Marco De Ponte
@marcodeponte.bsky.social
Exodus from X
CEO @Hivos
Various other roles in civil society.
#powertothepeople #qualityofdemocracy
CEO @Hivos
Various other roles in civil society.
#powertothepeople #qualityofdemocracy
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Attn #COP30! 📢New research📰: Who pays the climate bills? Women and low-income families across the Global South are paying the real costs of the climate crisis; not governments, and not the corporations most responsible for emissions. Download here 👇🏽
hivos.org/new-research...
hivos.org/new-research...
New research: Who pays the climate bills?
Women across the Global South are paying the real costs of the climate crisis; not governments, and not the corporations most responsible for emissions.
hivos.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Attn #COP30! 📢New research📰: Who pays the climate bills? Women and low-income families across the Global South are paying the real costs of the climate crisis; not governments, and not the corporations most responsible for emissions. Download here 👇🏽
hivos.org/new-research...
hivos.org/new-research...
Great! Is it not?
@hivos.bsky.social ahead of the game. Always.
@hivos.bsky.social ahead of the game. Always.
FMO and OeEB invest in Hivos-Triodos Fonds
Funding will be used to invest in SMEs in developing countries
www.triodos-im.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Great! Is it not?
@hivos.bsky.social ahead of the game. Always.
@hivos.bsky.social ahead of the game. Always.
'Never in our lives anywhere we have witnessed anything more disgusting. The arrogance of discourse perfectly matching the atrocity of actions.
Real Estate Bonanza': Smotrich Says Israel in Talks With U.S. on Dividing Gaza's Land - Israel News share.google/qsOV5lOyLwws...
Real Estate Bonanza': Smotrich Says Israel in Talks With U.S. on Dividing Gaza's Land - Israel News share.google/qsOV5lOyLwws...
'Real estate bonanza': Smotrich says Israel in talks with U.S. on dividing Gaza's land
According to the Far-right Minister, Israel Has Taken Care of the 'Demolition Phase' for Rebuilding Gaza, and Negotiations Are Now Underway With the U.S. Regarding a Business Plan for Gaza
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September 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
'Never in our lives anywhere we have witnessed anything more disgusting. The arrogance of discourse perfectly matching the atrocity of actions.
Real Estate Bonanza': Smotrich Says Israel in Talks With U.S. on Dividing Gaza's Land - Israel News share.google/qsOV5lOyLwws...
Real Estate Bonanza': Smotrich Says Israel in Talks With U.S. on Dividing Gaza's Land - Israel News share.google/qsOV5lOyLwws...
Self explanatory.
August 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Self explanatory.
Yet another shameless move by the fascist government of a rogue state that continues to make a mockery of the rights of its neighbor nation of Palestinians and the resolutions of the international organisations.
Disgusting, ferocious, illegal.
Disgusting, ferocious, illegal.
Smotrich rejoices as settlement plan that ‘erases 2-state delusion’ gets final greenlight
Minister fetes 'historic' approval of controversial construction scheme in West Bank's E1 area, upending a decades-long freeze; PA says move divides West Bank into 'prisons'
www.timesofisrael.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Yet another shameless move by the fascist government of a rogue state that continues to make a mockery of the rights of its neighbor nation of Palestinians and the resolutions of the international organisations.
Disgusting, ferocious, illegal.
Disgusting, ferocious, illegal.
Forza Italiani aventi diritto di voto, ovunque voi siate. A votare! Anche per i vostri amici, compagni e colleghi che in Italia ci vivono ed attendono troppo a lungo la #cittadinanza.
Ma non solo.
Sono cinque i #referendum2025. Tutti importanti.
Ma non solo.
Sono cinque i #referendum2025. Tutti importanti.
May 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Forza Italiani aventi diritto di voto, ovunque voi siate. A votare! Anche per i vostri amici, compagni e colleghi che in Italia ci vivono ed attendono troppo a lungo la #cittadinanza.
Ma non solo.
Sono cinque i #referendum2025. Tutti importanti.
Ma non solo.
Sono cinque i #referendum2025. Tutti importanti.
How on earth can one not see that this game is played to discredit SA, who are supporting the case for genocide in Palestine in front to the ICJ?
Trump is so ridiculous and yet so manipulative that the average American might even believe him. Pics from Congo, videos of extremists and the likes...
Trump is so ridiculous and yet so manipulative that the average American might even believe him. Pics from Congo, videos of extremists and the likes...
