Cities

Through the VCA program, Hivos has supported 15 projects and 12 civil society organizations in Tunisia focusing on food sovereignty, water justice, climate planning, artivism, and environmental advocacy, ensuring that climate action is locally driven and community centered. In this publication, we look at VCA’s impact and achievements.

Through the VCA program, Hivos has supported 12 local organizations in Zambia addressing the water, food, energy, health, and gender impacts of climate change. In this publication, we look at the program’s impact and achievements.

The Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) program in Kenya partnered with 10 local civil society organizations. In this publication, we look at VCA’s impact and achievements.

This document summarizes relevant emerging recommendations from the Financing for Feminist Futures (F4FF) Conference.

This publication, written by 23 women authors from the Global South, discusses decolonial and feminist responses to the climate crisis.

This publication shows how LGBTQ+ inclusion boosts economic outcomes, and how discrimination against LGBTQ+ communities may inhibit companies from achieving their full growth potential and hinder their ability to attract the best talent.

This guide was developed to provide information and tips on how to create institutional tools for what we call safeguarding.

At Hivos, we believe that inclusive development is not only a matter of justice, but also a precondition for sustainable progress. That’s why, through our Free to Be Me program, we researched with the Bank Information Center to what extent the World Bank takes the realities faced by LGBTQI+ communities into account in its operations.

In Colombia, being a human rights defender is very risky business. Those who defend the land, natural resources, and rights of Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities face constant threats that undermine their right to participate, express their opinions, and decide on their future. This study names and quantifies the problem, identifies patterns, recognizes gaps, and sheds light on the realities experienced by Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities. 

The Journeys of Courage booklet is a celebration of the courage, creativity, and determination that have defined the We Lead program. Within these pages are stories of young women who challenged stigma, reimagined possibilities, and turned advocacy into lasting action for SRHR. Each story is a seed, a future transformation that has been planted in […]