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Kenya: We should empower our children to detect, report harmful practices against them
Childhood ought to come with innocence, freedom and playfulness. But this is not always the case. In many places across the world, children bear numerous burdens including violence and harmful practices that violate their fundamental rights and limit the enjoyment of...
DSW Ethiopia Triumphs in Advocacy
DSW Ethiopia is triumphing in an environment that was not very open to NGO engagement until recent years, by hosting and engaging in a series of advocacy activities. Two high profile advocacy workshops took place on 12 and 13 May 2022 during which a regional advocacy...
Let’s normalise menstrual health conversations
Menstrual health has been dogged by myths and misconceptions, some of which have made everything around the natural body processes taboo. The sad bit is that, because of this, many girls and women of reproductive age do not have a safe space to speak out about what...
DSW Ethiopia Launches a Revised AYSRH Manual
DSW’s Adolescent and Youth Sexual & Reproductive Health (AYSRH) Manual, was launched during a half day workshop at Aphrodite Hotel on 28 April 2022 in Addis Ababa. The 6th edition of the AYSRH Manual was revised and once again endorsed by the Federal Ministry of...
Lifeyangu.com: Youth can now access SRH information and services with new digital platform
We wanted a digital solution that is simple, accessible, and easy to find; a platform that aims at reducing the pressure points for young people as they look for information about their reproductive health and a space where they find accurate and appropriate information and where their questions and concerns stay private- and will not expose them to stigma and suspicion by peers and parents/guardians.
EU must prioritise women and girls in HIV vaccine research
In 2020, women and girls accounted for 63% of all new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa, with young women in the region twice as likely to be living with HIV than men. Discrimination, gender stereotyping and the continued violation of women’s rights lead to...
Breaking taboos and shaping the future
Naserian and Marian report from the youth clubs in Tanzania When Naserian first came to the youth club, she couldn't believe what she was hearing. How could one speak so freely about things that were never spoken about in her culture, especially not by young and older...
EDCTP 3: The largest biomedical research partnership between Europe and Africa launched today
The following article was authored by Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Board Chair of the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Association. Thanks to the renewed commitment of the EU, European and African countries, together with the vital...
Harnessing the potential of R&I to protect women from Malaria
The following article was co-authored by MEPs Javi López Fernández and Nicolás González Casares, and published online by Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia. Severe anemia, brain damage, miscarriage or delivering small or premature babies are all very real threats to...
How to #BreakTheBias and ensure science delivers for women
In recent years, on the occasion of International Women’s Day (#BreakTheBias), we shared the stories of women in science, highlighting their crucial contribution, particularly in the field of global health. Women such as chemist Tu Youyou who received a Nobel Prize...
