Happy Valentine’s Day! Pardon me, but I must interrupt the path of Cupid’s arrow to talk about something that will certainly be considered unsexy today; labour rights, women’s labour rights specifically. I know, us pesky activists and our high horses, right? Why can we not let a day of wanton consumerism couched as portrayals of […]
Contestation against the adoption of the open contracting approach in government have revolved around national security concerns in the procurement of military equipment citing ‘the contravention of confidentiality clauses and privacy rights’. In various jurisdictions these arguments for blanket non- disclosure have been discredited. National security interests and the opening up of defense contracts continues […]
On January 24, 2020, residents of Nakuru County had an opportunity to engage with various food actors from different parts of the country. The Seed and Food fair festival held within the Central Business District was organized by Building Eastern African Community Network (BEACON) in collaboration with the County Government of Nakuru and with support […]
February 6 was set aside by the United Nations to create awareness on one of the sternest violations of the rights of girls and women, where communities seek to control their sexuality. The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was created to increase efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation. To commemorate […]
Across the world, 2019 was a year of protests for women’s rights and gender equality. From the Chilean anti-rape anthem performed worldwide to women leading protests in Sudan, Lebanon, and Iraq, these women and their movements successfully used creative content and digital technologies to demand rights and recognition. As did the Hivos-supported women’s empowerment campaign […]
Together with Climate Tracker, Hivos will be training and sending six journalists to cover the Sustainable Energy for All Forum in Rwanda, this May (26th-28th). We are looking for six young journalists from Africa who want to make an impact in their countries by publishing about energy and help shape one of the most important debates of our […]
Change sometimes is in the hardware – it’s in the structures, frameworks and institutions. And we tend to focus largely on these shifts, so that culture shifts in good governance can go unrecognized, unnoticed. In Kenya, meaningful proactive disclosure of information is not only a constitutional aspiration; it’s also the dream for any access to […]
You’ve probably heard it by now. We need to revert to consuming more of our traditional foods in an effort to diversify the food we are consuming and also because their nutritional benefit is undefeated. As part of Hivos on-going advocacy in Sustainable Diets for All Programme, together with our partners Building Eastern African Community […]
Vincenzo Cavallo aka Dr. Faras is the director and co-founder of Cultural Video Production and Cultural Video Foundation. In 2012, Dr. Faras bought a Double-Decker Bus and began a collective creating many collaborations between different types of people such as visual artists, photographers, event managers, videographers and producers. Today Dr.Faras has become a point of […]
Hivos is pleased to announce the second Colourful Workplaces Conference on 29 and 30 April 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Colourful Workplaces Conference is Africa’s leading conference on diversity and inclusion and takes place biennially. The conference brings together thought leaders and key decision makers to share ideas and inspire inclusive African societies. Their main […]
Governments can easily win or lose citizens trust and confidence depending on the consistency of public service delivery. This entails timely available, accessible, appropriate and acceptable delivery of public services, goods and works. Promises of public service delivery are mostly captured in election promises popularly called the social contract between citizens and their national or […]
Opening up Makueni’s procurement systems December 19, 2019 On December 9 2019, Anti-Corruption Day, in Kenya one message was clear: the fight against corruption needs to be innovative because corruption is likewise becoming more inventive each year. The occasion was marked in Makueni County by leaders from across Kenya who gathered to celebrate strides made […]