Region: Middle East & North Africa
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Rim Ben Soud: a woman farmer in Tunisia with initiative and solutions
Rim Ben Soud lives in Baddar village in Cap Bon, North East Tunisia. It’s a community that is mostly dependent on farming and agricultural activities. A farmer herself, Rim has become well known for founding a local women’s group for agriculture development (GDAF), and recently started her own eco-tourism project. Since childhood, Rim has worked…
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We Lead in Lebanon: Fighting for sexual health of migrant women
Amira Gidey volunteers with Egna Legna, an organization in Lebanon led by and for migrant women. With the support of our We Lead program, Amira gives these women workshops on sexual and reproductive health. Thanks to We Lead, we’ve trained 90 migrant women on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Lebanon. Another 60 women…
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Mapping the future of a just transition in Africa
Hivos and the Challenge Fund for Youth Employment collaborated with New Silk Roads and ElRehla to organize a Futures Lab in Sinai – Egypt, to explore the future of just green transitions in Africa. The Lab was organized on the heels of COP 27 and convened pioneering entrepreneurs, scientists, climate enthusiasts, techies, investors, and civil society members from countries…
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Climate finance in Tunisia
Within the Voices for Just Climate Action program (VCA) framework, Hivos is hosting the first national workshop on “Climate Finance” in Tunisia. The workshop will take place on February 16, 2023 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Hammamet, Tunisia. A multi-stakeholder dialogue will be conducted to get meaningful feedback on climate finance mapping and strengthen…
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Greening youth employment in North Africa
For decades in North Africa, high youth unemployment and lack of financing for small and medium enterprises have been preventing young people from developing their full potential. At the same time, the increasingly tangible effects of climate change are having a devastating impact on the region’s economic development. Our GreenWorks Alliance, funded by the Dutch…
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Our Challenge Fund for a Just Transition is calling
At a time when underemployment, unemployment, and extreme vulnerability to climate change are gaining a stranglehold on North Africa, we cannot afford to ignore the huge unexploited potential of green Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs). Launched in November 2022, the Challenge Fund for a Just Transition (CFJT) builds on our GreenWorks Alliance, but is specifically…
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The future of climate adaptation is local
Together with pioneering green entrepreneurs, climate activists, investors, and civil society actors from the Middle East and Africa we explored the future of just green transitions. Our conclusion? The future of climate adaptation must be inclusive and locally-led.
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Futures Lab in Sinai: What if climate adaptation were local?
Immediately following the COP 27, Hivos and the Challenge Fund for Youth Employment will collaborate with New Silk Roads and ElRehla to organize a Futures Lab in Sinai – Egypt, to explore the future of just green transitions in Africa.
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Hivos publishes new paper: More climate finance to locally-led solutions
This paper underlines why money should flow to the local level and showcases promising examples of locally-led climate solutions. It shows ways for international donors and funds, as well as for intermediaries, to increase and secure the effective flow of financial resources to the local level.
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The GreenWorks Alliance touches base together
Our GreenWorks program is a pioneering initiative in North Africa funded by the Dutch Foreign Ministry and run by Hivos and over 15 GreenWorks Alliance partners. It contributes to a Just Green Transition by supporting local climate change solutions that create new or improve existing green jobs for 9000 young women and men in North…
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Call for Application: Building a strong climate movement in Tunisia
We are seeking Tunisian networks and coalitions to join the Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) program, and more particularly, to help build a strong movement which advocates for climate rights, just action and climate agendas. Are you (member of) an active movement operating in the field of climate action, part of a formal or…
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Terms of Reference: Mapping and analysis of climate financial flows and instruments in Tunisia
Are you interested in partnering with us to ensure societies are more open and inclusive? Do you want to contribute to safeguarding the participation of underrepresented groups demanding social justice? Hivos is seeking a consultant to do a study on mapping and analysis of climate financial flows and instruments in Tunisia in support of the…