Latest News
DSW Explains – Episode 3: EU-Africa cooperation against epidemics
“DSW Explains” is a video series in which DSW’s EU team explores some of the key EU policies related to global health R&D and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in a short and accessible way. In the 3rd episode of the series, our Senior Advocacy...
Kenya: 100% domestic funding for family planning funding needed by 2024
The sun in Eldoret is high up in the sky as we snake our way to Langas, a low-income settlement off Airport road. The heat is unrelenting as we meet a group of residents keen to discuss issues on family planning. Many are afraid to be on media; family planning is a...
A conversation on digitalising SRHR in Kenya
On September 23, DSW’s Brussels and Kenya offices co-organised the online webinar “A Conversation on Digitalising SRHR in Kenya”, to discuss the role of digital technologies in promoting the access to information on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)...
Five opportunities and five challenges for HERA: the new EU authority on health emergency preparedness and response
On September 16, the European Commission (EC) announced the new European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA), aimed at improving EU health security coordination by bringing together Member States and stakeholders and reinforcing the global...
Kenya: DSW’s Study in Mombasa shows that more investment is needed to improve family planning access for young people and people living with disabilities
A social accountability study conducted by DSW Kenya has revealed that family planning services in two health facilities in Mombasa County are satisfactory. In an exercise conducted in March and April 2021, DSW Kenya trained and supported youth from Sub-County Youth...
Investing in human development is key to mitigate and revert the effects of the pandemic: we cannot afford to dither and delay
The following article was co-authored by MEPs Charles Goerens and Urmas Paet: At the beginning of the pandemic, Team Europe committed to deploy an unprecedented global response to deal with the pandemic and its social and economic consequences: almost 40 billion euros...
Young people leading the fight for access to contraceptive care
Every year, celebrations take place around the world to mark World Contraception Day on September 26. Launched back in 2007, the day’s mission is to increase awareness of modern contraception and every individual’s right to choose if, when, and with whom to have...
DSW Ethiopia Commemorates IYD
Home to one of the largest youth populations in Africa, Ethiopia marked International Youth Day (IYD) on August 12, 2021 for the eighteenth consecutive year. Twelve days later, DSW Ethiopia hosted a half-day panel discussion in commemoration of the day. Forty-five...
Why the New German Government Needs to Prioritize Gender Equality in International Development
by Megan O’Donnell and Alisa Kaps After 16 years under Angela Merkel, the German federal election is just around the corner, with the chancellorship up for grabs. Rarely has it seemed so difficult to assess who will take it over. But no matter which parties form the...
DSW advocates for the combating of SGBV at the workplace
At a biannual review meeting, DSW teamed up with regional stakeholders, some of whom are currently members of the legislative bodies, to advocate against sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). The half-day workshop, which took place on July 2, 2021, at the Sapphire...
