by Collins Baswony | Jun 15, 2020 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
DSW signed new grants with four youth led civil society organisations at our Mombasa office on Tuesday, 2nd June 2020. The four organisations, Dream Achievers Youth Organization, Pwani Youth Network, SIKOM peace Network and Pokot Youth Bunge Forum, will share the...
by Collins Baswony | Jun 8, 2020 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Investments for family planning in DSW partner counties in Kenya remains steady, a budget analysis conducted by Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) shows. The budget analysis, conducted in October 2019, examined county appropriation bills, programme based...
by Collins Baswony | May 28, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
World menstrual hygiene day, marked annually on 28th May, gives us an opportunity to take stock of efforts taken to secure the right of girls and women to manage their menstruation adequately and with dignity. Girls and women in Kenya were struggling with menstrual...
by Collins Baswony | Apr 30, 2020 | Advance, Covid-19, Kenya
Kenya, along with the rest of the world is currently responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect the different aspects of our lives is continuously being documented and discussed. The economic effects of COVID-19 and the response of the...
by Collins Baswony | Mar 4, 2020 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
A DSW trained and supported mentor for young adolescents from Kilifi county with pupils. PHOTO/DSW 12-year-old Josphine* escaped being a child bride by the skin of her teeth in 2019. When her father passed on earlier that year, her brothers decided to end her...