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Read more about the reflections on 2024 in the Annual Report ➡️ www.bothends.org/en/Whats-new...

Time for some fun today! Together with @somoamsterdam.bsky.social we've formed a team to compete in the Dutch Charity Cup as team BESO

#CharityCup #football

Both ENDS: Both ENDS and Global Witness condemn harassment of anti-reclamation activists in Manila Bay Global Witness and Both ENDS strongly condemn the reported of harassment and surveillance by the Armed Forces of the Philippines of environmental activists and fishing communities in Navotas, ...

🌊 Manila Bay is a hotspot for destructive land reclamation; like the Dutch-backed New Manila Airport. Global Witness and Both ENDS condemn reports of harassment and military surveillance of fishers and activists in Navotas.

Defending the coast shouldn’t be a crime: www.bothends.org/en/Whats-new...

Een drama voor boeren hier én daar - Vice Versa Het handelsakkoord met Zuid-Amerika is slecht voor boeren, klimaat en biodiversiteit, hier én daar: tijd om dit akkoord definitief van tafel te vegen, vindt Fernando Hernandez, senior beleidsmedewerke...

🚫 Het EU-#Mercosur handelsakkoord is slecht voor boeren, klimaat en biodiversiteit. Collega Fernando Hernandez luidt de noodklok: het akkoord ondermijnt duurzame landbouw, vergroot ongelijkheid en versnelt ontbossing. 👉 Lees meer bij Vice Versa: viceversaonline.nl/2025/07/09/e...

At UNCCD COP16, we raised our voices for land rights and launched a new 3-year project with Drynet & IUCN to boost civil society’s role in land restoration. 🌱
📘 Discover more inspiring success stories in our 2024 Annual Report: annualreport.bothends.org/collective-a...

Both ENDS: Reactie FGG Alliantie op beleidskader ‘Focus’: Belangenbehartiging - internationaal en in Nederland - cruciaal voor eerlijke handel Op 27 juni 2025 presenteerde demissionair minister Veldkamp via een Kamerbrief de contouren van het nieuwe subsidiekader ‘Focus’. Met de voorgangers van dit beleidskader, Samenspraak en Tegenspraak...

Reactie FGG Alliantie op beleidskader ‘Focus’: Belangenbehartiging - internationaal en in Nederland - cruciaal voor eerlijke handel. Lees meer: www.bothends.org/nl/Actueel/N...
#focus #eerlijkehandel #FGG

Both ENDS: Briefing Paper: The role of European ECAs in financing the energy transition As the European Union (EU) shifts from fossil fuels to so-called transition minerals, Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) are expected to be key finance and trade tool under recent EU policy.

🚨 Are EU Export Credit Agencies suitable to drive a just energy transition? Briefing paper by Both ENDS & Counter Balance examines EU ECAs governance issues: weak human rights & environmental due diligence, limited public oversight, and blurry development mandate: www.bothends.org/en/Whats-new...

🚩 After years of dialogue with the Indigenous Ngäbe communities, banks FMO and DEG have finally recognised the suffering caused by the Barro Blanco hydropower dam in Panama.

SOMO and @bothends.bsky.social welcome the agreement signed by the communities and the banks.

Full statement: bit.ly/406lY9F

Wie heeft baat bij een betere bescherming van onze oceanen? – MO* Beloftes om de oceanen beter te beschermen klonken luid op de VN-Oceaanconferentie. Komen die ook iedereen ten goede?

Op de Oceaantop klonken zachte, maar duidelijke stemmen voor de oceaan. Onze partners uit o.a. de Filipijnen stonden pal voor gezonde zeeën en de rechten van vissersgemeenschappen: vaak vergeten, maar onmisbaar. Een analyse door MO*Magazine: www.mo.be/analyse/wie-...

📢 VACATURE

Both ENDS zoekt een allround controller (24 uur per week). Ben jij een gedreven financiële professional met ervaring in donor-gefinancierde projecten? Dan zijn we op zoek naar jou: www.bothends.org/nl/Over-Both...
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Verontrustende ontwikkeling; Colombiaanse mensenrechtenverdediger die zou spreken bij de VN in Geneve en bij Nederlandse universiteiten, werd vastgehouden op Schiphol en is vanochtend uitgezet. Samen met @christinepvdd.bsky.social spoedvragen gesteld ⤵️

Extracting the Future: A conversation on marine sand, ocean justice and resilience A conversation on the impacts of marine sand extraction on people and nature with grassroots representatives from the Philippines, Indonesia and the Maldives

🌊 Join our side-event at the UN Ocean Conference!
Extracting the Future dives into marine sand, land reclamation & ocean justice in Indonesia, the Philippines & the Maldives.

🗓️ June 13 | 14:45
🔗 events.humanitix.com/extracting-t...
#UNOC2025 #OceanJustice #BlueEconomy

Nieuwe handelspartners, maar niet op de oude voet - Joop - BNNVARA Sinds de handelsoorlog en ‘tariffs’ van President Trump staat internationale handel weer volop in de schijnwerpers.

Sinds de handelsoorlog van Trump neemt in Europa en in Nederland de roep toe om snel nieuwe vrijhandelsakkoorden te sluiten. Maar dat is de verkeerde reflex, zo schrijft @mariustroost.bsky.social op Joop.nl. Het milieu en kwetsbare groepen betalen de prijs: www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...

Both ENDS: Demanding Shell’s Accountability for decades of pollution in Niger Delta Both ENDS and our Nigerian partner Kebetkache Women Development & Research Centre attended Shell’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), on May 20th, in London, to demand transparency and accountability ...

