by Brussels Communications | Apr 15, 2020 | Brussels, Covid-19, Global Health, Youth Empowerment
Kenya’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 has reached the hundreds, and many counties, including where we work, have been put under curfew. Our immediate worry is of people’s ability to access the healthcare they need, especially young people. At DSW and as a Community...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Apr 14, 2020 | Uganda, Youth Empowerment
The RightByHer campaign is made up of a unique coalition of youth-serving organisations, faith organisations, feminist groups and SRHR activists from across Africa and Europe. The campaign is pushing for improved implementation of continental commitments, specifically...
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 Chiara Harrison Lambe | Mar 6, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
International Women’s Day is this Sunday, March 8th. Check out the IPPFAR Twitter today from 9:00 GMT/12:00 CET to 10:00 GMT/13:00 CET and join the conversation on IWD 2020 – right now! This day celebrates the progress that has been made towards achieving a...
by Collins Baswony | Mar 4, 2020 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
A DSW trained and supported mentor for young adolescents from Kilifi county with pupils. PHOTO/DSW 12-year-old Josphine* escaped being a child bride by the skin of her teeth in 2019. When her father passed on earlier that year, her brothers decided to end her...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Feb 27, 2020 | Youth Empowerment
Oweki Rukia, a 17-year-old from Arubaine Village, Busia District in the eastern part of Uganda, is poised for greater things after surviving drug addiction and avoiding teenage pregnancy. Girls in Oweki’s neighbourhood and in other communities across Uganda navigate a...