Scope: Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Tunisia
Location: Beirut, Lebanon, Hivos regional Hub.
Hours: fulltime (36 hours)
ABOUT HIVOS AND FREE TO BE ME
Hivos is an international organization that seeks new solutions to persistent global issues. With smart projects in the right places, we oppose discrimination, inequality, abuse of power and the unsustainable use of our planet’s resources. Counterbalance alone, however, is not enough. Our primary focus is achieving structural change. This is why we cooperate with innovative businesses, citizens and their organizations. We share a dream with them of sustainable economies and inclusive societies.
Free to Be Me is an ambitious, daring and innovative program that will help build and maintain a vibrant LGBTIQ+ movement that is confident and capable to lobby and advocate for their human and economic rights. The program is led by an alliance of three consortium members – Hivos (the lead party), ILGA World and Positive Vibes – and three
LGBTQ+ Refugees Call for Safety After Spate of Homophobic Attacks in Kenyan Camp globalcitizen.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalcitizen.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Ethiopians who fled the ongoing fighting in Tigray region gather to receive relief aid at the Um-Rakoba camp on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Kassala state, Sudan, 17 December 2020. - Reuters
LGBT+ people living in a refugee camp in northwestern Kenya urged UN officials on Friday to move them to a safer area following a series of homophobic attacks by other residents and locals.
The refugees, who come from countries including Uganda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, said a section of the Kakuma camp occupied by 135 LGBT+ refugees had been attacked at least five times since the start of the year.
LGBT+ refugees call on U N for safe space after Kenya camp attacks reuters.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reuters.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.