On 26 January, Zimbabwe – through Hivos Southern Africa – will become the first Sub-Saharan African country to live stream films from the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). IFFR 2018, the 47th edition of the film festival, takes place from 24 January to 4 February 2018 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. IFFR offers a high quality […]
women empowerment through elected positions January 17, 2018 Source: Mana Online Written by Sarah Munthali Mchinji, January 04, 2017: Having enough female representation in elected positions would always be a long and difficult journey to women empowerment in Malawi. In all the five general elections the country has had, it has proved […]
piring Councilors Optimistic in 2019 Elections January 17, 2018 By Zenak Matekenya Extracted from: allafrica.com Mzimba — There is light at the end of the tunnel for aspiring women councilors in Mzimba District following the introduction of Women Empowerment for Leadership (WE4L) Project aimed at ensuring that more women are elected. Through the project, […]
Hivos, Workplace Pride and Sullivan Marketing are organising a one-day conference on diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The conference will take place on 8 February 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya. Globally companies are beginning to embrace diversity and inclusion, as studies have shown that more diverse teams perform better, are more creative and innovative. Inclusive […]
This year’s selection of films competing for the Hivos Tiger Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) from 24 January to 4 February includes seven world premieres and one international premiere. The prestigious Hivos Tiger Award includes a cash prize of €40,000, to be divided between filmmaker and producer. An international jury of five filmmakers and […]
Hivos Residency Fellows, Moloka and SiMaggie, were invited to speak at ‘Impact Night November’ hosted by PLUS (Platform Usaha Sosial) and Jakarta Social Entrepreneurs at Impact Hub Jakarta. The event itself is part of a regular series aimed at strengthening the social entrepreneurship ecosystem through learning and networking sessions on various business topics. In line […]
female councilors ready to take on their male counterparts December 21, 2017 Aspiring female councilors from across Zambia came together last week for a 2 Day retreat in the capital Lusaka. The group of 30 women comprised also of former councilors who where interested in running for council seats that they had previously […]
Hivos, 2017. Open Contracting Summit key takeaways and follow ups December 19, 2017 By Daniel Dietrich On 28-29 November 2017, around 200 of the best and brightest leaders and innovators from over 37 countries joined the open contracting global summit. Hivos is proud to have been co-hosting the Open Contracting Global Summit 2017 #OCGlobal17 together […]
The Bandung Food Change Lab – an exciting new social change process for a fairer, greener local food system in Bandung, Indonesia – has produced five innovative prototypes that could address common, yet often overlooked, issues affecting how low-income groups access affordable food from street vendors. On 23 November at a Knowledge Café event, the […]
Want to know what happened at the Open Contracting Global Summit? Have a look for yourself! December 18, 2017 The Open Contracting Global Summit took place at the end of November in Amsterdam. Read here about the outcomes and check out the videos below to learn more about what happened, and what Hivos and many […]
Multilateral organisations fall short on transparency December 14, 2017 The transparency of multilateral organisations is inadequate. That is the major outcome of the recent study published by Cordaid, Hivos and the Open State Foundation. We found that it is still not possible to track money flows to and from many multilateral organisations, organisations that (should) set the global example for how […]
The second People’s Summit on Food was held on November 30 and December 1, 2017. It was hosted by Uganda’s Fort Portal Municipality, in cooperation with Kabarole Research and Resource Centre (KRC), IIED and Hivos, and brought together politicians, farmers, street vendors, civil society, church leaders, nutritionists and youth. Conversations at the Summit focused on how to change […]