by Brussels Communications | Mar 2, 2020 | Brussels, Youth
The year 2020 is a crucial time to shape future relations between the EU and the African continent. The European Commission together with the European External Action Service (EEAS) will present a joint communication on a new comprehensive EU-Africa strategy ahead of...
by Esayas Meskel | Feb 20, 2020 | Advance, Enhance, Ethiopia, Youth, Youth Empowerment
In Ethiopia, the word ‘advocacy’ was taboo for many years. It was sugarcoated in alternative terminologies in an attempt to dodge the wrath of the Ethiopian government, which imposed a penal code against civil society organizations (CSOs) and NGOs in the...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Jan 29, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Global Health, Youth
For every ten women aged 20-24 in Sub-Saharan Africa, four are married before the age of 18. In countries with high levels of child marriage, there are high rates of adolescent births and maternal deaths. More than half of the world’s maternal deaths occur in...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Jan 24, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Youth, Youth Empowerment
Today, we celebrate the International Day of Education, highlighting the role of education as a public good that is central to humanity’s well-being and sustainable development. In sub-Saharan Africa, less than 40% of girls complete lower secondary school. Their right...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Jan 6, 2020 | Empower, Female Empowerment, Global Health, Youth, Youth Empowerment
Happy New Year from all of us at DSW! 2019 was a momentous year, and not just because it marked the end of a decade. From the European Parliament elections in May to the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 in November, which commemorated the 25th anniversary of the International...
by Evelyn Samba | Dec 12, 2019 | Empower, Enhance, Kenya, Youth, Youth Empowerment
DSW Kenya’s engagements with ICPD25: Accelerating the Promise This year marked the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). To commemorate this, the governments of Kenya and Denmark and the United Nations Population Fund...