Region: East Africa
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Youth groups using Indigenous knowledge to restore their environment
Restoring the Local Environment in Homa Bay is one of the documentaries Hivos produced for Africa Climate Week, held from 4 to 8 September in Nairobi. The film was shown to the media to illustrate how local communities can effectively create and implement climate solutions. In the film, we meet the young people of Homa…
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Hivos statement in response to African Climate Summit 2023
As women and girls are most affected by climate change, Hivos expected the summit would announce concrete plans for gender equality and women’s empowerment, not just make a cursory mention of women, youth and Indigenous communities.
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Ndinda Maithya talks about just climate action in Kenya
Ndinda Maithya is a program manager at Hivos East Africa. She runs our Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) program in Kenya, working with local communities to make their voices heard in national and global discussions on the climate crisis. We talked to her about how climate change affects people in Kenya and the work…
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Africa Climate Summit: a critical opportunity for collective action on climate change
As an African, I have seen first-hand the devastating effects of climate change. These experiences have made me acutely aware of how urgent it is to address the climate crisis.
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Hivos championing locally-led climate solutions at the Africa Climate Week & Summit
This year’s Africa Climate Week is taking place from September 4 to 8 in Nairobi, hosted by the government of Kenya. It is being held in parallel with the Africa Climate Summit, also hosted by Kenya. The summit gathers African heads of state to share expertise in “driving green growth and climate finance solutions for…
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Among You – a new podcast series about Ugandan LGBTIQ+ lived realities
A brand new podcast series called “Among You” provides a safe platform for LGBTIQ+ individuals from Uganda to share their experiences, challenges, achievements, and to advocate for their human rights. The series will focus on issues related to the LGBTIQ+ community in Uganda, covering topics such as discrimination, stigmatization, violence, health and legal issues. “Among…
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Youth emancipation and a sustainable future
In April this year, our Regional Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Fund established the Youth Advisory Panel to ensure youth voices, participation and leadership are included in all decision-making aspects of the program. Youth below the age of 30 years from Malawi, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe were invited to join the panel. This…
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The WISE women of Nigeria
Ahead of the Pan Africa ILGA (PAI) conference in Mauritius from July 31 to August 4, Hivos spoke to Nnedinma Ulanmo, speaker at PAI and partner in our program Free to be Me. In this interview, she talks about her work with WISE in Nigeria, and the similarities she saw with the queer community when…
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Together for gender justice at Women Deliver in Kigali
The Women Deliver Conference is a key opportunity for government leaders, scientists and activists to strategize for gender equality. Here’s where you can find Hivos.
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Clawing back of climate finance commitments a big loss for the Global South
Maimuna Kabatesi is the Global Program Manager of the Voices for Just Climate Action program. Read her strong plea on why diverting climate finance should never be an option.
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Making the energy transition just, equal and possible
By Tjarda Muller of ENERGIA While progress is being made, globally 733 million people still lack access to electricity and 2.4 billion people do not have access to clean cooking technology and fuels. These numbers show a considerable gap that has to be filled in the seven years left until 2030. The gender gap within…
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Climate justice badly needed by the people around Lake Turkana in Kenya
Hivos was invited to visit Indigenous communities around Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Vincent Mogaka, project officer for the Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) program in East Africa, saw firsthand how local communities remain neglected in the face of the climate crisis. Here’s his account of the visit. In the northern part of Kenya,…
