by dswen | Apr 6, 2020 | Covid-19, Female Empowerment, Global Health, Youth, Youth Empowerment
DSW remains as strong and committed as ever towards ensuring that young people living in countries where we work have access to sexual and reproductive health and rights information, services, and supplies. However, we cannot escape the stark reality that COVID-19...
by Brussels Communications | Mar 24, 2020 | Brussels, Global Health
Today, March 24, is World Tuberculosis Day (#EndTB) – a day to raise awareness of and step up efforts against the global TB pandemic. This World TB Day, we are in the grip of another global pandemic. Our greatest need? Affordable, fast and accurate diagnostics,...
by Esayas Meskel | Mar 16, 2020 | Ethiopia, Female Empowerment, Global Health
“My three-year-old daughter and I were still nestled together when we arrived at the Bahir Dar Hamlin Fistula Centre about a year back. I would spend the next three months in the centre along with my daughter. I realized then three months was quite time enough to...
by Brussels Communications | Mar 3, 2020 | Brussels, Female Empowerment, Global Health
We spoke with Professor Francine Ntoumi ahead of International Women’s Day about her career as a parasitologist and how she’s inspiring more women and girls to pursue a career in research and innovation. You are a world-renowned researcher of Malaria. Why...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Feb 17, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Global Health
“While growing up I never knew anything about family planning. I have so many children. It’s something that I have known for just three years now, and I have come to accept it. It’s important for the community since it enables one to determine the number...
by Brussels Communications | Feb 11, 2020 | Brussels, Female Empowerment, Global Health
Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and a half of its potential. But, to this day, less than 30 percent of researchers worldwide are women. Gender stereotypes and long-standing biases are steering girls and women away from science-related fields....
