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Youth Champions driving change for young people in Kenya
Eight DSW Youth Champions will be using their voices this year to make sure the EU’s external action effectively responds to young people’s needs, particularly in the field of global health and sexual and reproductive health and rights. The Youth Champions are from...
Live blog – tracking EU investments in human development in 2022
This is a live blog that will be updated at key moments in the 2022 budget process, with the latest additions posted at the top of the page. 15/06/2021 - Brussels The EU cannot possibly hope to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 with the proposed budget for human...
Kenya: How DSW is working with adolescents, government and communities to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Kilifi County
The teenage pregnancy menace has had negative repercussions in Kilifi county for many years, following the challenges faced by the young girls affected. Many organisations, together with the county government, have been at the forefront in championing against the...
Youth leaders in Uganda driving change for young people.
Eight DSW Youth Champions will be using their voices this year to make sure the EU’s external action effectively responds to young people’s needs, particularly in the field of global health and sexual and reproductive health and rights. The Youth Champions are from...
Talk to her: girls and menstrual hygiene in Tanzania
I am Habiba Saidi Mtamba, a DSW Youth Advocate from southern Tanzania. Today, on World Menstrual Hygiene Day, I want to share my experience of some of the challenges that I faced and that other girls in Tanzania face during their menstrual cycle. Today, there are...
“In Kenya, girls miss more than 50 days of school because of their menstruation”
Although it directly affects half of the world's population, people often don't talk about menstruation. This is especially a problem for young people. In Tanzania and Ethiopia, every fourth young woman does not know what menstruation is. So it is a big shock when she...
DSW Explains: a new video series by DSW!
In the new “DSW Explains” video series, DSW’s Brussels team explores some of the key EU policies, instruments, and processes related to global health research and innovation (R&I) and to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). We will share our point of...
We need to prioritise African women in HIV vaccine research – its future success depends on it.
This HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, we join the call for women to be at the center of the HIV response, with the space and resources to demand and lead their own solutions. Despite significant leaps forward in HIV prevention and treatment programmes in recent years,...
Time for Kenya to invest own HIV funds, better manage the funds and supplies.
Recently, reports that the government through Kenya Medical Supplies Authority was distributing phased out antiretroviral therapy drugs hit the news, much to the shock and anger of Kenyans. The drugs in question were phased out in 2019 due to their adverse effects...
A new era for the post-Cotonou agreement?
Since the 1970s, the European Union (EU) has established a long-standing and close partnership with countries from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific (ACP) group of states, with the current agreement between the two blocs (the so-called Cotonou agreement) coming...
