Region: Latin America
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Statues for Change in Honduras: informing is caring
The We Lead team in Honduras launched a campaign with an exhibit of three statues of teenagers. The statues are covered in testimonies from young Hondurans on how a lack of education about STIs, teenage pregnancy, abuse, and family problems has affected their lives.
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Behind the jargon: What is “Participatory PMEL” and how does it foster climate justice?
By Job Muriithi, DME&L Officer at Hivos East Africa The impacts of climate change are not felt equally. Those least responsible for creating the crisis – women, youth, Indigenous peoples, and rural communities – are the ones who bear the brunt of its consequences. To be truly just, climate action must not only be effective…
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Los jóvenes dan forma a los sistemas alimentarios urbanos en Zambia y Zimbabue
Nuestro trabajo sobre sistemas alimentarios urbanos en Zambia y Zimbabue arrancó este marzo en las ceremonias de lanzamiento del programa Futuros Urbanos de Hivos África del Sur en Bulawayo y Lusaka. El programa Futuros Urbanos apoyará a los jóvenes y a las organizaciones dirigidas por jóvenes centradas en la creación de sistemas alimentarios urbanos resilientes…
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How climate change affects Indigenous communities in the Amazon
By: Patricia Granja, Hivos | Sandra Patiño, ACT | Photography: Mateo Medina ACT According to the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), climate change is the greatest health threat to humanity. This is backed up by a wealth of clear and compelling information about the serious impacts of climate change on human health. Heat…
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Voices Magazine: Climate justice in Brazil
Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) is a network of five international organizations, including Hivos, that works to achieve climate justice on three continents. That climate justice can take many forms is clear from the new Voices Magazine that showcases the work of VCA in Brazil. Our Brazilian network counts 74 local organizations that together…
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May I never lack words to talk about diverse and powerful women
By Gabriela Melgar – Hivos Latin America Regional Communication Officer I’ve listened to the interview I did with Gabriela Portillo many times now. Ideas for an article keep popping into my head without rhyme or reason. I’m one of those who still likes to organize them on paper first and then struggle with them on…
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“El sol ya no es el mismo”: cómo el cambio climático afecta la salud y la vida cotidiana de comunidades indígenas en la Amazonía
Por: Patricia Granja HIVOS | Sandra Patiño ACT | Registro fotográfico por: Mateo Medina ACT De acuerdo con el Director General de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS): El cambio climático es la más grande amenaza de salud para la humanidad. Esta afirmación se sustenta en el creciente acceso a información clara y contundente…
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Que las palabras nunca me falten para hablar de mujeres #DiversasyPoderosas
Por: Gabriela Melgar Orellana- Oficial de Comunicación Regional-Hivos América Latina He escuchado muchas veces la entrevista que hice a Gabriela Portillo. Vienen ideas desordenadas a mi cabeza. Soy de las que todavía le gusta ordenarlas en papel y después lidiar con la hoja en blanco en la pantalla. Comienzo este texto intentando describir a una…
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We Link, We Learn – We Lead! Empowering young women and girls
Read our reflections on a week-long event that brought young women and girls from across the globe together to share lessons, experiences and innovative approaches to advocate for sexual reproductive health and rights, or #SRHR.
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Climate activists in their own words: Conceição Amorim
Climate change devastates nature and causes injustice and human suffering in far too many parts of the world. Activist Conceição Amorim sees it in her city Imperatriz, at the edge of the Amazon rainforest. There, she has been advocating for human rights for over forty years. Currently, she coordinates the Padre Josimo Center for the Protection…
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A decade supporting good nutrition and sustainable agriculture in Cuba
By Gabriela Melgar, Regional Communication Officer Our Sustainable Agriculture Support Project (PAAS) implemented with partners in eleven provinces and 22 municipalities has played a crucial role in Cuba for the past 10 years. Financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), it promotes and improves sustainable agricultural practices and strategies, focusing on agroecological…
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Causas fundamentales, que no son drogas, detrás de la cultura de violencia en Ecuador y Colombia
Por: Tanja Lubbers, Directora Regional de Hivos en América Latina Ecuador solía ser uno de los lugares más seguros de América del Sur, pero la creciente influencia de cárteles de drogas de México y Colombia lo ha convertido en uno de los países más violentos de la región. Todos los días, las noticias están llenas…