Statement on the cancellation of RightsCon 2026

Hivos deeply regrets the Zambian authorities’ decision to suspend the planned RightsCon 2026 conference in Lusaka.

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What does feminist leadership look like amidst rising regressive forces?  - Hivos

Around the world, hard-won gains for women’s rights are under pressure. And not only from the global backlash against these rights. Civic space itself is shrinking. Many different anti-rights movement...

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The Global Storm Facing Civil Society: How Freedom of Association Is Under Attack – and What Must Be Done – Eu SEE

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Upholding International Law, Protecting Civilians and Preventing Further Regional Escalation in the Middle East | Forus

Forus, a global network of 74 National NGO Platforms and 7 Regional NGO Coalitions, expresses deep concern about the rapidly escalating war in the Middle East. Civilian lives are being lost, humanitarian needs are intensifying, and the risk of a further escalation is growing by the hour.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Webinar: From data to action: how EU SEE data can be used to improve the enabling environment for civil society . After registering, you will receive a conf...

EN Join us for the next meeting of EU SEE: Webinar: From data to action: how EU SEE data can be used to improve the enabling environment for civil society This meeting will be simultaneously interpre...

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Ushering in the age of impunity: Venezuela, Palestine, and the end of international law

The recent sound of explosions over Venezuela, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, and Nigeria are not merely the spasms by a declining U.S. empire. They are something much more terrifying...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Election-related violence and its impact on the enabling environment: what role for civil society?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Election-related violence and its impact on the enabling environment: what role for civil society?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email...

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Gen Z and the Future of Democracy with Green MEP Catarina Vieira

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The Silent War Before COP30: How Corporations Are Weaponising the Law to Muzzle Climate Defenders

As the world prepares for the next COP30 summit, a quieter battle is raging in courtrooms. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) are the fossil-fuel industry’s new favourite weapon,...

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Trump is turning Gaza into a brutal colonial protection racket

Trump’s ‘peace plan’ will never be meaningfully realised – and was never intended to be. It is simply a way to justify prolonging Gaza’s living hell 

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New research: Who pays the climate bills?

Women across the Global South are paying the real costs of the climate crisis; not governments, and not the corporations most responsible for emissions.

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Civic Space | European Partnership for Democracy

EPD works to support civil society and improve its ability to detect and respond to changes in the enabling environment for civic space. We do so mainly through the EU SEE project.

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We Lead Safety & Security Learning Brief - Hivos

We have gathered critical insights into the evolving nature of threats faced by SRHR advocates and the mechanisms needed to effectively respond.

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Save the Children condemns ‘excruciating’ toll on Gaza’s children

<article data-history-node-id="430808" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/save-children-condemns-excruciating-toll-gazas-children" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/save-children-condemns-excruciating-toll-gazas-children" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Save the Children condemns ‘excruciating’ toll on Gaza’s children</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="119" data-start="0">Save the Children has condemned the soaring child casualties from Israel’s renewed assaults on Gaza, calling the situation “excruciating” and demanding that the ceasefire be upheld.</p> <p data-end="561" data-start="306">“After some weeks of cautious optimism and hopes of rebuilding Gaza, children and families are once again reliving scenes of fear and loss,” said Ahmad Alhendawi, the organisation’s regional director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe.</p> <p data-end="912" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="563">“This cannot become the new normal under a ceasefire. A lasting ceasefire must mean safety, relief and recovery for children, not continued suffering. It must be fully respected and upheld. We are pleading: stop this now. Protect the ceasefire, protect children, and give Gaza’s families a step towards the genuine peace they have been waiting for,” he added.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Financing for Feminist Futures: rethinking how we resource change

Financing for Feminist Futures: we must rethink now how to finance feminist work before the political tide turns even further to the right.

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Microsoft blocks Israeli spy agency's access over mass surveillance: Report

<article data-history-node-id="429193" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/microsoft-blocks-israeli-spy-agencys-access-over-mass-surveillance" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/microsoft-blocks-israeli-spy-agencys-access-over-mass-surveillance" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Microsoft blocks Israeli spy agency's access over mass surveillance: Report</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Microsoft has cut off the Israeli military's Unit 8200 over reports that the elite spy agency had violated the company’s terms of service&nbsp;by storing mass surveillance data of Palestinians in its Azure cloud platform, The Guardian has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/microsoft-blocks-israels-use-of-its-technology-in-mass-surveillance-of-palestinians">reported</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>The report said that Israeli military’s used the technology to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected data of millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank.</p> <p>Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and Vice Chair, said the company opened the review after an investigation by the Guardian newspaper alleged activity by a unit of the Israeli military.</p> <p>“We do not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians. We have applied this principle in every country around the world, and we have insisted on it repeatedly for more than two decades,” Smith said in an email to staff.</p> <p>Microsoft has informed the Israeli defence ministry of its “decision to cease and disable specified IMOD subscriptions and their services, including their use of specific cloud storage and AI services and technologies.”</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Civil society in Nepal calls for justice, accountability, protection of fundamental freedoms as country endures crisis - Eu SEE

Nepal is in the grip of its worst political crisis in years, as youth-led protests over corruption and digital freedoms have been met with lethal state violence, deepening a nationwide crisis of gover...

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FMO and OeEB invest in Hivos-Triodos Fonds

Funding will be used to invest in SMEs in developing countries

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