Articles
What it takes to preserve the rainforest
When global leaders gather at the Oslo Tropical Forest Forum, there needs to be a focus on human rights. Efforts to preserve the tropical forest will only succeed if local communities, indigenous peoples' organisations and local organisations help to set the agenda and receive support for forest conservation in their own areas.
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Labour, for ‘Bread and Roses’
NHRF's grantee partner, the Archana Women's Centre (AWC) in Kerala, India, works on the empowerment of women in labour. For Thressiamma the founder of AWC, the main challenge is the release of women from the patriarchal mindset. The extensive work covers trainings, creating opportunities and cooperative societies. AWC’s work has demonstrated the importance of financial independence on women’s lives.
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Everything that happens in the forests ends up affecting all of us
What makes forests so important? Forests are the lungs of the planet: they cover one third of the earth's land surface with 4.06 billion hectares, equivalent to the combined areas of Brazil, Canada, China and the United States.
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The path is clear: The work of Women Human Rights Defenders is essential for promoting human rights
It is extremely important to #InvestInWomen Human Rights Defenders and their organisations to increase their full, equal and meaningful participation as key actors in peacebuilding, defence of territory and the environment.
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Oslo as a breathing space city for human rights defenders: FALL 2023
The Breathing Space City Programme had its second round of participants in the fall of 2023. Find some impressions from their stay in this article.
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2024 – A crucial year for human rights and those who defend them
January is almost over, and NHRF's Executive Director, Ingeborg Moa, has taken some time to reflect on what our plans and hopes are for 2024 here at the Norwegian Human Rights Fund and the values that will guide our work going forward.
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