In April this year, our Regional Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Fund established the Youth Advisory Panel to ensure youth voices, participation and leadership are included in all decision-making aspects of the program. Youth below the age of 30 years from Malawi, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe were invited to join the panel. This […]
International Youth Day 2023 (#IYD2023) serves as a powerful reminder of the fundamental role that young people play in shaping our shared future. Their voices bring energy and radiate a positive outlook on the future we seek to live. It bodes well to place them in key positions in society to be able to present […]
Hivos’ new global initiative, Urban Futures, supports youth in ten cities in five countries with constructing sustainable and resilient urban food systems. Besides Bandung, Medellin, Chongwe, Bulawayo, and a city region in Ecuador – the Association of Municipalities of the Northern Pacific Coast in Manabí, we can now present the second series of five cities: […]
Hivos Southern Africa is seeking proposals for the Urban Futures Program to support the inception phase and the overall project implementation.
By Mangiza Chongo Chirwa, Healthy Food Africa Project Manager Zambia is facing a serious challenge of malnutrition. According to the latest data, the country suffers from a triple burden of malnutrition: under-nutrition, over-nutrition and micro-nutrient deficiencies. This not only affects the health, well-being and productivity of millions of Zambians, but it’s also keeping the country […]
Hivos launched the Free to Thrive fellowship that will train LGBTIQ+ activists in advocacy for economic justice.
By Eva Moldovany, program manager at Fondation Botnar, and Ana Carolina Benítez, linking & learning officer at Hivos Hivos and Fondation Botnar recently organized a kickoff week in the beautiful city of Bandung, Indonesia to launch our new program Urban Futures. This innovative initiative focuses on empowering youth to push for inclusive and climate-resilient urban […]
By Tambudzai Madzimure, Hivos Southern Africa Program Manager, and Lizwe Chitanganya, Hivos Southern Africa Communications Officer Hivos in Southern Africa has a long track record of supporting women’s leadership in Zimbabwe, from our Women Empowered for Leadership program, through She Leads, and now the current programs under our Women Empowerment initiative. The aim: to ensure […]
2023 is a decisive year in Zimbabwe – not only for Hivos’ work to empower women – but this August Zimbabwe is holding its Harmonized Elections (parliamentary, provincial, local and presidential elections). It is a time that offers opportunities for women in politics to step up and be recognized as leaders. Our three women’s empowerment […]
Looking towards Pride Month after having celebrated the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) on May 17, our partners in Zimbabwe are helping us raise awareness of the discrimination and violence that LGBTIQ+ people face there – and around the world. In Zimbabwe Hivos works with diverse groups, amongst which the LGBTIQ+ […]
Hivos (Southern Africa) is seeking concept notes from registered artistic collectives, creative hubs, and groups of content creators in the audio-visual sector in order to support the production of more consciously independent and self-sufficient makers.
Our new Urban Futures program is working at the intersection of urban food systems, youth well-being, and climate action. We’re happy to announce the program’s first five cities of operation.