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  • Freedom of expression under siege in Uganda

    Hivos East Africa condemns the recent police raids on Action Aid Uganda, Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies (GLISS) and Solidarity Uganda. Ahead of the age limit debate in parliament, a series of raids, arrests, threats and intimidation of citizens and civil society organisations have continued to escalate the shrinking civic space in Uganda.  The…

  • Civic Engagement for Open Contracting – first lessons learned

    Civic Engagement for Open Contracting – first lessons learned September 21, 2017 A reflection on the programmatic approach and the role of infomediaries to improve efficiency, transparency and accountability in public contracting and other public money flows. By Daniel Dietrich The Open Contracting programme of Hivos and ARTICLE 19 is a five-year programme (2016-2020) within…

  • Journalists in Malawi, Zimbabwe Trained on Climate Change and Renewable Energy Reporting

    Hivos Southern Africa partnered with ClimateTracker.org to train journalists in Malawi and Zimbabwe to effectively report on climate change and renewable energy. Climate Tracker is a global organisation focussed on supporting young journalists around the world to write game-changing articles on Climate Change and Energy. In the last two years, Climate Tracker has facilitated trainings…

  • Hivos Southern Africa Activates Citizens on Green and Inclusive Energy

    For most of the people who trooped over to the Hivos Southern Africa exhibition stand at the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show 2017, the opportunity to charge their cell phones at the mobile solar stations proved to be quite novel. Solar Mobile Charging Systems Excites Citizens The ZAS is Zimbabwe’s premier agricultural trade exhibition that attracts approximately…

  • Out of work and into school

    ‘Gold from children’s hands.’ Sounds nice, even poetic, but what kind of reaction does this statement elicit when you connect it with child labour? It is estimated that up to two million Ugandan children have been forced into child labour, mostly through conflicts often leading to internal displacement. On the 2017 World Day against Child…

  • A baseline study of women in Lebanese politics

    Today, women in Lebanon are fighting for equal access to opportunities and rights without prejudice against their gender, their expectations and their careers. This fight requires attention for and analysis of the deep-rooted patriarchal structures that by their very nature exclude women. When Lebanese women decide to become politically active, they are faced with many…

  • Towards living wages in African horticulture value chains

    On August 24 2017, the Hivos Women@Work Campaign in Southern Africa convened its stakeholders from the horticulture sector in Malawi for the first time to discuss the issue of living wages. Low wages are a persistent problem in many global supply chains, so this is a key issue for the Women@Work Campaign, which aims to…

  • How open contracting can empower women to transform their economies

    How open contracting can empower women to transform their economies August 31, 2017 More than 2,000 people gathered in New York recently to tackle the ambitious challenges set by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for everyone. Among other things, achieving the goals depends on closing the…

  • Syria – Justice for the thousands of victims of enforced disappearances

    Hivos and the undersigned civil society organisations commemorate the victims of enforced disappearances in Syria and support their families, urging the international community to support their demand to ensure justice, truth and reparation and the immediate release of all those enforcedly held in secret detention. As the world marks today the International Day of Victims of…

  • Towards living wages in African horticulture value chains

    On August 24 2017, the Hivos Women @ Work Campaign in Southern Africa convened its stakeholders from the horticulture sector in Malawi for the first time to discuss the issue of living wages. Low wages are a persistent problem in many global supply chains, so this is a key issue for the Women @ Work…

  • Exploring energy issues for women entrepreneurs in Guatemala

    Guest blog by Danielle Huffaker A small team of Hivos team members and representatives from our host partner in Guatemala, Alterna Impact, went on a learning adventure on July 28 to meet with Guatemalan women entrepreneurs and learn about their needs and experiences around renewable energy. In our team were Raquel Chacón and Kattia Quirós from…

  • Africa: Growing Regional Open Contracting Community and Engagement

    Africa: Growing Regional Open Contracting Community and Engagement August 17, 2017 Hivos East Africa together with Afroleadership, Article 19 East Africa, Connected Development, Development Gateway, Open Knowledge Network (School of Data) and The Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) organized two key sessions: A Follow the Money full day track and a  side event during the main session dubbed, ‘Advancing Open Contracting in…

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