Hivos International

Whither goes the GCF?

Will the Green Climate Fund overlook decentralised renewable energy enterprises, or will it promote a paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate-resilient development?

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2016 Annual Report

The Hivos Annual Report shows how we gave shape to our ideals in Latin America, Africa and Asia in 2016.

 

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Knowledge Dossiers

Hivos operates at the cutting edge of developments. To stay ahead of the curve, Hivos invests in knowledge creation. Browse through our dossiers for a wealth of insights.

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Portraits in Courage

Stories of brave, determined activists who fight for MENA women’s empowerment and influence. Their dream is a just, democratic and equal society in their countries.

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Facts & Figures

Worldwide

People reached 18.7 million

Number of partner organisations 445

Number of countries 33

Total liability € 91.3 million

Offices abroad 4 regional and 6 local

Number of employees 337

News

Co-create a new strategy for Digital Defenders Partnership 2020-2023

December 20, 2017

Terms of Reference
(Send questions or Statements of Interest to ddp@hivos.org before 29 December 2017.)

Introduction

The Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP) started late 2012 by the Freedom Online Coalition...

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Bandung Food Lab: healthy food and innovative street food tools

December 19, 2017

The Bandung Food Change Lab - an exciting new social change process for a fairer, greener local food system in Bandung, Indonesia - has produced five innovative prototypes that could address common, yet often overlooked, issues affecting how low-income groups access affordable food from street...

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One is never too old to hawk fruits in Fort Portal

Kabarole District in Uganda moves to boost food production and improve nutrition

December 13, 2017

The second People’s Summit on Food was held on November 30 and December 1, 2017. It was hosted by Uganda’s Fort Portal Municipality, in cooperation with Kabarole Research and Resource Centre (KRC), ...

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Blog posts

Looking for health and value: Bandung’s food street vendors and their customers

Blog post | Amy Lumban Gaol | December 19, 2017 |
Categories: 
Sustainable Food

Health is unfair. This was the conclusion that Sterhen “Saska” Akbar, Project Coordinator of Riset Indie, came to at the end of the Knowledge Café discussion at the Bandung Food Change Lab talk show...

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We must end root causes of HIV/AIDS if we want to end HIV/AIDS

Op/Ed | Mirjam Musch | December 11, 2017 |
Categories: 
Sexual Rights and Diversity

World AIDS day on December 1 is always a global opportunity for people to unite in the fight against HIV. Back in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day. As Hivos, we...

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Women with HIV in Latin America die from violence and exclusion

Blog post | Consuelo Mora Benard | December 7, 2017 |
Categories: 
Women's Empowerment
Sexual Rights and Diversity

Accents from all corners of Latin America could be heard in a small city in Costa Rica on 20 and 21 November, when Heredia hosted the “High-Level Dialogue on Women, Human Rights and HIV”....

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