Technical Brief: Navigating Age of Access to SRHR Services in East and Southern Africa
The Regional SRHR Fund’s latest technical brief aims to support an evidence-led advocacy process by focusing on age of access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) services for adolescents in selected Eastern and Southern African countries. By analyzing current legal and policy frameworks, the brief explores how age of access regulations impact the ability of adolescents and young people to secure essential SRHR […]
Climate Bills: Research and Policy Recommendations
Hivos and local partners in Brazil and Zambia conducted mixed-methods research with 236 households to better understand how climate change is reshaping daily life, budgets, emotional wellbeing, and survival strategies.
In this report about the first phase of the Urban Futures program, you will read about results that mark the beginning of youth-led food system transformation.
New research reveals a systemic and invisible injustice: women and low-income families across the Global South are paying the real costs of the climate crisis; not governments, and not the corporations most responsible for emissions.
Through the VCA program, Hivos has supported 12 local organizations in Zambia addressing the water, food, energy, health, and gender impacts of climate change. In this publication, we look at the program’s impact and achievements.
Joint statement on defending girls’ rights on ending child marriage in the SADC region
The undersigned organization are gravely concerned that every year, 12 million girls are married or in unions worldwide with an estimated 640 million girls and women alive today who were married as children.
The Resources of Open Minds (R.O.O.M.) program is a great example of how creativity can challenge the status quo. This is the program’s Annual Report 2024.
Ending in 2024, the R.O.O.M. program empowered creators across Africa and the Middle East to amplify diverse, alternative ethical and social narratives in societies where public space continues to shrink. This is the program’s final synthesis report.
In this newsletter, you can read stories from the Women and Youth Inclusion for Equality program about increased participation of women and youth at all levels of political and civic life in Zimbabwe.
