Open Data Day 2018 Celebrations in Kenya March 22, 2018 Guestblog contributed by ELDOHUB Earlier this month, on March 3rd, several initiatives around the world took place to celebrate International Open Data Day. Hivos, ARTICLE 19 and Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) contributed with a mini-grant scheme to local #ODD18 initiatives. One such event took place in Eldoret, Kenya. Read their guestblog […]
Open Data Day 2018 Celebrations in Cambodia March 22, 2018 Guestblog contributed by Open Development Cambodia Earlier this month, on March 3rd, several initiatives around the world celebrated International Open Data Day. Hivos, ARTICLE 19 and Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) funded a mini-grant scheme for local #ODD18 initiatives. One such event took place in Phnom Penh. Phnom Penh, Cambodia – From Cape […]
Review of WE4L Program March 21, 2018 CALL CLOSES 31 MARCH 2018
n Jordan tackles women’s challenges in reaching leadership positions March 21, 2018 By Noura El-Turk Abshiri is a new project launched by Jordanian NGO Drabzeen, a Hivos partner in the Women Empowered For Leadership programme. It aims to encourage and strengthen women’s representation, participation, rights and leadership position. The Abshiri project seeks to […]
Day two On day one at the Sustainable Energy Forum for East Africa (In Kigali, Rwanda) there was a lot of chat about challenges facing the energy sector including of course, the money. On day two, the programme got deep into the status of financing and scaling up investments into sustainable energy in East Africa. United […]
Open Up Contracting and Adaptive Learning March 20, 2018 Open contracting is a relatively new agenda for Hivos and ARTICLE 19 as well as for many of our local partners. It’s important to acknowledge that the Open Up Contracting programme and its partners are in a joint learning process together. We test and learn from […]
Indonesia: Transparency in government procurement March 19, 2018 This blog appeared first in Bahasa. You can find the original version here. Written by Agus Sunaryanto, Vice Coordinator of Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) Government procurement transparency Indonesian President, Joko Widodo has on several occasions stressed the importance of utilising information technology in the procurement of goods […]
ission for Lebanese Women (NCLW) March 15, 2018 The National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW) strives to ensure equality between women and men in all aspects. The gender equality issue is an important issue, as it is directly related to the respect, protection and fulfillment of human rights set forth in the various […]
er equality escalates March 15, 2018 By Bridgette Ndlovu (Women’s Institute for Leadership Development_WILD) Zimbabwean women are pushing for gender equality in parliamentary, political party and local government leadership, a call that has seen at least 14 political parties signing to achieve 50/50 representation in political party candidates and endorse the Women’s […]
50 advocacy campaign and women’s manifesto launch March 15, 2018 Under the theme: Constitutionalism, gender equality and the future of women’s leadership in Zimbabwe The entire gender machinery gathered at the HICC, the Speaker of Parliament, Hon Mudenda, Zimbabwe Women’s Parliamentary Caucus Chairperson, Hon Mutsvangwa, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Women’s Caucus and […]
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) need to undergo fundamental shifts in their organizational communications culture to benefit fully from social media technologies, according to a guidebook recently published by Hivos Southern Africa with support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Zimbabwe. According to the guidebook, the rapid growth of social media use […]
From global movements like #MeToo to the Women’s March, one thing has become clear: women can no longer be ignored. In this month- during and after International Women’s Day, Hivos East Africa joins the rest of the world in shedding a spotlight on women who are rarely celebrated for their boldness and resilience in advocating […]