Both ENDS and Nigerian partner Kebetkache attended Shell’s AGM in London to raise urgent concerns about Shell’s divestment from the Niger Delta. We’ve now submitted formal questions and await proper explanations.

👉 Read more and watch the videos: www.bothends.org/en/Whats-new...

Both ENDS: Restoring forests, “free supermarkets” for Cameroon’s inhabitants To Eric Wirsiy, director of CENDEP, the importance of forests is clear: not only do they function as a "free supermarket", providing foods and other things to local communities, but they are ...

🌍 This #WorldEnvironmentDay, remember: forests are more than trees. In Cameroon, they’re “free supermarkets” full of food, medicine & life. With CENDEP, we support analog forestry—restoring land for people & planet. 🌱 #AnalogForestry More: www.bothends.org/en/Whats-new...

Tomorrow, our director Karin van Boxtel co-hosts a roundtable about Power and Funding Practices at #PhileaForum.
At Both ENDS, we know: trust builds trust. Unconditional funding empowers real change. Read her blog on this topic:⤵️https://www.bothends.org/en/Whats-new/Blogs/The-power-of-trust/

Vandaag bezocht een groep collega's het #voedselbos Ketelbroek. Dit project is een mooi voorbeeld van hoe onze voedselproductie ook anders kan. Natuur en landbouw komen hier samen: De soortenrijkdom is enorm en je kunt het hele jaar door oogsten. Een prachtige inspirerende plek!

Vandaag gingen we weer met velen #destraatop. Want onze open democratie en het maatschappelijk middenveld staan onder druk. 

Als wij hier ons werk niet vrijuit kunnen doen, is dat niet alleen voor ons vervelend, maar ook voor onze partners in Azië, Afrika en Latijns-Amerika

🚨 URGENT: 11 human rights defenders face criminal charges for peacefully delivering a petition expressing concerns about #EACOP. Both ENDS calls for their immediate release, and cease of all further intimidation, harassment and arrest of citizens speaking out against EACOP. #FreeTheKCB11 #StopEACOP

Het kabinet bezuinigt historisch op ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Duizenden kwetsbare mensen worden geraakt, demonstranten verdacht gemaakt. Dit ondermijnt de democratie. 📢✊ Daarom gaat Both ENDS komende zaterdag 24 mei mee de straat op in Amsterdam. Loop jij ook mee? #Destraatop

Both ENDS: Both ENDS and partners demand Shell to clean up the Niger Delta before divesting At tomorrow’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Shell in London, community leaders from the Niger Delta and international allies, including Both ENDS, are confronting Shell with a clear demand: Shell...

Shell must take full responsibility for decades of devastation in the Niger Delta. Both ENDS and partners demand: no divestment without clean-up, remediation, and justice. Read more: www.bothends.org/en/Whats-new...

Webinar | Dare to Trust: the power of unconditional funding In 2022 we launched Dare to Trust: funding with no strings attached. Now we share lessons, impact & the power of trust-based financing.

✨ Women-led community businesses
✨ Safe spaces for women human rights defenders
✨ Sustainable agriculture and economic stability

All results of our initiative Dare to trust. Want to know more? Join our webinar this Wednesday: www.eventbrite.nl/e/webinar-da...

De huidige politieke situatie raakt ons én
onze partners. Ze bedreigen wat vanzelfsprekend zou
moeten zijn: een leefbare wereld, gelijke rechten voor
iedereen en een open democratie.

Daarom gaat Both ENDS de straat op! Meld jouw
organisatie ook aan: destraatop.nu

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Women grow most of Africa’s food, but rarely lead in agriculture. #AWOLA is flipping the script👩🏾‍🌾 At the recent Regional Networking Forum in Nairobi, women from Kenya, Uganda & Zimbabwe gathered to build power, skills & strategy 💪🏾 More: www.bothends.org/en/Whats-new...

Both ENDS: Dare to Trust: Beneficiaries Tell Success Stories of Kebetkache's Empowerment Project The Dare to Trust-initiative, led by Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre with support from Both ENDS, empowers individual women with support for their businesses and a sustainable income...

No formal proposal. Just trust.

In our Date to Trust initiative Kebetkache Women Development Centre empowered 40 women entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses, no strings attached. 📰 Hear their voices in this radio-interview: www.bothends.org/en/Whats-new...

In our Dare to Trust initiative NTFP-EP Asia supported two grassroots women’s organisations. In the Philippines, indigenous Tumandok women of ATBB shifted from depleted resources to cultivating coffee, building a sustainable community-based enterprise. Read more ➡️ www.bothends.org/en/Whats-new...

Trust builds trust. Do you want to know how we work with
trust - in our collaboration with partners, our own
organisation, the funding we channel? 👉 Read @karinvboxtel.bsky.social 's blog about the power of trust: www.bothends.org/en/Whats-new...

Both ENDS: Fórum Suape empowers women's groups with Dare to Trust-grants Fórum Suape decided to help several women’s groups in their network. First, they wanted to understand the desires and needs of each group, with the aim of fostering collective thinking and ...

With support from Dare to Trust grants, Fórum Suape empowered 4 women’s groups in Brazil. Across all groups, one issue echoed loud and clear: mental health matters. By creating safe spaces for connection these women are building more than projects: power. 💥

Webinar | Dare to Trust: the power of unconditional funding In 2022 we launched Dare to Trust: funding with no strings attached. Now we share lessons, impact & the power of trust-based financing.

Funding with no proposals or reports. What happens if you dare to trust? Join our free webinar and learn from the outcomes and lessons: www.eventbrite.nl/e/webinar-da...