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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...
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...
