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Posted on | 07/07/2010

Hivos partner Tolekan Ismailova under severe threat

Hivos is concerned about the personal safety of Kyrgyz human rights defender Tolekan Ismailova, the chairwoman of Hivos partner ‘Citizens Against Corruption.'

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Posted on | 18/06/2010

June 21. 2010: World Humanist Day

21 June is World Humanist Day.Hivos and public broadcaster Human.nl produced five short films about self-willed people from various parts of the world. In the films they show how they take control over their own lives, which is an essential element of humanism. The films will be broadcasted on Netherlands 2 on june 21.

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Posted on | 16/06/2010

Jean Marc Sika blogs about the Kenya National Domestic Biogas Programme.

Our man Jean Marc Sika keeps us up to date about the Kenya National Domestic Biogas Programme. This time he tells about Peter Thuo, living in Naivasha (about 80 kms from Nairobi). Thuo has been constructing houses since 1986. In November 2009, he was selected and trained in the biogas technology by KENDBIP. And Thuo is quite succesfull ...

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Posted on | 11/06/2010

More than half a million child labourers in Indian seed production

More than half a million children in India below 18 years are growing cottonseed and vegetable seeds under hazardous conditions, including very long working hours and exposure to pesticides. These are some key outcomes of two new field-based research studies that where published today by the India Committee of the Netherlands, the International Labour Rights Forum and the campaign ‘ Stop Child Labour - School is the best place to work’.

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