Enhancing SRHR understanding in marginalised youth

Recently the Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (AYSRHR) Scientific Conference was held in Kenya with the theme ‘priorities for advancing AYSRHR in Africa'. Our youth representatives attended to present their abstract on enhancing SRHR understanding in marginalised youth through combining religion and spirituality with social accountability strategies.

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The Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (AYSRHR) Conference, 2024

“Enhancing community-level awareness about AYSRHR and its prevention is imperative. Now is the time to confront the new wave of HIV/AIDS, unintended pregnancies, early marriages, gender-based violence, and female genital mutilation,”

Applying an intersectional lens: Training of Trainers

The Make Way Training of Trainers course was recently completed in Kenya, which develops the skills of trainers on the Make Way intersectional lobby and advocacy toolkit. With twenty collaborating partners and youth representatives participating from across the Make Way implementing countries, the course strived to improve understanding of intersectionality, show how to apply and provide training on the Make Way tools and enhance the participants’ training skills.

Safe spaces for adolescent and young women with disabilities: An avenue for disability inclusion and SRHR advocacy

The safe space has become a beacon of hope and empowerment for young teenage mothers and young women with disabilities. They fondly describe it as a sanctuary—a place where their stories and experiences are met with empathy rather than judgment. It stands as a bastion of learning and personal growth, where these young women and girls can unlock and nurture their talents, with a special emphasis on honing their advocacy skills.

UN Civil Society Conference: Improvements in youth representation but lacking SRHR

The UN Civil Society Conference brings together civil society organisations, as well as key stakeholders to discuss the pressing issues of our time - acting as a precursor to the Summit of the Future. Youth panellist, Elizabeth Warindi, attended the conference to represent Make Way and advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and meaningful youth engagement.

Using ISJA tool to address SRHR issues within religious spaces.

IFAGE and The Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians conducted lobbying in Usenge and Saradidi to address SRHR issues in religious spaces. With diverse denominational representation, the activity aimed to explore intersections between religious teachings and youth SRHR, identify barriers, and develop actionable strategies for promoting youth-friendly SRHR services within religious settings.

Black Coffee Network’s Capacity Building for Budget Champions.

Between 15th February and 11th March 2024, BCN conducted ten sessions on budget document analysis with the budget champions. The analysis focused on resource mobilization of the county revenue, budget appropriation, budget allocation, and budget expenditure. The activity aimed to critically analyze Nakuru County’s budget documents, examine the priorities of RMNCAH programs in the county budget documents, align with the national government policies on health, and track budget trends on RMNCAH.

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AIDS 2024

The 25th International AIDS Conference

AIDS 2024 will convene thousands of people living with, affected by and working on HIV to share knowledge, best practices and lessons learnt from the HIV response over the past 40 years, as well as from the responses to COVID-19, mpox and other public health threats.

Third annual international summit on ending gender-based violence 2024

Theme: “Gender- Based Violence And Intersectionality”

At the Third Annual International Summit on Ending Gender-Based Violence 2024, The Centre for Social Justice Initiatives will showcase the voices of survivors, and the transformative programmes that make real differences. Join us to hear the latest updates on violence against women and girls and strategies to end it.

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