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Active in the fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Miriam Chebet lives in West Pokot County, Kenya. Trained by Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW), Miriam now works with young people in her community, empowering them to stand up for their rights. One of the issues she focuses on is female genital mutilation (FGM)....
And the Winners are….
Three solutions emerged the winners of DSW Kenya’s 2023 Call for Innovative Youth-led Solutions from over 50 submissions from across the country. GiPAD by Madvocate CBO from Kilifi emerged as the winner under the sexual and reproductive health (SRHR) category. Their...
POWER ENTREPRENEUR: Winnie Nabukeera, CEO, Little Winnie Foundation
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: The POWER to Transform Family Planning in Uganda Meet Winnie Nabukeera, Chief Executive Officer of Little Winnie Foundation, a new social enterprise in Uganda part of the POWER family (Providing Opportunities for Women in...
POWER ENTREPRENEUR: ANGEL BABIRYE, US FOR GIRLS.
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: The POWER to Transform Family Planning in Uganda Meet Angel Babirye, A.K.A Malaika, CEO for Us for Girls, a new social enterprise in Uganda that is part of the POWER family (Providing Opportunities for Women in Entrepreneurship and...
Investing in GBV prevention makes economic sense
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a perverse problem across the world. In Kenya, the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey reports that 34% and 13% of girls and women and 27% and 7% of boys and men aged 15-49 have experienced physical and sexual violence respectively since...
DSW Ethiopia’s Y4H Project Coalesces an ASRH Advocacy Workshop
Already ten months into its first year of implementation, the Youth for Health (Y4H) project hosted a half-day adolescent sexual and reproductive health advocacy workshop on 15 November 2023 at Sapphire Hotel in Addis Ababa. Ahead of a series of other sensitisation...
DSW Ethiopia Co-Hosts UNFPA-KOICA Donor Visits
The week-long high-level donor visits to DSW’s project have combined a number of activities beginning with an Annual Review Meeting (ARM) of stakeholders representing all UNFPA-supported projects in Dilla and Bule-Hora, located 294 km and 481 km south of the capital...
POWER Entrepreneur: Joan Patience Atuhaire, SimplyFP.
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: The POWER to Transform Family Planning in Uganda We recently had the privilege of speaking with Joan Patience Atuhaire, the Chief Executive Officer of SimplyFP, an innovative startup in Uganda that is part of a new initiative called...
DSW and UNFPA Merge Efforts in a Renewing Spirit of Partnership
At the behest of UNFPA, DSW hosted a half-day study tour of its project implemented at the Bole-Lemi Industrial Park (BLIP) in Addis Ababa on October 20, 2023. The newly assigned UNFPA’s country representative in Ethiopia, Koffi Kouame accompanied by his deputy Taiwo...
DSW Ethiopia shares insight at the 4th National Adolescent and Youth Health Forum
The 4th National Adolescent and Youth Health Forum, which drew professionals, decision makers, youth advocates, and more than 300 young people from across the country, was held from October 1 to 3, 2023, at the Hilton Hotel in Addis Ababa. "The Power of Partnership:...
