by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Jul 9, 2020 | Covid-19, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Everlyne Bowa is the founder of the Kibera-based organisation Agape Woman and Child Empowerment Foundation (AWOCHE Foundation) and is a champion for maternal health issues in her community. She shared her experience with how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected her...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Jun 23, 2020 | Covid-19, Female Empowerment, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Yasmin Mohammed, 26, is the founder of the community-based organisation Superb in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya and also a menstrual health champion. She shared her experience with how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected her work and community. What has changed since the...
by Collins Baswony | Jun 15, 2020 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
DSW signed new grants with four youth led civil society organisations at our Mombasa office on Tuesday, 2nd June 2020. The four organisations, Dream Achievers Youth Organization, Pwani Youth Network, SIKOM peace Network and Pokot Youth Bunge Forum, will share the...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Jun 11, 2020 | Covid-19, Female Empowerment, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Valerie Kwena, 27, is an advocate for the rights of women and girls and also the co-founder of the grassroots organisation called M.A.D (Making A Difference) Sisters, which is based and operating in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya. She shared her experience with how the...
by Collins Baswony | Jun 8, 2020 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Investments for family planning in DSW partner counties in Kenya remains steady, a budget analysis conducted by Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) shows. The budget analysis, conducted in October 2019, examined county appropriation bills, programme based...
by Collins Baswony | May 28, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
World menstrual hygiene day, marked annually on 28th May, gives us an opportunity to take stock of efforts taken to secure the right of girls and women to manage their menstruation adequately and with dignity. Girls and women in Kenya were struggling with menstrual...