By Collins Otieno (Voices for Just Climate Action) The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is the largest multi-lateral finance instrument created under the 2015 Paris Agreement. It is a unique global fund that invests in low-emission and climate-resilient projects to help Global South countries adapt to the unavoidable impacts of climate change. This week, the 38th […]
Hivos is organizing a forum about land rights for rural women champions from Kenya’s Baringo, Nakuru, Laikipia and Kitui counties. We’re looking for a consultant to facilitate the interactive sessions.
We’re looking for a consultant to provide media training services for our Rural Women Cultivating Change Project.
Strengthening media is one of the key ways through which we can push for societal change. Media can increase citizen engagement by exposing people to factual information and ideas for change. This, in turn, allows people to drive and shape the political system and their own development. Hivos believes freedom of expression – which media […]
With two new projects, launched during COP 28, Hivos will work together with two specific groups that are disproportionally affected by the climate crisis: girls and Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon.
For long, climate change response strategies in Kenya have not included targeted contribution of Indigenous people, local communities, and fisher folks. However, this changed when Marsabit County launched its first community-led climate change action plan.
A bill currently under parliamentary review in Ghana is set to “protect” family values. However, its real objective is to criminalize same-sex relations and identifying as LGBTIQ+, prohibit advocacy for LGBTIQ+ rights, allyship, donor support, and ban transgender healthcare. Adisa Musah (he/him) is our Free to be Me program’s Community of Action (CoA) facilitator in […]
Last September’s African Climate Summit, where African leaders gathered to decide on collective positions ahead of COP28 in Dubai, proved a disappointment in several important ways. The summit’s declaration just made a cursory mention of women, youth and Indigenous communities, while ignoring the elephants in the room – oil and gas – where most new […]
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.