Winnie Masai from KIOS’s partner organisation InformAction will be interviewed at the World Village Festival in Helsinki. The programme “From underdogs to a force for change” will be streamed online on Saturday 27 May at 12:10 pm EET at the festival website.
TOR for conducting a baseline survey and situation analysis on the development environment and capacity needs of grassroots based organisations in Kenya.
KIOS Board of Directors for the year 2023 has been appointed. Ms. Auli Starcks continues as Chair of the Board and Mr. Juho Aalto was selected as Vice-Chair. The new Board of Directors was selected on Monday February 13. A new member was added to the board: Academy Research Fellow in Global Development Studies and […]
The KIOS Foundation stands in solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) persons across the globe. We are proud to fund activists fighting for LGBTIQ+ rights in East Africa and South Asia.
The KIOS Annual Report 2021 shows how activists managed to continue their human rights work, even in the situation where Covid-19 pandemic was still ongoing. Last year, KIOS funded 41 human rights projects of programmes in East Africa and South Asia.
The elections to be held next week have already increased the amount of fake news spreading online. Kenya has often seen violence after the election results. The organisation that reports on election violence says that it is especially concerned about the violence directed at the demonstrators by the police.
The decriminalization of homosexuality has and would affect the position of the LGBTIQ+ community in Finland and around the world. Two activists from Finland and Kenya tell us how.
The seminar organised by the KIOS Foundation and the Siemenpuu Foundation discussed, among other things, green colonialism, the rights of indigenous peoples and the safety of activists.
KIOS is opening a call for human rights grant proposals for organisations in Nepal. The focus is on gender equality, non-discrimination and the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Smaller organisations with limited funding opportunities are encouraged to apply.
The Kenyan environmental human rights defender Phyllis Omido comes to Finland for the World Village Festival in Helsinki in May. Ms. Omido and will talk about the plight of environmental defenders and ways forward together with Iiris Laisi, an activist in Extinction Rebellion Finland. Environmental defenders are leading the struggle for a more sustainable future […]
Too often authoritarian states are denying human rights organisations entry to UN debates. KIOS has joined a global campaign that calls for states to take civil society participation seriously when they vote for new members to the UN body that controls NGO accreditations.
Without an identity card, it is difficult to get a formal job in Kenya, for example. An NGO called Haki na Sheria helps the double registered and is happy with the great result.
KIOS has a new Board for 2022. Auli Starck was appointed as the chair of the Board and Mariko Sato was appointed as the vice-chair. Both have a strong experience in development issues.
KIOS warmly welcomes our new staff members Kati Ruskola, Julia Koskinen, Nora Luoma and Lotta Jokinen. Ms. Kati Ruskola started as an expert in charge of KIOS’ programme in Nepal. Ms. Julia Koskinen and Ms. Nora Luoma are new programme officers. Our communications team got a new member when Ms. Lotta Jokinen started as communications […]
An irrigation project to help fight poverty in Uganda has led to conflicts between the authorities and the locals. The project, which is supported by the African Development Bank and the Nordic Development Fund, seeks to expel the local population from their lands in Pakwach district. Many people have been shot and injured by the […]
KIOS Annual Report 2020 shows how activists managed to continue their human rights work, even in the midst of a pandemic. Last year, KIOS funded 40 human rights projects of programs in East Africa and South Asia.
Watch the recording of Mr. Maina Kiai’s talk at the World Village Festival! Former UN Special Rapporteur Mr. Maina Kiai talked about the future of human rights in a post-pandemic world in an online event produced by KIOS for the World Village Festival in Helsinki in May. Kiai spoke on the effects of the pandemic […]
Has the Era of Human Rights Passed? Kenyan human rights defender and former UN Special Rapporteur Mr. Maina Kiai talks about the future of human rights in a post-pandemic world. Were we too optimistic about the triumph of human rights? What has changed and how can we defend human rights and civic space together? Maina Kiai’s talks […]