Trump makes false claims of white genocide in South Africa during Ramaphosa meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump made several false statements and misrepresented some facts about the alleged persecution of South Africa's white minority during a contentious Oval Office meeting on Wednesday with President Cyril Ramaphosa.
www.reuters.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
How on earth can one not see that this game is played to discredit SA, who are supporting the case for genocide in Palestine in front to the ICJ?
Trump is so ridiculous and yet so manipulative that the average American might even believe him. Pics from Congo, videos of extremists and the likes...
Trump is so ridiculous and yet so manipulative that the average American might even believe him. Pics from Congo, videos of extremists and the likes...
Sto ancora aspettando schede come residente all'estero. Se non mi fan votare si che mi arrabbio
#referendum2025
#referendum2025
L’8 e il 9 giugno abbiamo un’occasione enorme che non possiamo sprecare.
Ogni voto conta: convinci più persone che puoi ad andare a votare e a far votare Sì per i #referendum2025 dell’8 e 9 giugno.
Tutti i materiali utili 👇👇
www.forumdisuguaglianzediversita.org/le-ragioni-d...
Ogni voto conta: convinci più persone che puoi ad andare a votare e a far votare Sì per i #referendum2025 dell’8 e 9 giugno.
Tutti i materiali utili 👇👇
www.forumdisuguaglianzediversita.org/le-ragioni-d...
May 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Sto ancora aspettando schede come residente all'estero. Se non mi fan votare si che mi arrabbio
#referendum2025
#referendum2025
I also travelled together with Cynthia just a couple of weeks back. She tells a story that @hivos.bsky.social backs and replicate across the country. Learn more about #agroecology here.
“If you kill the pests with poison, you poison yourself too.” #Agroecology isn't rocket science, as Kenya's Makongo Ward farmers discover while learning to make organic pesticides using local resources. You can learn, too. Read Cynthia Omondi's story 👇🏽 hivos.org/story/seeds-...
Seeds of change: inside a rural agroecology training in Makongo Village - Hivos
Agroecology training in rural Kenya will produce healthier food more cheaply and return control to farmers who have long been sidelined.
hivos.org
May 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I also travelled together with Cynthia just a couple of weeks back. She tells a story that @hivos.bsky.social backs and replicate across the country. Learn more about #agroecology here.
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According to a study by Penn Wharton, Trump's "big, beautiful bill" that pays for tax breaks for the rich by cutting Medicaid leads to a $700 LOSS in income for the working class, a $1,000 LOSS in income for the poor & a $389,000 INCREASE for the top 0.1%.
We must defeat it.
We must defeat it.
May 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
According to a study by Penn Wharton, Trump's "big, beautiful bill" that pays for tax breaks for the rich by cutting Medicaid leads to a $700 LOSS in income for the working class, a $1,000 LOSS in income for the poor & a $389,000 INCREASE for the top 0.1%.
We must defeat it.
We must defeat it.
Grit, love, and radical imagination. Here is what my comrade Susan Githaiga has to share. We @hivos.bsky.social don't agonize, we organize! Will you join?
The future of #LGBTIQ+ rights also depends on us. We all need to show up with our money, our voices, and our actions. Because when the going's rough, when aid is cut, we don’t disappear. We organize.✊🏽 #IDAHOBIT2025 Read our op-ed in @washblade.bsky.social 👇🏽
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/05/13/t...
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/05/13/t...
The power of queer community: When aid is cut, we don’t disappear. We organize
US funding withdrawal has had global impact
www.washingtonblade.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Grit, love, and radical imagination. Here is what my comrade Susan Githaiga has to share. We @hivos.bsky.social don't agonize, we organize! Will you join?
Thanks FO for this space. It is not just a space for @hivos.bsky.social but rather one to call for a collective effort. This is - as friends put it during the #PeoplePowerConference - no time for logos, halos, sylos, egos. Remember that united we stand, divided we beg
Civil Society Groups Face Rising Threats From Powerful Institutions
Lawsuits and funding cuts from governments such as the US and the EU, aimed at restricting free speech, are putting pressure on global democracy.
www.fairobserver.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Thanks FO for this space. It is not just a space for @hivos.bsky.social but rather one to call for a collective effort. This is - as friends put it during the #PeoplePowerConference - no time for logos, halos, sylos, egos. Remember that united we stand, divided we beg
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New 📖! We're thrilled to introduce hivos.org/harvesting-e... a groundbreaking work that reveals how #ecofeminist, community-driven solutions are paving the way for a fairer, greener agricultural future across Kenya. Download free of charge via the link. #HarvestingEquality #WomenInAgriculture
Harvesting Equality: a groundbreaking call for change in African agriculture
A groundbreaking new book amplifying the voices of rural women farmers across Kenya points the way to a fairer, greener agricultural future.
hivos.org
May 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
New 📖! We're thrilled to introduce hivos.org/harvesting-e... a groundbreaking work that reveals how #ecofeminist, community-driven solutions are paving the way for a fairer, greener agricultural future across Kenya. Download free of charge via the link. #HarvestingEquality #WomenInAgriculture
Chi non ama l'Italia con TUTTI e TUTTE coloro che la abitano? Fra un mese la prova del nove.
