by Collins Baswony | Sep 26, 2016 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
By Dr. George Kamau In the last 12 months, fresh data has been published confirming that Kenya’s teenagers and youth are struggling with their sexuality. According to the National AIDS Control Council, AIDS is the leading cause of death and morbidity among adolescents...
by dswen | Sep 22, 2016 | Youth Empowerment
DSW is a proud partner of the European Week of Action for Girls (#eugirlsweek), an annual week-long event taking place in Brussels which aims to raise awareness of and advocate for girls’ rights and empowerment to be at the heart of the EU’s external action. Now in...
by dswen | Sep 14, 2016 | Youth Empowerment
DSW has been working for 25 years to encourage a generation of young people in East Africa to become leaders in their communities, fighting for better access and education around family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights. It makes us hugely proud,...
by Imali Ngusale | Sep 9, 2016 | Youth Empowerment
In late august, we were delighted to welcome to Mombasa some of our closest partners in family planning advocacy. The purpose of the invitation was to bring our collaborators around the table to discuss how we can better improve access to funding for family planning...
by dswen | Sep 1, 2016 | Uganda, Youth Empowerment
DSW Uganda, in partnership with the Ugandan National Population Secretariat and Partners in Population and Development Africa Regional Office (PPD ARO) organised a meeting to launch the Family Planning Advocacy Group. The Group was launched at an event in Kampala last...
by Collins Baswony | Aug 25, 2016 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Following a recent four-day training workshop for family planning youth champions conducted by DSW, 26 youth from eight counties in Kenya are now better equipped to advocate for more and better funds for family planning from the public sector. The training workshop...