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 […]
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 […]