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 […]
y weeds in the collapsed Sher Karuturi farm, Sexual Violence in the workplace #16Days16Voices November 29, 2017 Day 5 The negative impacts of sexual harassment at the workplace manifest through physical and social challenges including loss of, self esteem and poor performance. In addition, the victims’ social and marital lives are affected adversely. […]
The COP23 in Bonn ended nearly two weeks ago, and during the event a number of commitments were made and initiatives sparked. Among them was the launch of the People-Centered Accelerator on the 14th of November, announced by Rachel Kyte of Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) alongside ENERGIA’s Sheila Oparaocha and Frontier Markets’ Ajaita Shah. […]
;.By Sixolile Mbalo #16Days16Voices November 28, 2017 Day 4: Hivos caught up with Sixolile Mbalo; a survivor, author and GBV champion, at a conference in South Africa. Sixolile shares how she took back her life and made the best out of her situation. She shares how sharing her story has freed her from its negativity and […]
On 28 November 2017, Edwin Huizing, executive director of Hivos, opened the Open Contracting Global Summit together with Gavin Hayman, director of the Open Contracting Partnership, María Zuleta, vice chair of the Open Contracting Partnership’s advisory board, and Hans Docter, director of Sustainable Economic Development at the Dutch foreign ministry. He welcomed the attendees with […]
On 28 November 2017, Edwin Huizing, executive director of Hivos, opened the Open Contracting Global Summit together with Gavin Hayman, director of the Open Contracting Partnership, María Zuleta, vice chair of the Open Contracting Partnership’s advisory board, and Hans Docter, director of Sustainable Economic Development at the Dutch foreign ministry. He welcomed the attendees with […]
0;A propagate of GBV? #16Days16Voices November 27, 2017 Day 3: Culture and religion play a big role in how society reacts towards Gender Based Violence (GBV). Patriarchal systems stem mainly from cultural and religious values and as such in their observance and practice make it difficult for members of society that experience GBV to seek punishment […]
Open Contracting for the Future: Three Frontier Issues November 27, 2017 By Andrew Mandelbaum (Development Gateway) and Daniel Dietrich (Hivos) The future of open contracting depends on the ability of governments and citizens to open up the entire public contracting cycle, create feedback channels, and use open contracting data to improve procurement results. But there […]