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We are committed to achieving our vision of a healthy and sustainable world in which all young people, especially girls and young women, can fully realise their true potential. Central to our mission is championing young people’s access to youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services, and supporting sustainable and rights-based population development.
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We are committed to achieving our vision of a healthy and sustainable world in which all young people, especially girls and young women, can fully realise their true potential. To unleash their power, DSW works hand-in-hand with young people, promotes an enabling environment, and fosters meaningful and inclusive participation. Central to our mission is championing young people’s access to youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services, supporting sustainable and rights-based population growth.
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LATEST NEWS
Our Top Tweets of 2020
Happy (almost) New Year from all of us at DSW! It is an understatement to say that 2020 brought with it many unexpected challenges and new situatio...
A deep dive into the Donors Delivering for SRHR report
We interviewed Steffie Neyens, Advocacy Officer at the DSW EU Office – one of the team behind the recently published Donors Delivering for SR...
The Catastrophe within the Catastrophe
In Kenya, as COVID-19 leads to an increase in unintended teenage pregnancies, we reached out and spoke with several young women facing their own un...
A New EU Global Health Strategy & Universal Health Coverage
As we prepare to mark International Universal Health Coverage Day, the world remains in the grips of a global pandemic, which has taken millions of...
Santa Kagendo Sebastian, Founder of the Youth and Women Advocacy Network, Talks Family Planning in the Time of COVID
Santa Kagendo Sebastian, 31, is the founder of the Youth and Women Advocacy Newtwork (YWAN), an organisation based in Meru County, Kenya. The brain...
Trained by DSW Kenya, Ahmed Yusuf Stands for Family Planning in Meru County
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 COVID-19 Pandemic, A New Challenge in the Fight Against HIV & AIDS
Between 2010 and 2018, new HIV infections among young women aged 15 to 24 worldwide fell by 25 percent. This very encouraging statistic continued i...
Gender responsive approach needed to tackle dual epidemics of HIV & COVID-19
On December 1 every year, the world marks World AIDS Day, and each year, there’s a specific theme. Last year, the focus was on the difference tha...
GAP III – Ambitious commitments must be turned into action
Despite significant advancement globally, there is still some way to go towards achieving gender equality and girls and women’s empowerment. Worl...
Youth Champion Purity Kanana on the Importance of Youth Leadership
Purity Kanana, 23, is a youth leader in Youth and Women Advocacy Network (YWAN), a youth organisation located in Meru County, Kenya. She is the lat...
We want to ensure that every young person has the power to realise their own future.
By advancing access to and demand for SRHR, we are making this happen.
