By Nana Zulu (Regional Director Hivos Southern Africa) The last few days have been a hive of activism, raising awareness around the devastating impacts of gender-based violence (GBV) and the needed actions to ensure its eradication. Key in ensuring this becomes a reality is addressing GBV and its debilitating impacts on women and girls. More […]
By Lizwe Chitanganya (Hivos Southern Africa Communications Officer) and Melony Chisanga (Kalemba Multimedia) The just-ended United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, offered an occasion to mobilize and lobby for solutions to the various global climate crises that we face. Hivos attended the conference in a bid to be part of the various […]
The Regional SRHR Fund developed a Malawi Age of Consent contextual analysis with the aim to support the undertaking of an evidence-led advocacy process by focusing on age of consent barriers to adolescents’ access to SRH services in Malawi.
Teddy Munyimani is a human rights activist and Free to be Me Community of Action facilitator in Zimbabwe. We sat down for a chat to get a behind-the-scenes look at his activism and his role in the program.
Through the Regional Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (R-SRHR) Fund, Zambia Youth Platform (ZYP) conceptualized the “Enhanced Youth Action Project” aimed at enhancing adolescent access to SRHR information and services.
In Zimbabwe, one in three girls is married off before they reach the age of 18. Most of the causes of child marriages are preventable and are caused by a myriad of interlinked factors.
This paper underlines why money should flow to the local level and showcases promising examples of locally-led climate solutions. It shows ways for international donors and funds, as well as for intermediaries, to increase and secure the effective flow of financial resources to the local level.
Our Resource of Open Minds (R.O.O.M.) program in Zimbabwe hosted a forum titled “Traditional Beer, Mbira and Cultural Criticality: A Zimbabwean Story” that explored theory on past practices and their influence on society, modern critical art, and the media. Significance of traditional beer and the mbira Traditional beer brewing and playing the mbira (a musical […]
About Hivos Hivos is an international development organization guided by humanist values. Together with citizens and their organizations, we aim to contribute towards just, inclusive and life sustaining societies where people have equal access to opportunities, rights and resources. Hivos firmly believes in every person’s right to live in freedom and dignity, to enjoy equal […]
On October 28 and in November, 2022, Hivos’ African Crossroads will organize its fifth edition. The theme of this year’s gathering is “African Crossroads 2.0”.
This October 11, 2022, we join the world in celebrating the International Day of the Girl Child. The day celebrates every step made for the development of girls’ rights and looks forwards to how the future can be shaped to empower more girls and young women.
Our She Leads II program recently held a two-day Linking and Learning event in Harare, Zimbabwe, for partners and stakeholders. As we prepare for the closure of She Leads (Phase II), this gathering was an opportunity to reflect and share key takeaways and lessons from the women leaders who participated in the program. She Leads […]