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Kenya: Make tech, net accessible, safer for women and girls
Technology is now a central part of our lives with access to vital services like health, e-commerce and income-generating opportunities online. This became clearer when the Covid-19 pandemic forced more people online to mitigate its effects and connect during...
Kenya: Eliminate Barriers To Condom Use For Healthier Reproductive Lives
For many years, condoms have been fronted as one of the key efforts in combating the spread of HIV. They are also vital in preventing unintended pregnancies if and when used correctly and consistently. Kenya’s recently released 2022 Demographic and Health Survey...
KENYA: Good progress has been made but let’s not slow down
The recently released Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) 2022, has very positive findings on key Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) indicators. It is a sign that we are on the right path in addressing key challenges, including teenage...
KENYA: Why men and boys need to be at the forefront in FGM fight
Caption: Nyatigi Fredrick, the Children Officer Kapenguria, West Pokot county speaks about the role of men in ending Female Genital Mutilation at Kalya FM during the International day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation.
Parliamentarians and CSOs Exchange on SRH Ecosystems for Sustainable Development
On January 08 2023, DSW Tanzania was invited by the Tanzania Parliamentary Association on Population and Development (TPAPD) to participate in partners’ conference organized by the TPAPD in collaboration with the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and...
DSW Ethiopia Launches New Project
Expanding access to high-quality Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health (ASRH) information and services, including safe abortion (SA) and post-abortion care (PAC), is essential for adolescents’ health and wellbeing, and to prevent unintended pregnancies and...
Kenya: Bridging Sexual Reproductive Health Gaps for Youth in Slums
By Muthoki Kithanze Margaret Kwamboka, 18, lives in an informal settlement in Nairobi’s Githurai area. She has lived in this expansive concrete jungle most of her life and together with her peers, has gone through a tough life. “I have friends as young as 16 years...
Donors Oversee SAfA’s Program in Ethiopia
From 7 to 9 November, a team of donors, represented by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) along with the Stiftungallianz für Afrika gGmbH (SAfA), visited three projects, which are synergized under a shared programmatic outcome located...
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...
