by Shane O'Halloran | Aug 25, 2021 | Advance, Covid-19, Empower, Enhance, Female Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
Registration is now open for DSW’s virtual Stories of Change Conference. Register now and join us September 16-17, 2021! Registration: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/virtual-stories-of-change-conference-on-16th-17th-september-2021-tickets-167074186389 Please note:...
by Shane O'Halloran | Jul 8, 2021 | DSW Explains, Empower, Enhance, Female Empowerment, Foster, Youth, Youth Empowerment
Tell me a story about a time when you failed… not so easy is it? Yet it is by failing, that we get a better sense of who we are, our strengths – and what to do better next time. The Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) is happy to invite you to our virtual Stories...
by Brussels Communications | Jun 24, 2021 | Brussels, Female Empowerment
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...
by Brussels Communications | May 28, 2021 | Brussels, Female Empowerment
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...
by dswen | May 27, 2021 | Female Empowerment, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
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...
by Brussels Communications | May 19, 2021 | Brussels, Female Empowerment, Global Health
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,...