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 Chiara Harrison Lambe | Jun 16, 2020 | Uganda, Youth Empowerment
As a strategy to influence budget allocation for reproductive health and family planning (RH/FP), DSW and Action 4 Health Uganda (A4HU) conduct annual FP budget analyses at the national and subnational level in the districts of Kamuli, Mityana, Mukono and Tororo to...
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 Vera Hollmann | May 28, 2020 | Youth Empowerment
Often and in ‘mainstream media’, menstrual poverty is equated to a menstruator’s lack of menstrual products. However, this equation does not paint the full picture as many different factors apart from material deprivation and economic determinants may leave a...