Hivos is excited to announce the Green Growth Summit, a regional event organized in Tunis and Cairo that will build partnerships for climate change mitigation and open green economic pathways in North Africa. The Summit, organized by Hivos and partners from the development and private sectors, will take place on April 30 (Tunis, Tunisia) and […]
Hivos partnered with Tunisia’s National Union of Tunisian Journalists to support journalism in the country. Our key strategies included a special fact-checking unit (Tunifact), awareness campaigns, advocacy, and training for journalists.
Essia Guezzi is a program manager at Hivos in Tunisia. She runs our Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) program, working with local communities to make their voices heard in national and global discussions on the climate crisis. We talked to her about climate change in Tunisia, the ways it affects its people, and the work Hivos […]
The GreenWorks program is looking for a consultant to do its independent external end-term evaluation.
We interviewed Bilal Anezi, a member of Sarkhat Mubdie (Creative Cry), an amateur troupe that travels around Tunisia to tell people about water scarcity in their region through theater. Hivos supports them through the Voices for Just Climate Action program. The group performed at the The Resistance Climate and Art Festival in Gabes organized by […]
The unprecedented violence in the occupied Palestinian territory*, particularly in besieged Gaza, is also taking a toll on women and girls in Jordan, our We Lead program reports. By Fotouh Younes The We Lead program strives to empower, strengthen and amplify the voices and position of young women whose sexual and reproductive health and rights […]
Based in Tunis, Adel Azouni has been passionate about social and environmental activism since the 2011 Tunisian revolution. In 2022, UNDP Climate included him among their five young leaders from the Arab world who give us hope for tackling climate change. Recently, he was nominated by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability to be an […]
Last November, Cairo hosted the second edition of the Venture Capital Summit, a pivotal event in Egypt. The summit’s goal is to enhance Egypt’s standing as a regional hub for venture capital and a gateway for investments into Africa and the Middle East, fostering collaboration between foreign investors and regional VC funds. This year’s edition […]
This November in The Hague, a vibrant community dedicated to positive change celebrated LEAD II’s closure at an event that brought together program partners to share achievements and lessons learned. The first phase of Local Employment for Development in Africa (LEAD) was initiated in 2015 by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Its aim was […]
Bochra Taboubi was one of the artists on display at the Resistance Climate and Art Festival in Tunisia. Supported by Hivos, this exhibit highlights the profound impact of phosphate mining on the landscape.
Hivos expresses grave alarm over the escalating civilian death tolls in Gaza, Israel and the occupied West Bank. We call on all parties to immediately cease their appalling military offensives against civilians and abide by international humanitarian law. We ask the Israeli government to reverse its decision to deny Gazans food, water, electricity and humanitarian […]
Join Hivos next week in the Tunisian city of Gabes. Known for its oasis, Gabes will host dozens of artists during the Resistance Climate and Art Festival, which is organized between October 1 and 7. Art allows us to talk about important things in new ways. Sometimes, art can say much more than a collection […]