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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Biodiversity Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Coorporate Accountability Culture Development Energy Environment Food Governance HIV/AIDS Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Justice Media Micro-Credit Minority Rights Social Development Sustainable Development Women/gender Equality Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Capacity building Human rights of women Policy advice Research Violence against women Women and the economy Women in power and decision-making Social Development: Cooperative Indigenous issues Information and Communications Technologies Sustainable Development: Agriculture Biodiversity Capacity-building Climate change Energy Finance Forests Gender equality Protecting and managing the natural resources Rural Development
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Zambia Indonesia Costa Rica Malawi Peru Iraq Ecuador Honduras Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Botswana Lebanon South Africa Guatemala Iran (Islamic Republic of) India Netherlands Nicaragua Kyrgyzstan Syrian Arab Republic Uganda Cuba Zimbabwe Kenya El Salvador Timor-Leste Ghana
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Promote gender equality and empower women Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Mission Statement: Hivos is a development organisation guided by humanist values. Together with civil society organisations in developing countries, Hivos contributes to a free, fair and sustainable world. A world in which women, men and children have equal access to opportunities and resources for development Our projects are aimed at enabling people to participate actively and equally in the decision-making processes that determine their lives and their society. In this way, Hivos gives people a voice. Hivos trusts in the creativity and capacity of people. Quality, cooperation and innovation are core values in Hivos’ business philosophy. Hivos is committed to poor and marginalised people in Africa, Asia and Latin America. A structural and lasting improvement in these people’s lives is the ultimate measure for the work and efforts of Hivos. One of the guiding principles of our philosophy is strengthening the social position of women. The Hivos Rights & Citizenship programme helps citizens and their representative organisations to create a society in which everyone can participate freely and fully regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. Countervailing power, equal rights and access to decision-making processes are self-evident in such a society. Hivos focuses in particular on strengthening social movements such as the women's movement, the LGBT movement and people who advocate the rights of indigenous peoples and other ethnic or caste minorities.
Year established:	1968
Organizational structure:	Head Office in The Hague, 6 regional Offices in La Paz, San José, Nairobi, Harare, Bangalore and Jakarta.
Number and type of members:	250 staff worldwide
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Eurostep/Concord, Alliance2015
Funding structure:	Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Donations and grants from domestic sources Grants from Governments Foreign and international grants

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