by Collins Baswony | Mar 10, 2021 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Each day she sets out to speak to young women and girls about family planning or safe motherhood, Rahma Issa, 24, comes face to face with how myths about the use of contraceptives are entrenched in her western Kenyan community. And so, when she explains various...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Dec 1, 2020 | Youth Empowerment
Between 2010 and 2018, new HIV infections among young women aged 15 to 24 worldwide fell by 25 percent. This very encouraging statistic continued in 2019. Comparing the data from 2019 with 2010 shows that HIV diagnoses among adults decreased by an estimated 23 percent...
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 Jan Kreutzberg | Aug 12, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Global Health, Youth Empowerment
Today we celebrate International Youth Day, the theme of which is, “Youth Engagement for Global Action”. I find the timing of this theme extremely appropriate given the current global situation and the urgent need for more proactive measures to ensure young people’s...
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...