Hivos is an international organization that seeks new solutions to persistent global issues. With smart projects in the right places, it opposes discrimination, inequality, abuse of power and the unsustainable use of the planet’s resources. For Hivos, freedom of expression is at the heart of its work. It is not so much a means to achieve its ideals as an end in itself. Hivos works on a free and open internet and offers opinion-makers online tools to protect them. Hivos offers citizens possibilities to gain insight into what businesses and governments are doing and to exert pressure where needed.