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‘For The Safety and Future of Our Youth, Let’s Talk About Sex’
An Interview With Prof. Joachim Osur to Mark World Population Day. Today is World Population Day, a day established by the United Nations Development Programme to highlight the urgency and importance of population issues. Current estimates indicate that roughly 83...
Learning About Violence Against Women and Girls in Conflict Zones.
Warning: This article covers topics that may be disturbing or upsetting for some readers. Reader discretion advised. Introduction The Right By Her campaign is a coalition of 8 partners, working across Africa to make women’s rights a reality. It is a huge remit, and...
Empowering the youth of Kenya – Highlights of DSW’s work in Kenya in 2018
2018 marked an important milestone for our work in Kenya. It was the first year of delivering our 2018 – 2022 strategic plan. In 2018, our budget advocacy work scored some important goals. In our bid to secure more and better domestic family planning funds, we...
EDDs 2019: A Reminder of The Need For Action!
It’s exactly one week since our epic two days at this year’s European Development Days (EDDs), Europe’s leading development forum in Brussels and I can safely say that we have finally recovered! This year’s understandably popular theme was: ‘Addressing inequalities:...
Learning more about Obstetric Fistula with Health Care worker, Deborah Eyiiga.
Today (May 23) is the United Nations' International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. Although relatively unknown in the West, Obstetric Fistula is a hugely distressing condition that affects two to three million women and girls in Africa and Asia, with...
‘I Am Greater Than HIV’. An Interview with Doreen Moraa
With a recent study showing that men whose HIV infection was fully suppressed by antiretroviral drugs had no chance of infecting their partner, it would be easy to think that the hard work in overcoming the HIV epidemic is over. However, as the ‘State of African...
World Malaria Day – heralding a vaccine breakthrough
World Malaria Day on April 25 heralded some fantastic news - our partners at PATH's Malaria Vaccine Initiative announced that they, together with pharmaceutical company GSK, have been working on a malaria vaccine that has now been given regulatory approval by the...
MEPs endorse call for increased action on R&D to fight diseases of poverty
What Does Family Planning Mean To You?
