Region: East Africa
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What lockdowns mean for food security in East Africa
Festivities to mark a new year and decade have been short-lived the world over as the first months of 2020 witnessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Parts of Africa were already plagued by desert locusts, but before these could be tackled, the new corona virus arrived. This has created a double pandemic for some…
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Access to healthy food crucial in the fight against COVID-19
Open-air markets are a crucial link in the access to healthy food for many in Uganda and Kenya. Consumers and small- scale traders are under threat as governments restrict public gatherings in the face of COVID-19. In East Africa, open-air markets are important places that tens of thousands of consumers and small-scale traders are reliant on for…
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We must not forget clean procurement in response to COVID-19
As the world copes with the COVID-19 health crisis, governments’ initial responses have been rapid in rushing to guarantee citizens of their health, well-being and safety. We have witnessed quick measures through lockdowns to stem the spread of the virus through shutdown of schools and business operations affecting the daily life of every citizen. These…
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Create your Kampala
Data art is a tremendous tool for freedom of expression. Pollicy, knows its power all too well particularly in shaping how governments interact with citizens. Delivery of essential social services in sub- Saharan Africa has faced significant challenges particularly when it comes to provision of clean water, sanitation, and health care amongst others. Citizens in…
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COVID-19 lockdown and human dignity
By Sally Akinyi, Virginia Munyua Up to 25 million jobs could be lost worldwide at the heart of the Covid-19 crisis–is – a latest profound statistic from the ILO in these unprecedented times. In the last couple of weeks or so, countries have put on a tough resolve to control the spread of the pandemic.…
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Ramifications of COVID-19 for workers at the beginning of the supply chain
As COVID-19 unfolds and drastically affects all aspects of our lives, it has brought to light longstanding problems in global supply chains. Low wages, reliance on casual labor, gender inequality, and a lack of social protection make people at the beginning of supply chains suffer the most. Now is the time to demonstrate global solidarity…
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Making civic space resilient
Cordaid and Hivos launch a new report about the resilience of civic actors In the new report Making civic space resilient, Cordaid and Hivos investigate how people around the world deal with the oppression of their desires and hopes, and how they are able to restore human dignity after it has been violated. Repression of…
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Colourful Workplaces conference 2020 postponed
The world has changed dramatically in just a few months, and everyone has had to change along with it. Hivos always strives to continue to do our work through thick and thin, but we, too, are making adjustments. In view of the recent outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID19) in Kenya, the Kenyan government has issued…
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Dreams from Beijing: Realizing gender equality through creating safe work spaces
By Imungu Kalevera When the women of the world gathered in Beijing in 1995 they had one goal, to create a revolutionary document that would guide the fight towards gender equality for women all over the world. The Beijing Platform for Action remains, as intended, one of the single most revolutionary documents for women’s rights…
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Political leadership is needed to champion nutrition
By Winifred Nambuusi Hivos together with Food Rights Alliance on March 6 held a dinner under the theme Let’s talk Nutrition with the aim of recognizing the role women play in the food system. The Chief Guest H.E Rhoda Tumusiime, former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture at the African Union Commission as well as…
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Open Contracting is key in improving transparency in public procurement
As Kenya prepares to host the 6th International Open Data Conference later this year Jackline Kagume who heads the programme on Constitution, Law and the Economy (CLE) at the Institute of Economic Affairs was keen to share with Hivos East Africa’s Sarah Nyakio insights regarding the current state of public procurement in Kenya. Jackline who…
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Right to be
”Women… phonetically pronounced as We-men, Are hidden in annals of history as part of his-story. What about her-story… Voice rightsholders – Indigenous women, Young women, Elderly Women, Women with disability and Queer women, Often their voices muted but their inner voice screaming “I want to seat at the table…I would like to decide, to influence…