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 Collins Baswony | Feb 26, 2021 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Since the pandemic began, many youth who are HIV-positive have been shying away from going to health facilities to get their antiretroviral drugs for fear of being tested for Covid-19. Reports indicate most stopped the visits after they were told people living with...
by Collins Baswony | Feb 10, 2021 | Enhance, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
The recent executive action of repealing of the Mexico City policy by US President Joe Biden is welcome news for reproductive healthcare in Kenya. The Mexico City policy, commonly referred to as the global gag rule, bans U.S. government’s assistance...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Dec 4, 2020 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Ahmed Yusuf, 27, is a family planning champion from Meru County and the assistant director of the Youth and Women Advocacy Network (YWAN). How did the idea for the Youth and Women Advocacy Network come about? I was inspired to start the Youth and Women Advocacy...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Nov 13, 2020 | Covid-19, Kenya, Youth
No one imagined their 2020 would look like this. This year has brought the unprecedented hurdle of the COVID-19 pandemic, restricting movement all across the globe and infecting millions, with the most vulnerable populations most at risk. For us at DSW, COVID-19 has...