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May 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Chi non ama l'Italia con TUTTI e TUTTE coloro che la abitano? Fra un mese la prova del nove.
www.facebook.com/share/r/1ASC...
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🚨 USAID's funding pause is shaking global civil society. What does it mean for our future—and how do we survive it?
𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
📆 May 7, 2025
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭
#EUSEE
🚨 USAID's funding pause is shaking global civil society. What does it mean for our future—and how do we survive it?
𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
📆 May 7, 2025
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭
#EUSEE
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: EU SEE Dialogues: Navigating Uncertainty - the US Funding Freeze and Its Impact on Global Civil Society . After registering, you will receive a confirmation...
The US funding freeze has emerged as a major shock to civil society organisations (CSOs) worldwide. The US Government's funding has historically supported humanitarian, developmental and advocacy work...
us02web.zoom.us
April 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
[EN/FR/ES/PT]
🚨 USAID's funding pause is shaking global civil society. What does it mean for our future—and how do we survive it?
𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
📆 May 7, 2025
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭
#EUSEE
🚨 USAID's funding pause is shaking global civil society. What does it mean for our future—and how do we survive it?
𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
📆 May 7, 2025
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭
#EUSEE
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Philanthropists and grassroots organizers should join forces and shift the paradigm of wealth redistribution.
“The path forward requires financial support as well as a willingness to stand in solidarity,” writes Kellian Staggers, who works as an advancement officer at @ndncollective.bsky.social.
“The path forward requires financial support as well as a willingness to stand in solidarity,” writes Kellian Staggers, who works as an advancement officer at @ndncollective.bsky.social.
Self-Determined: Foundations Must Match the Far Right’s Commitment to Systemic Change
buff.ly
April 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Philanthropists and grassroots organizers should join forces and shift the paradigm of wealth redistribution.
“The path forward requires financial support as well as a willingness to stand in solidarity,” writes Kellian Staggers, who works as an advancement officer at @ndncollective.bsky.social.
“The path forward requires financial support as well as a willingness to stand in solidarity,” writes Kellian Staggers, who works as an advancement officer at @ndncollective.bsky.social.
A few thoughts on the past 25 years and the new chapter in struggles that continue. "No hay revoluccion sin canciones" said Salvador Allende... So let-s create a new song...
El pueblo unido jamas será vencido | Marco De Ponte
GRATITUDE AND FORWARD
During the weekend I am getting out of #Colombia where Jorge Gaitan first spoke the phrase “El pueblo unido, jamas sera’ vencido”… and…
www.linkedin.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:10 AM
A few thoughts on the past 25 years and the new chapter in struggles that continue. "No hay revoluccion sin canciones" said Salvador Allende... So let-s create a new song...
.@greenpeace.org and @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social just lost $660M lawsuit from fossil fuel giant Energy Transfer for supporting peaceful protest.
I stand in solidarity with Greenpeace against this attack on our right to speak out #ImWithGreenpeace
Find out more: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
I stand in solidarity with Greenpeace against this attack on our right to speak out #ImWithGreenpeace
Find out more: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Jury delivers verdict finding Greenpeace entities liable for more than US$660 million in Energy Transfer SLAPP trial - Greenpeace International
Free speech and right to protest on the line in the United States.
www.greenpeace.org
March 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
.@greenpeace.org and @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social just lost $660M lawsuit from fossil fuel giant Energy Transfer for supporting peaceful protest.
I stand in solidarity with Greenpeace against this attack on our right to speak out #ImWithGreenpeace
Find out more: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
I stand in solidarity with Greenpeace against this attack on our right to speak out #ImWithGreenpeace
Find out more: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Whichever data one explores as @hivos.bsky.social does within the EUSEE, I challenge anyone to disagree with @uusc4all.bsky.social, Results-Education and Training as well as my comrades at @aausa.bsky.social who are calling the freeze "morally bankrupt".
hivos.org/us-funding-f...
hivos.org/us-funding-f...
