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.
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.