by Philomena Marijani | Oct 26, 2020 | Advance, Youth
Youth champions representing different youth networks convened in October 23 to share experiences on implementing youth led SRH initiatives. The DSW Tanzania annual national youth exchange forum had youth leaders share experiences, lessons learnt and charting their...
by Eva Herrmann | Oct 23, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Youth, Youth Empowerment
In order to deliver effective advocacy on family planning (FP) and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), a well-crafted organisational strategy – as well as an in-depth understanding of the surrounding advocacy ecosystem – is required. In...
by dswen | Apr 6, 2020 | Covid-19, Female Empowerment, Global Health, Youth, Youth Empowerment
DSW remains as strong and committed as ever towards ensuring that young people living in countries where we work have access to sexual and reproductive health and rights information, services, and supplies. However, we cannot escape the stark reality that COVID-19...
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, 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...
