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      Biodiversity is the spice of life, the foundation of our food and health and the greatest promise for the future of human kind. Biodiversity does not provide only food and income, but materials for medicine and performs other services of maintenance of the environment, essential for human survival. The 2019 State of the World’s […]

    May 21, 2019
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    In just a couple of days, Kenya’s high court is expected to make a ruling that will turn the tide for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) rights in the country.  Same sex relations in Kenya are outlawed under the penal code and considered punishable with a sentence of up to 14 years. While […]

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    Uganda is famous around the world for its richness in terms of biological diversity.  Whether one is in Northern or Central Uganda, chances are you have access to a greater variety of food than your parents or grandparents once did. But even as the offerings become more diverse, the global diet as a whole – […]

    May 21, 2019
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    Interview with Sheikh Ibrahim Washenga, an imam from Mombasa Kenya’s debate on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) people has been fueled by our historical penal code 162 that criminalizes homosexuality. While we could make history on May 24, 2019 by decriminalizing the penal code, justice towards LGBTI persons in Kenya still has a […]

    May 17, 2019
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    By Odette Ntambara Alphonsine Murebwayire lives in Kagitumba, Nyagatare district with her husband and six children. She has been working in the shed department at Garden Fresh Rwanda – a farm in Nyagatare District, Eastern Province which produces and exports fresh French beans— for the past two years as a cleaner. Currently, she is one […]

    May 15, 2019
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    The voices around climate change adaption have often been dominated by shift in policies, decision makers in governments and sometimes involve citizens at the bare minimum. While the shift is a massive move globally to mitigate the current climate crisis, most citizens at the bottom of the pyramid continue to grapple with food insecurity, environmental […]

    May 14, 2019
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      Despite increased food production in the world today, it is estimated that more than 800 million people are undernourished and many more suffer from hunger and malnutrition. This paradox reaffirms that the high levels of hunger witnessed in different parts of the world have less to do with production but are more closely related […]

    May 14, 2019
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    #ICIC2019 South Africa recently hosted the largest gathering of Information Commissioners from 10-13 March 2019 in Johannesburg. The annual convening of Information Commissioners Conference (ICIC) also drew participants from the civil society to address issues that hinge on access to information, transparency and accountability and the rights of the vulnerable when it comes to technology. […]

    May 7, 2019
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    Call for Photographs of Kenyan Women Dressed In the Fashion of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s Is your mother or grandmother one of those stylish women who wore miniskirts, hot-pants, bellbottoms, platform shoes, afro-hair styles in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s? Well, we want to hear from you!  What are we looking for? We want […]

    May 7, 2019
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    By Caroline Wahome, Maimuna Kabatesi Hivos East Africa will take part in two side events discussing Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) at the second annual Civil Society Forum hosted by the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), in Abidjan, Ivory Coast as part of the Bank’s mandate to further engage with civil society. The event: Engaging Civil Society […]

    May 7, 2019
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    63,000 children out of work and into school! The Stop Child Labour coalition (coordinated by Hivos) and its 25 partner organizations are celebrating a milestone: 15 years of the coalition’s successful work. Fifteen years ago, the Stop Child Labour campaign launched with this credo: “school is the best place to work.”  Basically, no child should […]

    May 7, 2019