by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Dec 18, 2020 | Youth Empowerment
Happy (almost) New Year from all of us at DSW! It is an understatement to say that 2020 brought with it many unexpected challenges and new situations to navigate. The COVID-19 pandemic heightened existing obstacles for women and girls across the four East African...
by dswen | Dec 11, 2020 | Covid-19, Female Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
In Kenya, as COVID-19 leads to an increase in unintended teenage pregnancies, we reached out and spoke with several young women facing their own uncertain futures. DSW will continue to work hard, now more than ever, to ensure that all young women and girls are...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Dec 8, 2020 | Youth Empowerment
Santa Kagendo Sebastian, 31, is the founder of the Youth and Women Advocacy Newtwork (YWAN), an organisation based in Meru County, Kenya. The brainchild of Meru youths, YWAN’s goal is to build a platform for advocacy and provide skills for young people. How did you...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Dec 4, 2020 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Ahmed Yusuf, 27, is a family planning champion from Meru County and the assistant director of the Youth and Women Advocacy Network (YWAN). How did the idea for the Youth and Women Advocacy Network come about? I was inspired to start the Youth and Women Advocacy...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Dec 1, 2020 | Youth Empowerment
Between 2010 and 2018, new HIV infections among young women aged 15 to 24 worldwide fell by 25 percent. This very encouraging statistic continued in 2019. Comparing the data from 2019 with 2010 shows that HIV diagnoses among adults decreased by an estimated 23 percent...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Nov 20, 2020 | Uganda, Youth Empowerment
Documentation of Case Studies for Advocacy/Campaign Work of SoAWC Partners The Western Uganda Faith-Based Organisations Network (WUFBON) Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic with the Ruwenzori Interfaith and Media COVID-19 + SRHR Task Force September 28, 2020 Documented by...