nclusive labor market in Jordan December 11, 2017 by Noura el-Turk and Doreen Khoury Honouring women in the Jordanian Banking and Insurance Sectors: The Leila Baqili Conference Hivos and the Sisterhood is Global Institute (SIGI) in Jordan organised the Leila Baqili Conference on women in the banking and insurance sectors on 14 […]
The 2017 Human Rights Tulip has been awarded to Mexican human rights defender Graciela Pérez Rodriguez. Dutch foreign minister Halbe Zijlstra presented her with the prize this afternoon in The Hague, two days ahead of Human Rights Day (10 December). Between January and August this year alone, over 2,400 people were reported missing in Mexico. […]
Diversity. Bottom-up energy. Real outcomes: Open contracting after OCGlobal17 December 7, 2017 By The #OCGlobal17 conveners: Open Contracting Partnership, Hivos, The B Team, the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST), and Article 19* What a ride! We’re still on a high from #OCGlobal17, our global gathering of open contracting innovators and champions. For the 200 people from […]
o Campaign…Our Struggle for Social Justice December 6, 2017 by Nay El-Rahi from Lebanon (Translated from the original Arabic) About two weeks ago Lebanese NGO KAFA launched a #MeToo campaign in Lebanon to encourage young women to share their stories of sexual harassment. The campaign already exists in many countries around the world and […]
s of Sexual Harassment December 6, 2017 by Salma Jamal from Jordan (Translated from the original Arabic version. Original publication date: 17 October 2017) I can’t remember how old I was when I first heard my mother’s story of her cousins and the loss of their only brother. I do not recall many […]
ive gender stereotypes of women in Lebanon December 6, 2017 By Noura El-Turk and Doreen Khoury Hivos partner launches media campaign highlighting the social obstacles to women’s empowerment & calls women to action to challenge stereotypes. “Children are your sole responsibility alone.” “Your importance lies in your family.” “Who will clean if not you?” […]
silence #16Days16Voices December 5, 2017 Day 11: There have been increased cases of men coming forward to report GBV, however socially it is still difficult for men to come forward and admit that their partner or colleague has assaulted them. The availability of more victim friendly Here is a testimony shared by […]
urban vendor #16Days16Vendors December 4, 2017 Day 10: Meet Fadzai Chidambo, a street vendor in the city of Harare, Zimbabwe. Fadzai like many others has taken to selling her wares in the city as a way of making money to take care of her family. In today’s feature Fadzai shares the […]
ts on children #16Days16Voices December 3, 2017 Day 8: Children bear the brunt of domestic violence and in some cases are the direct victims of this violence. Children who grow up in abusive households tend to suffer greatly psychologically and in cases of direct abuse physically as well. Hivos caught up with […]
Hivos out in force during #16Days of activism December 2, 2017 Hivos believes that all women and girls should have control over their lives and be able to actively participate in social, political and economic spheres, so we work tirelessly with various human rights instruments in support of communities’ and countries’ efforts towards gender equality. […]
Through the Women@Work Campaign, Hivos and local partners work together to improve the labor conditions for women working at international farms in Sub-Saharan Africa. Within this program, we pay special attention to preventing gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS at the workplace as a means to increase women’s socioeconomic empowerment and well being in general.
journalists #16Days16Voices December 1, 2017 Day 7: Journalism entails venturing into dangerous situations to obtain the story. Many journalists risk their lives to cover issues that most would shy away from. In most countries like Zimbabwe, journalism schools have equal representation of women and men, however this does not translate to women […]