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    ational Women Film Festival 13-18 March 2018 March 9, 2018 As part of the Women Empowered for Leadership programme, Hivos is supporting the 2018 Beirut International Women’s Film Festival which opens on 13 March and ends on 18 March. Organised by the Beirut Film Society, The Beirut International Women Film Festival (BWFF) brings […]

    March 9, 2018
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    During the week of 8 March – International Women’s Day – Hivos is sharing stories of some of the amazing and powerful women we support worldwide. This year’s theme is: “Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives”. Connie Tinoco is a woman farmer in Rocky Point, a town on the southeast Caribbean coast of Nicaragua […]

    March 8, 2018
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    to empower women, Jordanian Youth develop new initiatives March 8, 2018 By Noura El-Turk The Sisterhood is Global Institute – Jordan (SIGI) organised the Technological Summit, in collaboration with Hivos as part of the Women Empowered for Leadership (WE4L) program with the title, “Youth Participation in Public Affairs”. The summit took place from […]

    March 8, 2018
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    The annual International Women’s Day calls for a PressforProgress on gender stereotypes, visibility of women, and celebration of women’s achievements. In the area of energy entrepreneurship, women often have to work twice as hard to show their worth and do not receive the credit they deserve for being innovative change makers. Hivos’ partner ENERGIA supports […]

    March 8, 2018
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    to Launched March 8, 2018 By Chido Valerie Sibalo (Gender and Media Connect_Programme Officer) Harare SPEAKER of Parliament Jacob Francis Mudenda on the 6th of March 2018 called on for more concerted efforts in all spheres of life towards achieving 50-50 gender representation particularly in politics and other key positions of decision making, as […]

    March 8, 2018
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    About Hivos  Hivos is an international development organization that seeks new solutions to persistent and emerging global issues. With smart projects in the right places, we oppose discrimination, inequality, abuse of power and the unsustainable use of our planet’s resources. Our primary focus is achieving structural change and impacting lives. We do this through cooperating […]

    March 7, 2018
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    taking steps towards 50-50 March 5, 2018 Gender Equality and the work towards its attainment worldwide has been a bitter sweet journey. Brave women and men have stood up against partriachy and the numerous societal bariers that have impeded equal participation. Sadly for many decades after the movement to attain gender equality started, […]

    March 5, 2018
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    Do you want to know who we partner with in Asian countries? March 3, 2018 Do you want to know what these local frontline organisations are doing to champion greater transparency of public contracting processes and reduce corruption? Have a look at the videos below to get an impression of some of our partners and […]

    March 3, 2018
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    Lea esta noticia en español. Photos by Mynor Hernández, Capiusa. Over 40 human rights and international cooperation organizations and Guatemalan State representatives gathered on February the 13th lo launch the campaign “Here is where we remember” (Aquí se recuerda, in Spanish), an initiative aimed at commemorating human rights victories in Central America. The project is […]

    March 2, 2018
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    Hivos in collaboration with Welthungerhilfe, Hivos Impact Investments and SEED are holding a three day bootcamp to get more social entrepreneurs involved in delivering high quality open source seed products to small holder farmers. The three day Disrupt!SEEDS! event from 28 February to 2 March 2018 at the Gallery Delta in Harare is a business […]

    March 1, 2018
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    Hivos East Africa’s Green and Inclusive Energy Programme and the University of Nairobi’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SOJ) on February 21, held a roundtable with the aim of increasing quality and frequency of reporting on renewable energy in Kenya. The discussion attracted approximately 200 participants and drew speakers from different stakeholders in the renewable […]

    March 1, 2018
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    In late November 2017 as part of the UN’s 16 Days of Activism to End Violence against Women, Hivos Southeast Asia’s partner Asosiasaun Chega Ba Ita (ACbit) launched a month-long, multi-media awareness campaign showcasing the journeys of Timorese women who are survivors (not victims) of gender-based violence. This campaign, called Civil Society and Good Governance […]

    February 26, 2018