Growing inequality and discrimination, coupled with political repression, are having a terrible impact on girls and young women, as well as youth with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. We support these groups in building resilient movements, and together we advocate for policies, laws and public services that advance equality for all. Here we look […]
Increasingly, climate-related disasters – floods, droughts, heatwaves and wildfires – are devastating vast areas and killing or displacing hundreds of millions of people. The worst impacts are felt in the Global South, which has done the least to cause climate change. So Hivos is focusing on shifting funds, knowledge, and decision-making power to communities on […]
In the regions where we work, we see a steady loss of civic rights and freedoms, the quick spread of disinformation and divisive rhetoric, increasing exclusion of marginalized groups, and a growing mistrust of democratic institutions. Hivos provides hundreds of human rights and environmental defenders, journalists, artists, and accountability campaigners around the world with practical […]
Urban Futures Voices for Just Climate Action ENERGIA Strengthening Respect for Environmental Rights in Zambia (SR4ER) Health and Climate Change: Challenges for Amazonian Indigenous Peoples AfriFOODlinks Energizing the power of women in Central America FOCUS The Challenge Fund for a Just Transition The West & Central Africa Alliance for biodigester promotion Hivos-Triodos Fund Ended Global […]
EU System for an Enabling Environment for Civil Society (EU SEE) Digital Defenders Partnership Connect, Defend, Act! Qudurat: fostering a resilient media ecosystem Ended Freedom of Expression and Information in Tunisia Ended Openness 4 Covid-19 Response & Recovery in Kenya (O4C19) Ended PROTECT Ended Work: No Child’s Business Ended Voices and actions for accountability […]
Alianza Liderazgo en Positivo (ALEP) Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Fund Ended Diverse and Inclusive Guatemala Ended Empowering key populations in Bolivia Ended Voice
Convening feminist movements from around the world Joint statement on Nepal: Civil society condemns killing of protesters and calls for accountability A new generation of climate-smart farmers in Zimbabwe Charting inclusive futures: the Free to Be Me economic empowerment forum Hivos project in Palestine defends civic space with four local partners A collective commitment to […]
Convening feminist movements from around the world Joint statement on Nepal: Civil society condemns killing of protesters and calls for accountability A new generation of climate-smart farmers in Zimbabwe Charting inclusive futures: the Free to Be Me economic empowerment forum Hivos project in Palestine defends civic space with four local partners A collective commitment to […]
Convening feminist movements from around the world Joint statement on Nepal: Civil society condemns killing of protesters and calls for accountability A new generation of climate-smart farmers in Zimbabwe Charting inclusive futures: the Free to Be Me economic empowerment forum Hivos project in Palestine defends civic space with four local partners A collective commitment to […]