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Menstrual Poverty Comprises More than the Lack of Menstrual Products
Often and in ‘mainstream media’, menstrual poverty is equated to a menstruator’s lack of menstrual products. However, this equation does not paint the full picture as many different factors apart from material deprivation and economic determinants may leave a...
Kenya: More needs to be done to secure the right of girls and women to manage their menstruation adequately
World menstrual hygiene day, marked annually on 28th May, gives us an opportunity to take stock of efforts taken to secure the right of girls and women to manage their menstruation adequately and with dignity. Girls and women in Kenya were struggling with menstrual...
STRENGTHENING YOUTH FRIENDLY HEALTH SERVICES IN TANZANIA
DSW through the Supporting Initiatives for Youth Empowerment in Tanzania(SIYET) Project has continued implementation of strengthening linkages for youth to access health services in the project sites of Arusha, Kilimanjaro and Dar es salaam. The project strengthens...
New Spotlight Initiative Programme Works to End GVAW Across Africa
If you read our blog regularly, you will know that DSW is part of the Right By Her campaign, a consortium of eight partners working across Africa to improve the realities of women and girls in Africa in four key areas: gender-based violence against women (GVAW),...
Success! Sudan Moves to Criminalise FGM
At a time when we all crave a little good news, a major milestone was passed earlier this month in Sudan: the country’s transitional government moved to criminalise female genital mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail. This comes after years of...
How COVID-19 Has Affected My Work – A #RightByHer Champion’s Experience
Ruth Kedikilwe, a Right By Her journalist champion from Botswana, shares her experience with how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected her work. The Right By Her campaign pushes for improved implementation of continental commitments, specifically the Maputo Protocol and...
Journalist Tackles Teenage Pregnancies in Zambia
The Right By Her campaign works with a group of champions including African young men and women, First Ladies, parliamentarians, journalists, feminists and religious leaders. The champions raise awareness in their circles of influence and push for increased funding...
Kenya: While dealing with COVID-19, let us not forget sexual and reproductive healthcare
Kenya, along with the rest of the world is currently responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect the different aspects of our lives is continuously being documented and discussed. The economic effects of COVID-19 and the response of the...
The Fight Against Malaria Continues
Last weekend marked World Malaria Day (April 25) and the start of World Immunisation Week (April 24-30). These two important events in global health are all the more important in a world fighting against a pandemic while we wait for a vaccine. It is possible to reduce...
Africa-EU collaborative research holds the key to tackling malaria and other epidemics.
As the world marks World Malaria Day, the global COVID-19 pandemic that is gripping the world has bought to our attention the health and economic impacts of major infectious diseases, which affect hundreds of millions of people every year. In 2018, there were 228...
