Why gendered constitution-making is important for Syria
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Together with partners, we empowered Syrian women activists to enhance women’s participation in the constitutional and transitional processes in Syria.
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Sabah Alhallak, a women’s rights activist and founding member of the Citizenship League
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Hivos East Africa’s Citizen Agency Consortium Cafe
storyVoices of rights-holders
We celebrate the diverse voices and rightsholders who were agents of change pushing for gender inclusion in renewable energy, transparency in the extractives sector, dignified work for women in the horticultural sector, and healthy and affordable diets for low-income populations.
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On the road to accountability in Tanzania
storyFrustrations lead to new beginnings
“It was clear to me that there was a need for such an institution in Tanzania,” says Ludovick Utouh, founder of WAJIBU – Institute of Public Accountability. Amongst others, WAJIBU informs and mobilizes public opinion about accountability in the collection and use of public resources by duty bearers and elected officials.
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Opening up contracts for a better diet
storyRelying on the school meal program in Bolivia
“How can I help these children get better and healthier food?” Estefanía Rada remembers asking herself this back when she was working as a volunteer teacher at local schools in La Paz, Bolivia. The children in her classes, aged 7 to 10, would eat breakfast at school, thanks to the government’s school meal program.
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My transgender identity: a story of resilience and strength
storyThis is a glimpse into a prejudiced, rural, and non-inclusive Nicaragua which is at the same time diverse, courageous, and resilient. LGBTIQ activist Jacob Ellis tells us the story of Yasuri Potoy Ortiz, a young trans woman.
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Fighting corruption and Covid-19 in Kenya with open contracting
storyIn partnership with Nation Media Group, we set up the first open contracting information portal for journalists in East Africa.
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Ketebul Music: diversity is the chord that connects us
storyThe uphill battle for musicians in East Africa
As a form of free expression, music has unlimited scope for communicating joy, sorrow or hope. Music tells the story of the human condition through sound.
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We bring our colors out with pride to celebrate
storyTo honor the fall of Vicky and Bessy and the tens of LGBT people murdered every year in Honduras, we bring our colors out with pride to celebrate diversity and fight for our rights. We realize our fight will not end here, but together with brave people like Osman and Kory we are one step closer.
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Raising voices around the world
storyReflecting on five years of Citizen Agency
In a country plagued by corruption, how can you prevent another toxic mining spill? Is it possible to end malnutrition without listening to everyone’s ideas, mothers’ as well as ministers’? Or, propel women’s development when their needs are mere footnotes in energy policy planning? For this, you need to partner with courageous and determined civil society organizations.
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Including women’s energy needs in Tanzania
storyA women’s burden
All these years Helena had been inhaling smoke while cooking on an open fire. So something had to change. And it did. In 2012 Helena and her husband made a decision that transformed their lives.
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Working together for living wages
storyHow do you get governments, producers, retailers, certifiers and civil society to step up efforts together towards a living wage in the agri-food sector? You organize “The Only Way is Up!” – the first major European conference on living wages organized in seven years.
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Electrifying Nepal
storyHow Hivos’ civil society partners contribute to the growing energy access rate in Nepal
Our partner CRT/N provided training to sensitize municipalities about the many benefits of energy access. This soon resulted in allocated budgets and work plans for energy access in nine municipalities, largely for domestic clean cooking systems.