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    Today, the 28th of September, we celebrate the International Day of Access to Safe and Legal Abortion. What started as a regional campaign in Latin America, has grown into a worldwide movement for the rights to make decisions about one’s own body and to access basic health care. We sat down with Lucy Minayo, Program […]

    September 28, 2021
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    Hivos, through its Resource of Open Minds (R.O.O.M.) program, has been enabling a new generation of artists to produce critical cultural content on the African continent.

    September 20, 2021
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    With support from Hivos, through the Regional SRHR Fund, SAYWHAT set out to improve access to adolescent SRHR services and commodities among students and young people in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

    August 27, 2021
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    Meaningful youth participation in social accountability has the potential to improve the provision of quality Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) information and services. It also ensures that the needs and rights of young people are recognised and prioritised in the conceptualisation, resourcing and implementation of SRHR services. However, lack of information and skills […]

    August 3, 2021
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    Strategic litigation is an innovative and integral advocacy approach which uses the justice system to bring about legal and policy change as well as create public awareness on human rights violations.

    June 17, 2021
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    Hivos through its  Regional SRHR Fund, on Tuesday May 18th 2021 launched the Consent to Access Campaign (#Consent2Access). The Campaign is aimed at promoting adolescent access to Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) information and services. The campaign aims to achieve this through advocacy for improved laws, policies and practices on age of consent for adolescent access […]

    May 19, 2021
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    Amani, My Friend, the prototype of an interactive digital game, has won a friendly competition between master’s students studying media design at the University of Design and Applied Arts of Geneva (HEAD). The competition aimed to support the development of virtual tools which foster the exchange of information on HIV and sexual health among adolescent […]

    May 3, 2021
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    The Covid-19 pandemic has shown a greater need for new ways of working, innovation and effective partnerships for the implementation of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) programming. Ensuring cross learning, knowledge exchange and a reflection on the strategies and learns learnt cannot be over emphasized. With this in mind, Hivos through the […]

    April 6, 2021
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    The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has posed great challenges to the worldwide economy and people’s daily lives and will have far-reaching consequences beyond the spread of the disease. The creative economy is one of the sectors most at risk from the COVID-19 crisis. Any lasting damage to the creative sector will drastically undercut our culture, […]

    February 8, 2021
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    This article is a summary of the original report by Onai Stanely Mushava for ThisisAfrica.me. African Crossroads’ third edition, held on December 10 and 11 2020, revolved around its crowdsourced theme: “Reimagining the Pan-African Dream – Reflecting on the past, experiencing the present and imagining the future.” Other themes included mental health in the creative […]

    January 13, 2021
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    The Voices and Actions for Accountability in Malawi (VAAM) project was officially launched in Lilongwe, Malawi on Friday 27 November 2020 to curb corruption in the country. With support from the European Union (EU), Hivos in collaboration with the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace Archdiocese of Lilongwe (CCJP) is implementing the three-year VAAM program […]

    December 8, 2020