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Hivos @hivos.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Around the world, anti-rights movements are growing louder and more organized, and civic space itself is shrinking. So what does #feministleadership look like amidst rising regressive forces? The end-term evaluation (ETE) of the #WeLead program shows us 👇🏽 hivos.org/story/what-d...
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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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Hivos @hivos.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The 2023-2025 global super election cycle has been marred repeatedly by post #electoralviolence. The #EUSEE and partners invite you to a webinar on election-related violence and its implications for the enabling environment for #civilsociety in 2026. Register here: qrco.de/bgVDOk
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Hivos @hivos.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Attn #COP30! 📢New research📰: Who pays the climate bills? 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. Download here 👇🏽 hivos.org/new-research...
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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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Siân @sianishere.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I wrote a short blog about the #F4FF conference in Madrid earlier this month and why we should all care about #FinancingFeministFutures Read the article below 👇
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Siân @sianishere.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
In Madrid this week with #WalkingTheTalk as part of the #F4FF conference 📣 Together w/ feminists, activists, researchers, policymakers and government representatives from around the world 🌏 @hivos.bsky.social @equipop.bsky.social @restlessdevelopment.org
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Hivos @hivos.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
On Oct. 5, we're drawing a new #RedLine in #Amsterdam with many other org's. Following the massive Red Line demonstrations in The Hague, we're once again calling on politicians: stop the genocide in Gaza! So listen up (general elections are on Oct 29 👇🏽 rightsforum-org.translate.goog/kom-naar-de-...
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Hivos @hivos.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
In Colombia - with the highest murder rate of #HRDs in the world - our Connect, Defend, Act! program counters attempts to restrict #civicspace by strengthening civil society on three key fronts: coalition building, knowledge production, and collective action. Find out more! hivos.org/a-collective...
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A collective commitment to Afro-Colombian and Indigenous voices in Colombia
Afro-Colombian and Indigenous voices cannot simply be heard: they must be protagonists in building a just, secure, and pluralistic future.
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Hivos @hivos.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
📢 #EUSEE has launched its first Country Focus Reports! 🔍 What are they? Comprehensive, evidence-based analyses of the enabling environment for #civilsociety in 86 countries to understand local realities and support effective, context-driven advocacy 👉🏽 eusee.hivos.org/launching-co...
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Launching Country Focus Reports for an enabling environment for civil society  - Eu SEE
By Bibbi Abruzzini and Clarisse Sih, Forus, EU SEE consortium partners  The European Union System for an Enabling Environment for civil society (EU SEE) project announces the launch of its first batch...
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Hivos @hivos.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
As #Brazil's conservative backlash gathers steam, Megafone Ativismo is supporting artists, activists & journalists – especially those who fight to save the #Amazon - with graffiti murals, annual activism awards, and workshops to empower local communities👉🏽 hivos.org/story/buildi...
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Building a legacy of Amazonian climate activism - Hivos
This artivist coalition is creating recognition for Amazonian climate activists through art and awards that engage and inform Brazil's public.
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Equipop @equipop.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
🚨 New research alert 🚨 Feminist movements face rising funding cuts risking hard-won gains. Now is a critical moment to rethink how gender equality is financed. Discover 13 bold research projects → bit.ly/3TewCai #FinanceFeministFuturesNow #WalkingTheTalk
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 17/06/2025
why would anyone anywhere in the world trust anything one american government promises when this can happen to them a few years later
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Hivos @hivos.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
The future of #LGBTIQ+ rights also depends on us. We all need to show up with our money, our voices, and our actions. Because when the going's rough, when aid is cut, we don’t disappear. We organize.✊🏽 #IDAHOBIT2025 Read our op-ed in @washblade.bsky.social 👇🏽 www.washingtonblade.com/2025/05/13/t...
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The power of queer community: When aid is cut, we don’t disappear. We organize
US funding withdrawal has had global impact
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Siân @sianishere.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Over 100,000 people in The Hague drawing the red line 🍉 Free Palestine, end the genocide!
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Oxfam Novib @oxfamnovib.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
De straten kleurden rood in Den Haag. Zou Schoof het gemerkt hebben? #RodeLijn
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Siân @sianishere.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
🌈EU Citizens, please sign and share the petition to ban conversion therapy before May 17th! 📝We are 335,000 away from the threshold. Conversion therapy should be banned immediately. eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
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European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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Marco De Ponte @marcodeponte.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Thanks FO for this space. It is not just a space for @hivos.bsky.social but rather one to call for a collective effort. This is - as friends put it during the #PeoplePowerConference - no time for logos, halos, sylos, egos. Remember that united we stand, divided we beg
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Civil Society Groups Face Rising Threats From Powerful Institutions
Lawsuits and funding cuts from governments such as the US and the EU, aimed at restricting free speech, are putting pressure on global democracy.
