With deep sadness Hivos learned about the passing away of Shivananda Khan, founder of Naz Foundation International (NFI) and APCOM, the Asia-Pacific Coalition on male sexual health.

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In more than 80 countries around the world, loving someone of the same sex is still considered illegal, at times involving lifetime imprisonment, and in nine countries it is even punishable by deat

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Although youth make up a disproportionately high percentage of those infected by HIV/Aids worldwide, their perspectives and experiences regarding sexuality, sexual diversity and HIV/Aids remain lar

Mazen Darwish

Hivos is gravely concerned about the terrorism charges facing Mazen Darwish and his colleagues of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), a Hivos partner since 201

Update : On May 10 2013, thirty years after the original events, former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity.

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Hivos’ Stop Child Labour campaign played host to child activists from 24 countries at the annual Stop Child Labour conference held from 16-19 April 2013 in Kampala, Uganda.

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Tactical Tech Collective and Mideast Youth are both winners in the Best of Blo

“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” This famous quote from Apple founder Steve Jobs captures the spirit of an ambitious new initiative called

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Hivos and the Kenya Media Programme (KMP), working with KMP partner the Media Council of Kenya, have launched Kenya’s first ever survey on the working conditions facing Kenyan journalists.

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Over 400 participants, including nearly 100 speakers from every region of the world, will gather in San José, Costa Rica from 2 to 4 May to celebrate the 20th anniversary of World Press

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