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European Parliament adopts landmark position on sexual and reproductive rights
The European Parliament voted today in favour of a landmark report presented by Croatian MEP Predrag Fred Matić on “the situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU”. While the European Parliament has repeatedly expressed concerns over the lack of...
DSW’s budget analysis: Family planning investment in 11 counties in Kenya
DSW's partner counties in Kenya are estimated to have allocated between 2.6 percent and 4.9 percent of their total health budgets to family planning for the 2020/2021 fiscal year, a study by DSW shows. The study, conducted in October 2020, also shows that three...
It Takes the Whole Community to Raise A Child
The Day of the African Child is celebrated every year on 16th of June as the time for the world to reflect on the progress made towards children’s rights as well as the barriers they face. In Tanzania, DSW Tanzania and Partners convened a stakeholder’s forum in Dodoma...
Youth Champions leading change for young people in Kenya
Eight DSW Youth Champions will be using their voices this year to make sure the EU’s external action effectively responds to young people’s needs, particularly in the field of global health and sexual and reproductive health and rights. The Youth Champions are from...
Kenya: How DSW is working with adolescents, government and communities to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Kilifi County
The teenage pregnancy menace has had negative repercussions in Kilifi county for many years, following the challenges faced by the young girls affected. Many organisations, together with the county government, have been at the forefront in championing against the...
Youth champions in Uganda driving change for young people.
Eight DSW Youth Champions will be using their voices this year to make sure the EU’s external action effectively responds to young people’s needs, particularly in the field of global health and sexual and reproductive health and rights. The Youth Champions are from...
Talk to her: girls and menstrual hygiene in Tanzania
I am Habiba Saidi Mtamba, a DSW Youth Advocate from southern Tanzania. Today, on World Menstrual Hygiene Day, I want to share my experience of some of the challenges that I faced and that other girls in Tanzania face during their menstrual cycle. Today, there are...
“In Kenya, girls miss more than 50 days of school because of their menstruation”
Although it directly affects half of the world's population, people often don't talk about menstruation. This is especially a problem for young people. In Tanzania and Ethiopia, every fourth young woman does not know what menstruation is. So it is a big shock when she...
DSW Explains: a new video series by DSW!
In the new “DSW Explains” video series, DSW’s Brussels team explores some of the key EU policies, instruments, and processes related to global health research and innovation (R&I) and to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). We will share our point of...
We need to prioritise African women in HIV vaccine research – its future success depends on it.
This HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, we join the call for women to be at the center of the HIV response, with the space and resources to demand and lead their own solutions. Despite significant leaps forward in HIV prevention and treatment programmes in recent years,...