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Posted on | 15/02/2011

Rights-based versus Market-based Development: A false dichotomy for small-scale Farmers?

After a very insightful first provocative seminar on smallholders and the ‘pro-poor markets’ agenda in The Hague in September 2010, the second seminar ‘Rights-based versus Market-based Development: A false dichotomy for small-scale Farmers?’ in this travelling series initiated by Hivos and IIED is being organized in Stockholm on March 3rd, 2011 (12.30-16.30 European Central Time).

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Posted on | 04/02/2011

Mr. Rosenthal, please take your leading position to stop human rights violation in Iran

This is an open letter to the Dutch Foreign Minister Rosenthal, written by Shadi Sadr founder and executive director of Hivos partner Justice for Iran. Hivos has been working to improve the rights of women in Iran for many years. "Full commitment of the Dutch government and European Union is indispensible in this process", says Manuela Monteiro, director of Hivos. "Therefore, Hivos fully endorses this letter."

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Posted on | 01/02/2011

Indonesian government must take action against religious violence

In the past year, Indonesia has experienced 39 cases of interreligious tensions around places of worship. The number of incidents has more than doubled compared to 2009. Despite this alarming trend, the government has chosen to play down the matter.

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Posted on | 26/01/2011

Why Tunisia and Not Iran

In Tunisia, a small, homogeneous state on the southern Mediterranean, a popular uprising forced the overthrow of a long-ruling dictator in early 2011. Ruthless repression of mass protests failed. In just one month, Tunisians ousted an entrenched authoritarian regime.

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