by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Jun 11, 2020 | Covid-19, Female Empowerment, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Valerie Kwena, 27, is an advocate for the rights of women and girls and also the co-founder of the grassroots organisation called M.A.D (Making A Difference) Sisters, which is based and operating in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya. She shared her experience with how the...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | May 20, 2020 | Female Empowerment
If you read our blog regularly, you will know that DSW is part of the Right By Her campaign, a consortium of eight partners working across Africa to improve the realities of women and girls in Africa in four key areas: gender-based violence against women (GVAW),...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | May 13, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Global Health, Youth Empowerment
At a time when we all crave a little good news, a major milestone was passed earlier this month in Sudan: the country’s transitional government moved to criminalise female genital mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail. This comes after years of...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Apr 28, 2020 | Global Health
Last weekend marked World Malaria Day (April 25) and the start of World Immunisation Week (April 24-30). These two important events in global health are all the more important in a world fighting against a pandemic while we wait for a vaccine. It is possible to reduce...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Apr 21, 2020 | Youth Empowerment
Happy World Creativity and Innovation Day! Today we are celebrating the innovative activities of the Busia Youth Empowerment Centre, an umbrella of various youth centres in Busia, Uganda supported by DSW and Action4Health Uganda, who travelled through their...