by Eva Herrmann | Oct 23, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Youth, Youth Empowerment
In order to deliver effective advocacy on family planning (FP) and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), a well-crafted organisational strategy – as well as an in-depth understanding of the surrounding advocacy ecosystem – is required. In...
by dswen | Oct 23, 2020 | Youth Empowerment
State of African Women Campaign (SoAWC) Project Case Studies The Divine Foundation for Disabled People in Nigeria A Spontaneous Campaign that Released a Disabled Woman with Severe Depression from Police Custody September 28, 2020 Documented by: Julie Tumbo, Rhonda...
by Brussels Communications | Oct 22, 2020 | Brussels, Youth Empowerment
Eight DSW youth champions joined young advocates from across Europe and Africa for the European Week of Action for Girls, calling on EU institutions to ensure girls’ voices are heard, and that their rights are at the core of the EU’s external action. The 2020 edition...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Oct 20, 2020 | Covid-19, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed your work as a youth champion? The COVID-19 pandemic is so pressing for us young people, especially for the empowered youths who are conducting SRHR education at the county level. Now that there are no social gatherings, a lot of...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Oct 13, 2020 | Covid-19, Female Empowerment, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
What has changed since the start of the pandemic? We used to have sessions in schools, community dialogues and youth forums. Now, because of COVID-19, we cannot have a gathering of many people, and that has reduced the flow of information. The youths can still access...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Oct 8, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Global Health, Youth Empowerment
World Contraception Day (WCD) is an important family planning event that takes place on September 26 each year. Launched in 2007, WCD’s mission is to help drive awareness around the need for contraception, and to enable young people to make informed choices on...