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The EU’s pledge to UNFPA: greater challenges require greater resources to address them
On 24 September, parallel to the UN General Assembly in New York, the European Commission announced a contribution of EUR 45 million over six years to the UNFPA Supplies Partnership, supporting sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) globally. “At a time of...
DSW Ethiopia Advocates for SRHR & Gender Policies
Two important policy advocacy workshops were held by DSW Ethiopia in Bahir Dar and Jimma towns recently. The main aim of these advocacy platforms was to sensitize stakeholders on youth sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender policy framework. Now...
Fighting contraception myths promotes women’s bodily autonomy
Kenya has made steady progress towards increased family planning uptake. The number of women using modern contraception has increased from 4.04 million in 2012 to 6.14 million in 2021, according to FP 2030. Statistics from the WHO’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and...
Get ready for EWAG 2022!
Every year, a coalition of European NGOs come together as part of the European Week of Action for Girls (EWAG) to amplify girls’ voices and call for girls’ rights to be at the core of the EU’s external action. This year, EWAG, which is organised around the...
DSW Kenya Annual Report 2021: Empowering Young People
As DSW Kenya, we are proud to be the to-go-to organisation when it comes to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) programming for young people and adolescents in Kenya. For over 22 years now, we have been making sure young people are empowered to lead...
DSW Ethiopia Debuts Youth-Friendly SRH Service Provision
On 31 August 2022, DSW Ethiopia opened its second of six youth-friendly clinics (YFC), with the aim of providing services in the area of sexual and reproductive health (SRH). The youth development training center in Bishoftu (Debrezeit) incorporates an in-house SRH...
Donor visit to “Healthy Youth at Work” Project
For the first time in many months since the peak of COVID-19 pandemic, a field visit of the Healthy Youth at Work (HY@W) project funded by the David & Lucile Packard Foundation in Ethiopia took place in Sebeta town, in the Oromia region on 16 August 2022. Sebeta...
Kenya: Youths do not live in a vacuum; they need support from all of us
It is not uncommon to hear that young people have been told they are either too young or too immature to handle some things. Phrases such as ‘youth of today’ and ‘this generation’ are often loaded to highlight an older generation’s vexation with the youth. Usually,...
Tour of Projects Sees off a Series of Commemoration Events for DSW’s 30th Anniversary in Ethiopia
Jan Kreutzberg, DSW’s executive director, travelled to Ethiopia recently to visit some of DSW's projects there. Mr. Kreutzberg’s visit coincided with a half-day cocktail reception to commemorate DSW’s 30th anniversary, where he delivered a keynote speech highlighting...
Breaking the cycle of teen pregnancies with youth-friendly centres
Addressing gaps in implementing contraceptive services that target young people, experts say, will help prevent unintended and lead to cost savings for pregnancy-related care