Hivos proudly announces Connect, Defend, Act! – an ambitious five-year initiative aimed at combating shrinking civic space in Colombia, Indonesia, Malawi and the occupied Palestinian territory.
Our Women and Youth Inclusion for Equality (WYI4E) project, launched in January 2022, came to an end this last June. Its aim was to empower women and youth to participate in accountability and decision-making processes in Zimbabwe and create tangible change within their spheres of influence. To mark its achievements, we held a close-out meeting […]
Should climate transition policies prioritize environmental goals or social ones? How about both? Our GreenWorks program, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, showed it’s possible.
By Elizabeth Cecelski, founder member of ENERGIA Power to the people was the theme of a June 25 webinar sponsored by the SHINECollab, whose goal is scaling women-led, community-driven renewable energy solutions for a gender just energy transition. What is a gender-just energy transition, and why does it matter? Speakers debated the unjust nature of […]
In a historic ruling on June 21, 2024, the Namibian High Court declared the country’s laws banning same-sex relations unconstitutional, marking a significant victory for human rights and LGBTIQ+ equality in the region. Central to this landmark victory is Friedel Dausab, a prominent lawyer and passionate human rights advocate.
We Speak is a podcast series under the “We Lead” program, dedicated to improving Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for young women.
Preparing girls to occupy decision-making spaces is crucial not only for gender equality but also for climate justice.
APIB and Hivos’ partner COAIB co-organized the largest gathering of Indigenous Peoples in the history of Brazil. More than eight thousand people from around two hundred different Indigenous ethnic groups attended the “Free Land Camp.”
“Around the world, we supports grassroots leaders. But increasingly, powerful interests try to shut them down through harassment, violence and even imprisonment. That’s why the EU SEE initiative is so important,” says Hivos CEO Anne Jellema.
In more and more countries, June means Pride month. While Pride is a celebration of hard-won rights in some cities and countries, it’s likewise an expression of the struggles faced by LGBTIQ+ people in many other parts of the world. Many of them face escalating violence and discrimination. Strict anti-gay laws lead to arbitrary arrests […]
Thanks to the financial support of individual donors, Hivos is able help LGBTIQ+ activists around the world escape life-threatening situations. We do this with the Bessy Ferrera Fund: a fund named after a courageous trans rights activist who was murdered in Honduras in 2019. In 2023, we were able to take action 41 times. For […]
Six months after the Dutch elections, the right-wing parties (PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB) forming a coalition presented their coalition agreement. This agreement includes deep cuts to the development cooperation budget. Hivos and eight other organizations have issued the following press release. May 16, 2024 Cutting back on development cooperation is capital destruction By cutting […]