In Kenya, many churches disapprove of sexual and gender diversity. Feminists in Kenya is a movement that, with support from our Voice program, helps LGBTIQ+ people convince religious leaders to stand up for their rights.
To ensure adequate sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care and services for all, it is crucial that healthcare workers address the needs of all individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or sex characteristics. The Initiative for Gender Equality and Sexual Reproductive Health (IGE-SRH) in Nigeria, a partner in our Free to […]
Are you interested in partnering with us to ensure creatives are more self-sufficient and reach wider audiences? Do you want to contribute to the design and delivery of a capacity building training on Strategic Use of Emerging Technology (ies) for R.O.O.M II partners? Hivos is seeking a consultant (individual or organization) to design and deliver a capacity building training on Strategic Use of Emerging Technology (ies) for its R.O.O.M II East Africa partners.
Hivos is seeking a consultant to undertake a thorough donor (public and private) mapping and analysis of funding opportunities related to the Hivos’ three impact areas within the larger East, West and Southern African regions.
By Saida Ali and Moses Okinyi We applaud the Kenyan Supreme Court’s bold and groundbreaking decision upholding the rights to association for LGBTIQ+ persons. On Tuesday 12, September 2023, the Court dismissed a challenge to its earlier ruling allowing the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission to register as a Non-Governmental Organization. For people […]
By Hugo Schiffers from the Voices for Just Climate Action team The first Africa Climate Week took place in Nairobi, Kenya from 4 to 8 September. It ran parallel to the African Climate Summit, where African leaders gathered to hammer out collective positions ahead of the COP28 climate conference in Dubai. Hivos East Africa director […]
This is one of the documentaries Hivos produced for Africa Climate Week, held from 4 to 8 September in Nairobi. We showed it to the media to illustrate how large-scale energy projects – often backed by foreign investors – do not always benefit local communities where they are built. The film tells how the […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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.
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 […]