KIOS partner KISORA in the spotlight. Kisumu at the center of human rights development The new governance structures in Kenya give room for effective people’s participation. People have the right to participate in determining the development plans of the counties. In Kisumu, KIOS partner KISORA works with local communities in order to enhance […]
KIOS office will be closed during the last two weeks of July (from the 16th to 27th July). The office calms down already in the last week of June when some of the personnel start their summer leave. Everyone will be back in the office after the first week of August. During the weeks when […]
KIOS partner UCCA in the spotlight. Popularizing Corporate Social Responsibility as a Social License to Operate in Uganda: What about Corporate Accountability? “Corporate accountability has to be more than mere voluntary acts of good will.” This is one crucial issue,which we at the Uganda Consortium on Corporate Accountability underline. The quote below is […]
KIOS partner Childspace in the spotlight. Proud of our culture and language – ending the cycle of poverty with education. “I was born into an extremely poor village of farmers who lived in a remote hilly region of Nepal. These farmers were Tamang Indigenous people, who have been oppressed for centuries.” As a schoolboy, I […]
KIOS partner LOSAUK in the spotlight. Our eyes – our movement: Challenges and achievements of LOSAUK and the hijra, transgender, movement in Bangladesh. “Here in Bangladesh, no gentleman wants to sit beside us in a bus, but they sit in India. They address us mashi (aunty), and they feel that sitting beside a hijra is […]
The KIOS call for proposals has opened on the 14th February. The deadline for reception of the applications is 20th March at 24:00h (UTC+2). We are looking for new partners from Eastern Africa and South Asia. You can find the details of the call, the eligibility criteria, the instructions and the application forms from our […]
KIOS Executive Director Ulla Anttila will take research leave from the beginning of February. Terhi Aaltonen will take on from there to lead the human rights work at KIOS. Terhi has a long experience with human rights and development work. Especially questions related to HIV, health rights and equality have been at the core of […]
Note! Call for proposals has been posponed till later date in February. Please follow KIOS webpage for updates. KIOS will open a call for proposals on 5th of February. The application form will be available at the beginning of the open call along with more detailed instructions and criteria. Tentatively, the call will open […]
Center for Health, Human Rights and Development CEHURD is a Ugandan organization founded in 2007 working on issues related to right to health. KIOS has supported the work of CEHURD since 2011. With KIOS support, CEHURD has been training journalists on health rights, initiated strategic legal cases and trained grassroots health advocates. CEHURD has a […]
Batwa and Bambuti are the indigenous Pygmy groups living in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Batwa and Bambuti are often marginalized and poor and face a lot of discrimination. When it comes to access to justice, these populations are most times very vulnerable. They have also suffered a great deal in the conflicts of eastern […]
KIOS Spring Seminar CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS Time: Tuesday, MAY 16 th 2017, at 8:15–15:45 Place: Kuntatalo, Toinen Linja 14, 00530 Helsinki Registration open until Friday 5th of May. Corporates have an essential role in making equality, human rights and sustainable development a reality. Corporate Responsibility is at the heart of Finland’s development policy […]
Beading tradition, female genital mutilation and early marriages are intertwined in Samburu communities. KIOS partner organisation Samburu Women Trust (SWT) changes perceptions towards these harmful cultural practices in Kenya. Campaigns against female genital mutilation (FGM) have been widespread in Kenya and around the world. There are various universal agreements on human rights, like The Convention […]
The founding organizations of KIOS Foundation elected new KIOS Board of Directors for the next two years. The newly elected Chair of the KIOS Board is Outi Hannula (Kepa) and Vice-Chair is Eva-Marita Rinne-Koistinen (Finn Church Aid). The Board of KIOS has the responsibility of overseeing the activities and of managing the funds of KIOS. […]
The space of civil society has been diminishing in many East African countries and defending human rights has become even life threatening in some cases. The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) has been promoting the safety and work of human rights defenders (HRDs) for over a decade. In that rather […]
Andrew Anderson was elected as Front Line Defenders’ new Executive Director this fall and he started with the new post on 1st of November. With KIOS invitation he visited Finland for the first time in the first days of December. He discussed the work of HRDs and the donors and international support in KIOS publication […]
Award winning and widely respected human rights defender Ms. Hina Jilani was elected as the new president of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) at the organization’s General Assembly meeting in Geneva in the end of November 2016. OMCT is the leading international umbrella organisation in the fight against torture. In addition to global advocacy […]
Human rights organization DCHD in Pakistan has made a research, funded by KIOS foundation, which shows that women human rights defenders (WHRD) are exposed to various risks in Pakistan. Human rights work in itself in Pakistan is a risky business, but the report shows that women human rights defenders often face higher risks just because […]
The Government of Burundi has suspended the work of five Burundian organizations. The ordinance was signed by the Interior Ministry of Burundi on 19th October 2016. All of the five suspended organizations are prominent human rights actors. The ordinance given by the Interior Ministry of Burundi on 19th October states, that the existence of […]
