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The EU Global Health Strategy – an opportunity for the EU to step up its leadership in global health
On November 30, the European Commission adopted its renewed Global Health Strategy. Long-awaited, the strategy replaces a previous framework that dated back to 2010, which lacked adequate political support, and which was no longer fit for purpose, given the...
World AIDS Day 2022: why there will be no end to the AIDS epidemic without equalising
Every year on December 1, the world marks World AIDS Day. The 2022 theme is Equalise: shining a spotlight on the fact that populations in vulnerable situations, including children and young people, still often lack access to the HIV prevention, diagnostics, and...
Kenya: Let us advance universal access to family planning for our prosperity
Kenya is among 125 countries at the November 14-17 International Conference on Family Planning in Pattaya, Thailand. The theme for the biennial event is “Family Planning and Universal Health Coverage: Innovate. Collaborate. Accelerate.” Family planning is a crucial...
PRNDs: Time is ticking to deliver a healthier future for young people
For our latest blog post, we’re bringing together two young people, one a Youth Champion of our partner organisation in Uganda, the other an Advocacy Officer in our Brussels office. John Jessy and Ffion joined forces recently in Uganda, Brussels, and Berlin, and in...
DSW Ethiopia Pilots Women & Girls Friendly Spaces
Two friendly spaces for women and girls to access safe, psychosocial, as well as sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services were established in Dilla town of the Gedeo Zone in SNNP region and Bule-Hora town in West Guji Zone of the Oromia region. Both...
The EU Youth Action Plan: A key tool to empower young people and promote their SRHR
On October 4, the European Commission adopted its first ever Youth Action Plan (YAP), which will be the guiding policy framework to promote youth engagement and empowerment as part of the EU’s external action between 2022-2027. This was a key deliverable for Jutta...
DSW youth advocates speak up for girls’ rights at EWAG 2022
“If you educate a girl, you educate a whole nation.” European Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica, Oct. 10, 2022 Between October 10 and 14, three DSW youth champions joined the 10th edition of the European Week of Action for Girls (EWAG) in Brussels,...
The EU’s pledge to UNFPA: greater challenges require greater resources
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...
