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Organisational change at the Hivos South Africa office
As part of a process of becoming a fully independent organisation, the Hivos South Africa office will cease operating under the Hivos Foundation and will change its name to Hlanganisa Institute for Development SA. Hivos Foundation has supported civil society development in over 25 countries since its establishment in 1968, working together for a world…
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Women Empowered for Leadership Launches in Malawi
Hivos Southern Africa Hub launched the Women Empowered for Leadership (WE4L) programme in Lilongwe, Malawi on February 14 with what turned out to be a very passionate panel discussion on “Collaborating for Increased and Effective Participation by Women in Politics and Public Administration.” Few women hold decision-making positions within the social, political and economic arenas…
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Journalists Undergo Green and Inclusive Energy Training in Zimbabwe
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), a Hivos Southern Africa Hub partner conducted a training to raise awareness of green and inclusive energy issues among selected journalists in Zimbabwe. The training comes against a background of little to no coverage of green and inclusive energy related issues in Zimbabwean media. According to a baseline study…
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Bottom-up innovation
Address by Edwin Huizing at the City Maker session organised by Hivos during the SIX Wayfinder conference on social innovation in London on 16 and 17 February. Today we celebrate the social innovation field’s tenth birthday. To our mind this should start with celebrating the ingenuity and inspiration of people to face power in creative ways.…
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Blog: Flower farm workers are yet to benefit from the sector despite increased revenues
In 2016, Kenya’s earnings from cut flowers rose 18 per cent to Sh53.3 billion from Sh45.1 billion in the previous year. While the sector has seen strides in the provision of safe and healthy working conditions, adherence of companies in payment of minimum wage and complicacy of certification regulations, much more is yet to be…
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Action 24 Launches Green Discussion Forum in Zimbabwe
Action 24, a Hivos Southern Africa partner under the Green and Inclusive Energy programme, launched the Green Discussions Forum in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital city. The Green Discussions Forum is targeted at stimulating young people in Zimbabwe to actively take part in promoting the green agenda in Zimbabwe. Action 24 seeks to empower young people on…
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Action 24 Launches Green Discussions Targeted At Youth
Action 24, a Hivos Southern Africa partner under the Green and Inclusive Energy (GIE) programme, launched the Green Discussions Forum in Harare, Zimbabwe. The Green Discussions Forum is targeted at stimulating young people in Zimbabwe to actively take part in promoting the green agenda in Zimbabwe. Action 24 seeks to empower young people on issues…
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Want to organise an event on International Open Data Day? Apply now!
On Saturday, March 4th 2017 it is International Open Data Day. Do you want to solve problems by the use of open data? Apply now for funding to organise an event!
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Tackling corruption in Malawi through Open Contracting standards
Open Contracting offers the government of Malawi the biggest hope in winning its war against corruption according to a new report by Hivos Southern Africa and Article 19. The report indicates that governments worldwide spend an estimated USD 9.5 trillion annually on public contracting and calls for the need to commit to open contracting standards…
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Hivos Southern Africa’s Internet and Human Rights Innovation Challenge
As part of the Human Rights Day 2016 commemoration in Zimbabwe, the Dutch Royal Embassy and Hivos Southern Africa invited innovators and human rights practitioners to participate in an Internet and Human Rights Innovation Challenge (IHRC). We asked innovators to share ideas on how to effectively use the internet to advance human rights in Zimbabwe.…
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Nexos a light for human rights
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can.” Peter-Derrek Hof, Dutch Ambassador for Central America, repeated these words by Martin Luther King to officially launch Nexos, a Human Rights Program in Central America implemented by Hivos for the Embassy of the Netherlands. The initiative aims at raising awareness, strengthening the rule of law, increasing general…
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EMMA organisation’s mission to help Yezidi women who flee IS
Behar Ali is a woman with a mission. As a young woman, she lived through the infamous poison gas attack on Halabja in the late eighties in Iraq. When Saddam Hussein started another campaign of violence against the Kurds in the mid-nineties, Behar fled to the Netherlands where she specialised in women’s rights. After the…