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Siân @sianishere.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Terrifying updates from the US: buried on page 380 of the draft, is a section that would enable Trump’s secretary of the Treasury to denounce any nonprofit as a “terrorist-supporting organization” and strip it of its tax-exempt status. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/05/12/t...
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Republicans Sneak Nonprofit Killer Bill Into the Tail End of Trump’s 389-Page Tax Plan
It would give the Trump administration the power to strip the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit it deems a “terrorist-supporting organization.”
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Tal🏳️‍⚧️ ⭐️he/they @artoftalya.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
A few Palestinian YouTube channels have stopped because they were killed. These were kids. They sang songs & loved birds, and showed us the ocean. I'll never forget Medo, a young man growing a garden in the midst of a genocide. Israel killed him; he showed the world that Palestinians are human.
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Siân @sianishere.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
On May 18, we draw a red line in The Hague! 🍉 There is a genocide happening in Gaza. We demand that NL speak out and act when international law is violated and demand no Dutch complicity in Israel's war crimes. www.oxfamnovib.nl/rode-lijn @amnesty.org @azgnl.bsky.social @oxfamnovib.bsky.social
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Meld je aan: trek de rode lijn | Oxfam Novib
Premier Schoof: als u geen rode lijn trekt, dan doen wij het! Kom met ons in actie op zondag 18 mei, trek de rode lijn en eis geen Nederlandse medeplichtigheid aan Israëls oorlogsmisdaden.
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IPS Inter Press Service @ipsnews.net · 08/05/2025
Sexual and reproductive health and rights: Facts and stories must go hand in hand. Data alone can inform, but stories can transform. Both are essential to combating anti-rights narratives and creating spaces for conversations, says Mary Kuira, @hivos.bsky.social www.ipsnews.net/2025/05/spea...
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Speaking Out for SRHR: Why Lived Experiences Must Shape Policy and Practice
Advocacy for policies that protect and expand comprehensive sexuality education, safe abortion (where permitted), and youth-friendly SRHR services must not stop at international commitments. We must h...
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Siân @sianishere.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Exceptional reporting by @samtlevin.bsky.social for @theguardian.com about addiction treatment in Oregon. Hopefully these programs and their success inspire others around the world. Focusing not just on addiction, but also the need for community and connection.
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How to help people with addictions on the streets? These Oregon programs have solutions
The state has one of the highest US rates of substance use disorders and ranks last for access to treatment. These initiatives are changing what rehab looks like
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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Unable to immediately expel Gazans en masse, Israel now seems intent on forcing them into a closed-off zone and letting starvation and desperation do the rest. There's a name for that, writes Meron Rapoport: a concentration camp. www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-... @mekomit.bsky.social
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Israel’s latest vision for Gaza has a name: Concentration camp
Unable to immediately expel Gazans en masse, Israel seems intent on forcing them into a confined zone — and letting starvation and desperation do the rest.
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Siân @sianishere.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
"USAID freeze force civil society budgets to shrink by almost half" @shafimusaddique.bsky.social for Alliance Magazine on the severe impact of the USAID funding freeze on CSOs around the world. www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/usaid-f... #USAID #FundingFreeze #EUSEE
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USAID freeze force civil society budgets to shrink by almost half - Alliance magazine
A new report has laid bare the devastating ramifications of US Agency for International Development (USAID) cuts to civil society groups across the world, with an immediate financial strain and increa...
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Siân @sianishere.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
On top of all the other weird news lately, this report by @amitkatwala.bsky.social was excellent and terrifying. Do I fully understand quantum computing? No! Am I rightfully concerned? Absolutely! @tzula.bsky.social any quantum computing insights you might have?
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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, which means the future of the company’s vast trove of customer data is unknown. What does that mean for your data? My story with @lhn.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe
DNA-testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, which means the future of the company’s vast trove of customer data is unknown. Here’s what that means for your genetic data.
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Civil society organisations worldwide face political backlash after #Trump & #Musk link #USAID grantees to 'terrorism', with investigations, crackdowns – as well as loss of income, according to survey by EU SEE ⬇️ @hivos.bsky.social @hrw.org healthpolicy-watch.news/civil-societ...
