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KIOS on holiday in July
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…
KIOS 20 years – celebrating the achievements and the unyielding nature of human rights work
KIOS partner UCCA in the spotlight. Popularizing Corporate Social Responsibility as a Social License to Operate in Uganda: What about Corporate Accountability? “Corporate accountability…
Building a just world with corporate accountability?
Come to listen, how corporate accountability work contributes to the building of a more just world. KIOS organizes a panel discussion at the World Village Festival…
KIOS 20 years – celebrating the achievements and the unyielding nature of human rights work
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…
KIOS 20 years – celebrating the achievements and the unyielding nature of human rights work
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,…
KIOS Call for Proposals 2018
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…
Welcoming Terhi Aaltonen as acting Executive Director of KIOS from the beginning of February
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…
Save the Date: Open Call for Proposals in February
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…
Realizing the right to health in Uganda
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…
Working for the rights of indigenous communities in DRC
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…
Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights seminar on 16th May
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…
Hidden tradition – girl child beading in Samburu communities
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…
New KIOS Board of Directors Elected
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…
A long-term partner of KIOS, East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project EHAHRDP, supports the valuable work of Human Rights Defenders
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…
Human rights defenders are under a serious attack – there is need for serious support
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…
Ms. Hina Jilani, internationally well-known Pakistani human rights lawyer and co-founder of KIOS partner organization AGHS Legal Aid Cell, elected as new president of OMCT
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…
First report assessing risks faced by women human rights defenders published in Pakistan.
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…
The work of five Burundian human rights organizations has been suspended – Government of Burundi is withdrawing from its human rights obligations
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.…
Business and Human Rights – a Handbook for Human Rights Defenders Published
Toolkit by International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) aims to foster positive engagement between human rights defenders and business. ISHR has published a manual for human…
Harassment by Bangladesh Authorities against Odhikar Continues
A key human rights NGO, Odhikar, was subject to accusations of money laundering by the authorities of Bangladesh. The NGO has been under attack by the…
Helsinki Media Arts Upper Secondary School Donates for Nepal Schools
Funds collected in Voluntary Work Day Campaign are being channeled for three local schools in Nepal. In cooperation with KIOS and its partner INSEC, the funds…
World Village Festival brought people together
KIOS participated in the annual World Village festival in the Market of Possibilities Tent. Among other things, we presented a quiz, asking the audience, which human…
One Year of Violence in Burundi – Last Week to Support KIOS’ Crowdfunding Campaign
Burundi has undergone a year of violent crisis. So far no end have been seen for grave human rights violations. KIOS’ Burundi-crowdfunding campaign continues until May…
KIOS is Raising Awareness and Crowd-funding for Burundi
Burundi is in danger of facing another civil war. The crisis began as the country’s president clung on power. KIOS’ Burundi campaign raises funds for the…
Honduran Human Rights Defender Berta Cáceres Murdered
Awarded Honduran human rights defender Berta Cáceres has been murdered. Cáceres was one of the leading opposing figures of the Agua Zarcan hydroelectric plant project, which…
Remedies Needed for the Shrinking Space for Civil Society
The former president of Finland, Tarja Halonen, emphasized the importance of civil society in the launch event of the KIOS seminar report. The event brought together…
The Closing Space – KIOS Seminar Report to Be Pusblished
KIOS publishes its seminar report on February 16th. The launch event is titled Closing Space – The Growing Global Challenges of Human Rights Work. During the…
Burundi Government Suspending Central Human Rights NGOs
The government of Burundi has suspended the activities of ten non-governmental organizations in the country, including six major human rights organizations. The bank accounts of the…
Burundi’s Crisis Alarming
Burundi has fallen into a domestic political chaos over the past year after the current President Pierre Nkurunziza announced his decision to run for a third…
Maailma.net: Bangladeshi Human Rights Defender Pleads EU for Action
Maailma.net writes about the challenges of human rights defenders, interviewing bangladeshi human rights defender Adilur Rahman Khan. Read the story here