract documents. The Mining Advocacy Network (JATAM) in East Kalimantan had firsthand experience in this regard.
Over the years, floriculture and horticulture have continued to flourish in the agricultural sector, creating the much needed jobs for Zambians. In fact, more women are said to be employed in these two fields, than the men. According to a scoping study by the Women@Work Campaign under Hivos, it was established that because of the larger number of women hired, compared to men, it was contributing to poverty reduction among many communities.
The general election in Indonesia has just ended and people are now waiting for the official results from the General Election Commission (KPU). For the anti-corruption movement, the general election posited an opportunity to elect leaders who can lead future development programs transparently and accountably. However, it has also been identified as the time when potential corruptive behaviors tend to increase. A joint-communique document with recommendations has been released.
In 1943, Lebanese nationalists took to the streets to demand the release of the first post-independence Lebanese president and other political figures who had been imprisoned under the French Mandate. Among the protestors were many women. They were fighting for Lebanon’s independence even though the union they belonged to, which was pushing to acknowledge women […]