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Civil Society Organisations Face Backlash After Trump, Musk Link USAID Grantees To ‘Terrorism’ - Health Policy Watch
Civil society organisations (CSOs) globally face investigation, restrictions and harassment in dozens of countries after US President Donald Trump claimed
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 25/03/2025
Israeli forces have killed Palestinian journalists Mohammed Mansour and Hossam Shabat in Gaza. In 2024, Palestinians accounted for nearly 2/3rds of all journalists killed worldwide, some of them deliberately killed by Israeli forces, per the Committee to Protect Journalists. This is no accident.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I think billionaires say bizarre and untrue things because their wealth creates a disconnect between them and the reality of society. I actually think having their level of separation from the rest of society is disqualifying for a lot of their opinions
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Teen Vogue: remains braver than almost any other news outlet at this time.
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Vivian Wilson on Being Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter, Going Viral, and Protecting Trans Youth
Elon Musk’s estranged daughter is coming into her own.
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WIRED @wired.com · 20/03/2025
"Hey Alexa, are you recording this?" Yes, the answer is yes. Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant. Let's get into it...
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Everything You Say to Your Echo Will Soon Be Sent to Amazon, and You Can’t Opt Out
Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
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404 Media @404media.co · 19/03/2025
Facial recognition company Clearview attempted to buy Social Security numbers and mugshots for its database. 🔗 www.404media.co/facial-recog...
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Facial Recognition Company Clearview Attempted to Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its Database
Clearview AI spent nearly a million dollars in a bid to purchase “690 million arrest records and 390 million arrest photos” from all 50 states, court records reveal.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 19/03/2025
In yet another crackdown on LGBT rights, Hungary’s parliament has passed a law that will outlaw LGBT Pride and similar events. The law, which penalizes organizers and attendees, also authorizes the use of facial recognition technology to identify attendees.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
USIP owns their building. DOGE is vandalizing a building the federal government DOES NOT OWN.
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Siân @sianishere.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
💸USAID’s funding freeze is dismantling human rights programs - new data from @hivos.bsky.social project #EUSEE ⚠️40% of surveyed organizations are losing 25-50% of their budgets, disrupting critical human rights programs. 🔗Read more: www.ipsnews.net/2025/03/new-... Published via @ipsnews.net
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New Survey: US Funding Freeze Triggers Global Crisis in Human Rights and Democracy
A new survey carried out by the EU System for an Enabling Environment (EU SEE) network exposes the impact of the US funding freeze on civil society organisations (CSOs) in over 50 countries. With 67% ...
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WIRED @wired.com · 18/03/2025
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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Siân @sianishere.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Great reporting @restofworld.org and @violazhou.bsky.social "Thelen came up with a stunt to disprove at least one of the No Gos’ talking points. He would show that Gotion’s products were safe. And he would do that by eating the chemicals inside its batteries." restofworld.org/2025/gotion-...
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How a Chinese battery factory sparked a political meltdown in a small Michigan town
The ambitious executives at Gotion wanted to join America’s EV gold rush. Then came geopolitics.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 13/03/2025
hate this hate this hate this I hate it I hate it
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Siân @sianishere.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
💜Some photos of the Feminist March from this past weekend. It was wonderful to see so many @hivos.bsky.social colleagues attending. 💚We must continue to come together and stand up against inequality around the world, now more than ever. Photos by myself, Vere Maagdenberg & Vera Westenberg
Demonstrators holding their hands up during the Feminist March. It is a sunny day and there is a big crowd of people holding signs. There is a protest board from Hivos that says "Speaking up for change" in the foreground.
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Hivos @hivos.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
As the backlash against women's rights, SRH rights & LGBTIQ+ rights grows, unbelievably now also in #TheNetherlands, join the #FeministMarch2025 on March 8 #IWD2025 to show solidarity, resistance, and hope! Start at Dam Square, Amsterdam @ 13:00 and march to Museumplein. #TheFutureIsFeminist! ✊🏽
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onion person @junlper.beer · 12/02/2025
i’m way too excited about a bluesky-based instagram replacement. i just really want musk / zuckerberg / all evil rich billionaires that control all online spaces to lose everything
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Hivos @hivos.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Preparing for #COP30? Then listen to and amplify #Indigenous voices! Here are the advocacy strategies for #climateaction we learned from #Amazonian communities in charge of 🌳 forest preservation and sustainable 🌴 resource management 👇🏽 hivos.org/blog/cop30-a...
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Preparing for COP30? Then listen to and amplify Amazonian Indigenous voices
Ahead of COP30, true climate action starts with Indigenous leadership—amplifying voices, honoring knowledge, and driving real change.
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Siân @sianishere.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
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onion person @junlper.beer · 19/11/2024
i love concepts and ideas
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