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Tour of Projects Sees off a Series of Commemoration Events for DSW’s 30th Anniversary in Ethiopia
Jan Kreutzberg, DSW’s executive director, travelled to Ethiopia recently to visit some of DSW's projects there. Mr. Kreutzberg’s visit coincided with a half-day cocktail reception to commemorate DSW’s 30th anniversary, where he delivered a keynote speech highlighting...
Breaking the cycle of teen pregnancies with youth-friendly centres
Addressing gaps in implementing contraceptive services that target young people, experts say, will help prevent unintended and lead to cost savings for pregnancy-related care
How perceptions lock women with disabilities out of family planning
They face barriers when seeking reproductive health services, such as limitations in transportation, income and inaccessible care facilities, and some face mistreatment by health care providers
POWER to Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda!
The ‘Providing Opportunities for Women in Entrepreneurship and Reproductive Health’ project, or quite simply POWER for short, is a brand new joint-initiative developed by DSW and our long-term partner in Uganda, Action for Health Uganda (A4HU). Starting this month and...
Kenya: We should empower our children to detect, report harmful practices against them
Childhood ought to come with innocence, freedom and playfulness. But this is not always the case. In many places across the world, children bear numerous burdens including violence and harmful practices that violate their fundamental rights and limit the enjoyment of...
DSW Ethiopia Triumphs in Advocacy
DSW Ethiopia is triumphing in an environment that was not very open to NGO engagement until recent years, by hosting and engaging in a series of advocacy activities. Two high profile advocacy workshops took place on 12 and 13 May 2022 during which a regional advocacy...
Let’s normalise menstrual health conversations
Menstrual health has been dogged by myths and misconceptions, some of which have made everything around the natural body processes taboo. The sad bit is that, because of this, many girls and women of reproductive age do not have a safe space to speak out about what...
DSW Ethiopia Launches a Revised AYSRH Manual
DSW’s Adolescent and Youth Sexual & Reproductive Health (AYSRH) Manual, was launched during a half day workshop at Aphrodite Hotel on 28 April 2022 in Addis Ababa. The 6th edition of the AYSRH Manual was revised and once again endorsed by the Federal Ministry of...
Lifeyangu.com: Youth can now access SRH information and services with new digital platform
We wanted a digital solution that is simple, accessible, and easy to find; a platform that aims at reducing the pressure points for young people as they look for information about their reproductive health and a space where they find accurate and appropriate information and where their questions and concerns stay private- and will not expose them to stigma and suspicion by peers and parents/guardians.
It’s time to prioritise women and girls in HIV vaccine research, and the EU must play its part
In 2020, women and girls accounted for 63% of all new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa, with young women in the region twice as likely to be living with HIV than men. Discrimination, gender stereotyping and the continued violation of women’s rights lead to...