New survey: US funding freeze triggers global crisis in human rights and democracy
A new survey carried out by the EU System for an Enabling Environment exposes the impact of the US funding freeze on civil society organizations.
hivos.org
March 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Whichever data one explores as @hivos.bsky.social does within the EUSEE, I challenge anyone to disagree with @uusc4all.bsky.social, Results-Education and Training as well as my comrades at @aausa.bsky.social who are calling the freeze "morally bankrupt".
hivos.org/us-funding-f...
hivos.org/us-funding-f...
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#Climatechange only aggravates #Brazil's racist colonial legacy that still threatens the traditional knowledge of #quilombolas, #Indigenous groups, and riverside populations. But the digital platform Plantaformas is helping them organize and collaborate! 👇🏽
hivos.org/story/planta...
hivos.org/story/planta...
Plantaformas: A digital utopia in the Amazon - Hivos
The digital platform Plantaformas organizes the data, narratives and planning of Black, Indigenous and riverside communities in north Brazil
hivos.org
March 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
#Climatechange only aggravates #Brazil's racist colonial legacy that still threatens the traditional knowledge of #quilombolas, #Indigenous groups, and riverside populations. But the digital platform Plantaformas is helping them organize and collaborate! 👇🏽
hivos.org/story/planta...
hivos.org/story/planta...
Joining the #FeministMarch2025 on #IWD2025 brought #sunshine to the #amsterdam as well as my hart. No matter whether under the banners of ActionAid or with my new comrades @hivos.bsky.social we show solidarity, resistance, and hope!
#TheStruggleContinues and the righteous #people shall overcome.
#TheStruggleContinues and the righteous #people shall overcome.
March 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Joining the #FeministMarch2025 on #IWD2025 brought #sunshine to the #amsterdam as well as my hart. No matter whether under the banners of ActionAid or with my new comrades @hivos.bsky.social we show solidarity, resistance, and hope!
#TheStruggleContinues and the righteous #people shall overcome.
#TheStruggleContinues and the righteous #people shall overcome.
Notwithstanding my general criticism so far, this is the time to appreciate the unity of our three European presidents @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @president.europarl.europa.eu and the remarks of @kajakallas.bsky.social on the leadership of so called "free world".
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
February 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Notwithstanding my general criticism so far, this is the time to appreciate the unity of our three European presidents @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @president.europarl.europa.eu and the remarks of @kajakallas.bsky.social on the leadership of so called "free world".
Will be there with @hivos.bsky.social #TheFutureisFeminist
As the backlash against women's rights, SRH rights & LGBTIQ+ rights grows, unbelievably now also in #TheNetherlands, join the #FeministMarch2025 on March 8 #IWD2025 to show solidarity, resistance, and hope! Start at Dam Square, Amsterdam @ 13:00 and march to Museumplein. #TheFutureIsFeminist! ✊🏽
February 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Will be there with @hivos.bsky.social #TheFutureisFeminist
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"Do we govern global taxation or do we let the wealthiest few govern us?"
Powerful messages from
Pres Sanchez
Pres Lula
Former Pres Mbeki
@abigaildisney.bsky.social
@josephestiglitz.bsky.social
@jayatighosh.bsky.social
at @icrict.bsky.social's Vatican event today taxjustice.net/press/govern...
Powerful messages from
Pres Sanchez
Pres Lula
Former Pres Mbeki
@abigaildisney.bsky.social
@josephestiglitz.bsky.social
@jayatighosh.bsky.social
at @icrict.bsky.social's Vatican event today taxjustice.net/press/govern...
‘Govern on tax, or be governed by the wealthiest’: global leaders, Pope, top economists call for taxes to protect democracy | Tax Justice Network
The Vatican is hosting today an event together with the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT), where Pope Francis, along with current and former heads of s...
taxjustice.net
February 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"Do we govern global taxation or do we let the wealthiest few govern us?"
Powerful messages from
Pres Sanchez
Pres Lula
Former Pres Mbeki
@abigaildisney.bsky.social
@josephestiglitz.bsky.social
@jayatighosh.bsky.social
at @icrict.bsky.social's Vatican event today taxjustice.net/press/govern...
Powerful messages from
Pres Sanchez
Pres Lula
Former Pres Mbeki
@abigaildisney.bsky.social
@josephestiglitz.bsky.social
@jayatighosh.bsky.social
at @icrict.bsky.social's Vatican event today taxjustice.net/press/govern...