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Understanding Gender-Energy Nexus Key to Renewable Energy Uptake

Gender aspects can make or break the uptake of projects

Women in Zimbabwe Face Barriers to Equal Participation in Politics

Violence, social inequalities force women out of politics

Young People Key to Uptake of Renewable Energy

Green development pathway has numerous opportunities for young people

Photo: Hivos, Caroline Wildeman speaking @ launch

Women@Work launched in Southern Africa

to improve rights of women in horticulture value chains.

Journalists Undergo Green and Inclusive Energy Training in Zimbabwe

Action 24 Launches Green Discussions Target At Youth

Forum seeks to stimulate youth participation

Hivos Southern Africa’s Internet and Human Rights Innovation Challenge

Challenge focused on how to effectively use the internet in Zimbabwe

Goodbye maize mono diet!

Zambia must diversify its food production and consumption patterns to overcome nagging challenges of hunger and malnutrition and ensure good health for all its citizens.

2015 Annual Report

The Hivos Annual Report shows how we gave shape to our ideals in Latin America, Africa and Asia in 2015.

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Facts & Figures

Southern Africa

Total liability € 9,4 million

Number of countries 3

Number of partner organisations 38

News

Southern Africa

Panos Monitors Representation of Women in Zambia's Media

23/03/2017

Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf), with support from Hivos Southern Africa, is conducting a monthly content analysis to monitor the media’s coverage of women in Zambia.

The initiative is part of the Women Empowered for Leadership (WE4L) project, in which PSAf is a partner, implementing to increase the positive public image, credibility and visibility of women leaders in Zambia.

Understanding Gender-Energy Nexus Key to Renewable Energy Uptake

22/03/2017

The heavy focus on technical aspects of renewable energy projects tends to overlook the vital gender aspects that can make or break the uptake of projects. In many cases, energy projects are treated as gender neutral based on the assumption that energy bottlenecks and solutions impact men and women in similar ways.

Women in Zimbabwe Face Barriers to Equal Participation in Politics

21/03/2017

Even though progress has been made in increasing the participation of women in politics in Zimbabwe, women's participation in government at all levels, from the local to the national, remains extremely low.

Blog posts

Civil Society Organisations Urged to Integrate Social Media into Communications Matrix

Blog post | Tafadzwa Tseisi | 24 March 2017 |

Categories:

Freedom of Expression

March 24, 2017

Hivos Southern Africa has urged civil society organizations (CSOs) to integrate social media into their communications matrix as this provides a valuable opportunity for them to reach their communications goals and new audiences more efficiently.

Why Ditching the Start-Up Pitch Is Good for Innovation

Op/Ed | Masimba Biriwasha | 21 March 2017 |

Categories:

Freedom of Expression

March 21, 2017

The start-up pitch, which involves making a rapid fire presentation of an idea followed by a question and answer session involving selected judges, is increasingly a waste of time and non-efficient in propagating the tech start up ecosystem in Zimbabwe.

Why Southern Africa Needs to Focus on Green and Inclusive Energy

Op/Ed | Masimba Biriwasha | 20 March 2017 |

Categories:

Renewable Energy

March 20, 2017

Zimbabwe's Minister of Energy and Power Development, Samuel Undenge, recently announced at the 48th Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) meeting in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe that the region will add 30 000 MW to the region between 2017 and 2022.

Understanding Gender-Energy Nexus Key to Renewable Energy Uptake

Women in Zimbabwe Face Barriers to Equal Participation in Politics

Young People Key to Uptake of Renewable Energy

Women@Work launched in Southern Africa

Journalists Undergo Green and Inclusive Energy Training in Zimbabwe

Action 24 Launches Green Discussions Target At Youth

Hivos Southern Africa’s Internet and Human Rights Innovation Challenge

Goodbye maize mono diet!

2015 Annual Report

Knowledge Dossiers

Facts & Figures

News

Panos Monitors Representation of Women in Zambia's Media

Understanding Gender-Energy Nexus Key to Renewable Energy Uptake

Women in Zimbabwe Face Barriers to Equal Participation in Politics

Blog posts

Civil Society Organisations Urged to Integrate Social Media into Communications Matrix

Why Ditching the Start-Up Pitch Is Good for Innovation

Why Southern Africa Needs to Focus on Green and Inclusive Energy

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