KIOS office is saddened to share the news of the passing of Kenyan human rights activist, Mr. Odindo Opiata. Opiata, the director of Hakijamii Centre for Social and Cultural Rights, was succumbed to cancer in Nairobi August 16th. During the Moi-era, Opiata was among the pioneers in Kenya to advocate for democracy and to end […]
KIOS is happy to share the news that Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan, a leading human rights lawyer from Bangladesh, has been awarded with the 31st Annual Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. “The award recognizes his courageous work uncovering the most serious human rights violations in Bangladesh and initiates a partnership to support his efforts […]
The Finnish NGO Foundation for Human Rights KIOS organizes an event on the promotion of the rights of people with disabilities in Nepal. In the event a Nepalese disability rights activist Krishna Gautam shares experiences of his work as an activist and of his life as a person with physical disability living in Nepal. The […]
Dr. Ulla Anttila has been appointed Executive Director of the Finnish NGO Foundation for Human Rights KIOS. She has been acting Executive Director of KIOS since September 2011. Ulla Anttila holds a Master in Social Sciences and a Ph.D. (Military Sciences). Her Ph.D. thesis, published in 2012, focused on human security, crisis management and learning. […]
KIOS has released a seminar publication regarding the right food. The seminar IMPLEMENTING HUMAN RIGHTS BASED APPROACH: The Case of Right to Food was held in the fall of 2012. The report sums up the presentations that were held in the international seminar concerning the promotion of the right to food. KIOS organised the seminar […]
Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo often feature brutal and systematic violence against women and children. In despite of legislative renovations the authorities’ ignorance, as well as the culture of impunity, are maintaining the spiral of violence.
Gerald Kankya, Programme Coordinator and a founding member of Twerwaneho Listeners Club (TLC), has won the 2012 European Union Human Rights Defender (HRD) Award in Uganda.
The KIOS Partners’ regional conference jointly organised by EHAHRDP and the Finnish NGO Foundation for Human Rights (KIOS) brought together KIOS partners from six focus countries in Eastern Africa.
Securing the security of human rights defenders is one of the biggest challenges of human rights work. The work of human rights defenders has always been challenging in Pakistan, but recently the situation has deteriorated.
KIOS’ new strategy for 2011—2015 was approved by KIOS’ Board meeting 16th December 2010 and entered into force from the beginning of 2011. The Board had started developing the new strategy already in 2008 and finished at the end of 2010. The new strategy is based on the former strategy (2004—2010) and takes simultaneously into […]
Founding organizations have appointed KIOS’ Board for 2011. Chairman: Anne Romar, Kepa Vice-Chairman: Jani Seikkula, Finnish Refugee Council Board Members 2011 Jussi Förbom, Amnesty International Finnish Section Hanna-Mari Savolainen, The Committee of 100 in Finland Eija Alajarva, Finn Church Aid Kristiina Kouros, The Finnish League for Human Rights Esa Ylikoski, Finnish Peace Committee Jani Seikkula, Finnish Refugee […]
KIOS – Youth Alive! Kenya Partnership Programme has been a success from the point of view of its stakeholders: KIOS, YAK and the participating groups, points out an evaluation carried out recently. The evaluation recommends that KIOS and YAK continue implementing the Programme also in the future.
Since 2008, KIOS has supported NAWOU in seeking to promote women’s rights in Uganda. NAWOU’s projects have increased the knowledge of human rights, women’s participation in decision-making, and their leadership skills.
Women and women human rights defenders are widely discriminated against in Nepal, even by male human rights defenders. Since 2006, KIOS’ project partner WOREC has with KIOS’ support improved the status of women human rights defenders and women’s rights in general.
For the strategic period 2011 – 2015 KIOS focuses its funding to its focus countries in Eastern Africa and South Asia. Funding cannot be granted for projects in other countries and applications coming from any other country outside of focus countries will not be registered. Afghanistan Bangladesh Burundi North and South Kivu in Democratic Republic […]
[:en]Kenian taloudellisesta kasvusta huolimatta taloudellisten ja sosiaalisten oikeuksien toteutuminen Kenian slummialueilla on edelleen heikkoa. Hallituksen ja paikallisviranomaisten toimet ongelmien ratkaisemiseksi ovat olleet riittämättömiä. [:fi]Kenian taloudellisesta kasvusta huolimatta taloudellisten ja sosiaalisten oikeuksien toteutuminen Kenian slummialueilla on edelleen heikkoa. Hallituksen ja paikallisviranomaisten toimet ongelmien ratkaisemiseksi ovat olleet riittämättömiä. [:]
