Category: DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE

Two members from Huvadhoo Aid participated in three day training workshop titled “Consolidating Democracy and Human Rights through Empowerment of Civil Society” from the 27th to the 29th of September, conducted by  Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN) in collaboration with the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) . At the opening ceremony, two publications by MDN; the second edition …

Huvadhoo Aid Civic Education Programme had begun.The programme was launched on the International Day of Democracy. A session on democracy had been conducted for grade 10 students of Hoadedhdhoo School  to mark the International day of Democracy.  The session was held at Huvadhoo Aid seminar room. Under the programme sessions on democracy, free and fair elections and challenges to free …

Under the strategic objective of enhancing youth development and consolidating democracy, a civic education programme for grade 10 students and youth will be conducted in various islands of South Huvadhoo atoll in collaboration with the NGOs based in the islands. Under the programme sessions on democracy, free and fair elections will be conducted.

Press Release Appointment of President and Vice-President to the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives 2nd September 2010: The NGOs participating in this statement regret the People’s Majlis (Parliament) having gone into recesss without concluding the issue of the President’s nominees for President and Vice-President of the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) as per Article 8 of the …

The Executive Director of Huvahoo Aid Mr. Imad Mohamed said that the main challenge to build up a society aware about the human rights is the school teachers being unaware about the human rights. He said so representing the civil society in the Khabaru Fas programme broadcasted by the Voice of Maldives  being the vice president of Maldives NGO Federation. …

Strengthening the NGO sector and the role of civil society being one of the strategic objective of the organisation, we have started Huvadhoo Aid Civil society partnership programme to render financial assistance to the NGOs. Under this programme we had assisted NGOs of Huvadhoo Atoll and Addu Atoll in 2009. In order to strengthen the programme and enhance the transparency …

‘Insaaf’ or ‘Just’ is a campaign by 12 NGOs (Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN), Madulu, Maldives Aid, Strength of Society, Rights For All, Huvadhoo Aid, Huvadhoo Association for National Development, Maldives Youth Action Network, Nadella Island Development Society, Maldives NGO Federation, Society for Women Against Drugs and Journey) to urge the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to review its criteria for re-appointing …

Transparency Maldives had conducted a workshop in Hoadedhoo in association with Hoadedhdhoo Association for Development. The workshop was the part of the “I choose to know my rights” project carried out by Transparency Maldives. Sessions on human rights, sysetems of governance and government of the Maldives and responsibilities of citizen’s and civil society to ractify things. 13 Students of grade …

Hoadedhoo Association for Development had conducted a meeting with NGOs based in the island of Nadella. In the meeting HAD shared the process of forming a Sports Association of Hoadedhoo (SAH) and the organizational structure of the Sports Association. HAD’s Executive Director Mr. Imad Mohamed said that the current government’s policy is to establish sports associations at island and atoll …