KIOS participated at the World Village Festival 23rd to 24th May 2009 in Helsinki, Finland. This year KIOS’ exhibited a part of “Human Rights Defender as a profession” exhibition, which show cased the work of three human rights defenders in Uganda, Kenya and Asia. Saturday was a rainy day, but the sunny weather on Sunday […]
The Summary highlights the most important activities of the foundation in 2008, including information on project funding, project monitoring and organisational development work.
The eleven founder organisations of KIOS have nominated their representatives to the KIOS Executive Board for the year 2009. The newly appointed Executive Board had its first meeting of the year on 28 January 2009.
Project Coordinators Kristiina Vainio and Ylva Sjöblom from KIOS visited India and Nepal from 22 November to 11 December 2008.
In Kenya, politically motivated torture exists especially in police cells and prisons. The victims of torture are often poor or unemployed, and because of their status, unable to demand for their rights.
KIOS Director Elisa Mikkola and Project Coordinator Sari Naskinen visited Kenya and Tanzania 18 November – 3 December 2008.
KIOS celebrated its 10-year anniversary on 12th December in Helsinki. Anniversary was celebrated by all three foundations funding civil societies’ projects in developing countries.
Women’s Rehabilitation Center Nepal (WOREC) is a non-governmental organization combatting HIV/AIDS and trafficking in human beings, and promoting the rights of women and children. WOREC seeks to strengthen the actors at grassroots level as well as affect legal and political reforms.
The status of young people has always been weak in Kenya, even though majority of the population is under-aged. Youth Alive! Kenya is an organization for young people, providing children and adolescents an opportunity to improve their quality of life.
Economic and Social Rights Centre Hakijamii is one of the few organizations in Kenya promoting economic and social rights. Hakijamii aims to promote the rights of slums’ inhabitants in Nairobi and Kisumu among others by training, campaigning and doing information work.
National Association of Women Organisations in Uganda (NAWOU) is one of the biggest women organisations in Uganda. NAWOU has had an important role in drafting the new Ugandan constitution, which takes account of gender equality remarkably well. KIOS met NAWOU’s executive director Peace T. Kyamureku, who is one of the most known human rights defenders in Uganda.
Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) is an Asian network of human rights organizations promoting democratization of Asia among others by conducting election observations, campaigning and research. KIOS met Thai Somsri Hananuntasuk, who has worked for ANFREL for over ten years. Ms. Hananuntasuk described her work as an election observer.
Democracy cannot be dictated from the outside – it is a long process that needs to originate from the grassroots. This was stated in the 10-year anniversary seminar hosted by KIOS on 21st to 22nd October 2008.
KIOS participated for the second time in World Village Festival in Helsinki 24th to 25th May 2008. At the festival KIOS presented funded projects among others in Kenya, Uganda, Nepal, Pakistan and Ethiopia.
Executive Director Ms. Elisa Mikkola and Project coordinator Ms. Sari Naskinen from KIOS visited Uganda and Ethiopia for two weeks in April-May 2008.
KIOS has published the English Summary of its Annual Report 2007. The Summary highlights the most important activities of the foundation in 2007, including information on project funding, project monitoring and organisational development work.
The eleven founder organisations of KIOS have nominated their representatives to the KIOS Executive Board for the year 2008. The newly appointed Executive Board had its first meeting of the year on 26 February 2008. Mr. Esa Ylikoski representing Finnish Peace Committee was re-elected as the Chairperson of the Foundation, the position which he has […]
For 2007-2008 KIOS prioritizes applications coming from the following countries in Eastern Africa and South Asia: Burundi, DRC, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maledives, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Tibet.
Children’s rights, especially their right to education, were widely violated during the armed conflict between Maoist insurgents and security forces in Nepal in 1996—2006. Schools were used as base camps, destroyed or closed for long periods of time, and young students were recruited into insurgent forces.
In 2006, Palestinian Jerusalemite Nasser applied for a family reunification permit from the Israeli Ministry of the Interior. A few months after submitting the application, Nasser and his wife, who holds a West Bank ID card, were stopped in East Jerusalem by Israeli police.
