Health
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Kenya: Teenage pregnancy is on the rise in Kisumu county
Nov 11, 2016OPINION – Teenage pregnancy has reached alarming levels in the Kisumu County of Kenya. According to Plan International Kenya, teenage pregnancy has gone up from 22 percent to 42 percent in recent time. Teenagers in Kisumu... -
#SRHRDialogues on how to facilitate and advocate for #RightToHealth with a special focus on access to Contraception for Young Women Living with HIV
Oct 24, 2016Insights from Juliana Odindo on #Voices Q1. What barriers do young women living with HIV face in accessing Contraception? Young women living with HIV don’t have many contraceptive options. This is due to the fact... -
Why Family Planning Needs Of Rural Women Can No Longer Be Ignored
Oct 17, 2016By Michael Okun Oliech Access to safe, accurate, high quality, affordable, acceptable and voluntary family planning is a basic human right yet thousands of young girls and women who want to avoid pregnancy in Kenya’s rural... -
Why We Cannot Afford to Ignore Non-Communicable Diseases Anymore
Sep 19, 2016By Robert Aseda Long thought to be ‘rare’ diseases affecting only the old and the rich, Non-Communicable Diseases are increasingly establishing themselves as a global nuisance, especially in middle and low-income nations. Report after report... -
YOUNG FEMINISTS BLOG SERIES ON #WHATWOMENWANT FEATURING XIANA ALBOR
Jul 30, 2016We hear from Xiana Albor from Spain #WhatWomenWant is a collaborative effort launched by the ATHENA Network and driven by young feminists and young women from around the world. The campaign has created space for activists... -
Doctors Without Borders: Governments at UN Must Address Severe Lack of HIV Treatment Access in West and Central Africa During High-Level Meeting
Jun 7, 2016Ahead of the UN High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS this week (June 8-10), the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) commended governments for deliberating a critical goal that 30 million people should be... -
YOUNG FEMINISTS BLOG SERIES ON #WhatWomenWant Featuring Isabella Muthoni
Jun 7, 2016We hear from Isabella Muthoni- Kenya #WhatWomenWant campaign is a collaborative effort launched by the ATHENA network. The Campaign aims to engage activists and advocates in women’s civil society & feminist organizations to contribute towards renewed... -
YOUNG FEMINISTS BLOG SERIES ON #WHATWOMENWANT Featuring Genesis Luigi
Jun 3, 2016We hear from Génesis Luigi from Venezuela #WhatWomenWant campaign is a collaborative effort launched by the ATHENA network. The Campaign aims to engage activists and advocates in women’s civil society & feminist organizations to contribute towards... -
YOUNG FEMINISTS BLOG SERIES ON #WHATWOMENWANT
May 30, 2016Marsida Bandili-Young Feminist from Albania #WhatWomenWant campaign is a collaborative effort launched by the ATHENA network. The Campaign aims to engage activists and advocates in women’s civil society & feminist organizations to contribute towards renewed leadership... -
Ensuring Access to Youth Friendly Services is Investing for Now and for the Future
Mar 5, 2016According to the United Nations Population Fund’s ‘The power of 1.8 Billion; Adolescents, Youth and the Transformation of the Future’, our world is home to 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24. This...