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ODI’s Inclusive Fair Festival in Niger By Aida Toye, Voice Linking, Learning and Communications Assistant, Oxfam in Niger The first Inclusive Fair Festival by ODI, an Innovate and Learn grantee in Niger was held in Niamey in January 2020. It was dubbed Nakassa, ba kassawa ba! which means Disability is not fatal and rightly so. […]

By Rev. Timothy Murere Njoya, PHD, DD. Executive Director of Men For the Equality of Men and Women (MEW) All cultures are modifications of nature to suit human needs. Circumcision to modify the clitoris meets men’s supposed needs to own, dominate and control women. This harms the nature of the woman’s body and defiles the […]

Written by Aida Toye, Linking, Learning and Communications Assistant, Voice, Oxfam in Niger Did you know that fistula is associated with giving birth, resulting in chronic incontinence of urine and/or feces? Did you know that it is caused by prolonged obstructed labour due to inaccessible medical interventions such as C-section and forceps delivery? In Niger, […]

Or what happens when you focus on just one impact theme for all Calls for Proposals? By Emmanuel Waisai, Junior Programme Officer Voice, Tanzania  The Voice in Tanzania team just concluded a two-day kick-off meeting for its newest kids on the block: 1 Sudden Opportunity and 8 Empowerment grantees. The meeting was attended by staff […]

By: Wendy Otieno, Communications Assistant International Women’s Day (IWD) was a day to celebrate ‘Unsung Sheroes’ creating positive differences and claiming their space amongst different sectors in society.  The Ministry of the Netherlands in Tanzania in collaboration with Voice through Hivos came together to celebrate these women. They are; Women in mining Women in leadership […]

By: Phuong Anh Doan, Vice Director, HandSpeak Vietnam Are we equal? In this crazy time of the COVID-19 outbreak, information is so important. We all need to know what’s happening and how to keep ourselves safe. However, not everyone gets this information. In Vietnam, the government is doing its best in coping with the COVID-19 […]

By: Rahina Balarabé, “Belles-echos” project manager This is the story of a woman called Carhie and her two daughters. They lived in the big and beautiful village of Kofoy. Kofoy is located between the river and the desert. It is a flourishing village with many inhabitants and rich cultural diversity. Carhie is a strong and […]

Four professional sex activists explore the use of CEDAW in their work The Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers protects and promotes the health and human rights of sex workers in Asia and the Pacific. One of its main programmes is to provide a strategy to raise awareness of the Convention on the Elimination of All […]

Meet the two young drivers of change in Cambodia By: Mr. Chum Chhean, Programme Coordinator, Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) In this story, we are excited to share the journey of two youth ambassadors who are inspiring change in this community. They are Keo Bopha and Nib BebNai. They are both part of the Ending child […]

Or, what happened to Voice in 2019 and what will happen in 2020? Written by Marinke van Riet, Global Programme Manager Voice 2020 got off to a great start – with cake! On January 9, the Directors of Oxfam Novib and Hivos signed the Voice extension contract (2021-2024) with the Ambassador for Women’s Rights and […]