Mombasa is among the counties in Kenya with the highest prevalence of teenage pregnancy with over 17% of girls between 15-19 years having begun childbearing. The high rate of teenage pregnancies illustrates the unmet need for access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) information and services, particularly access to comprehensive sexuality education and […]
On October 14 and 15, Hivos’ African Crossroads will organize its fourth edition. The theme of this year’s gathering is ECOEXISTENCE. At the end of Crossroads 2021, participants will emerge with an actionable (collective) manifesto that aims to shape the trajectory of climate justice on the African continent for the years to come. African Crossroads […]
Today, the 28th of September, we celebrate the International Day of Access to Safe and Legal Abortion. What started as a regional campaign in Latin America, has grown into a worldwide movement for the rights to make decisions about one’s own body and to access basic health care. We sat down with Lucy Minayo, Program […]
Hivos, through its Resource of Open Minds (R.O.O.M.) program, has been enabling a new generation of artists to produce critical cultural content on the African continent.
With support from Hivos, through the Regional SRHR Fund, SAYWHAT set out to improve access to adolescent SRHR services and commodities among students and young people in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Meaningful youth participation in social accountability has the potential to improve the provision of quality Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) information and services. It also ensures that the needs and rights of young people are recognised and prioritised in the conceptualisation, resourcing and implementation of SRHR services. However, lack of information and skills […]
Strategic litigation is an innovative and integral advocacy approach which uses the justice system to bring about legal and policy change as well as create public awareness on human rights violations.
Hivos through its Regional SRHR Fund, on Tuesday May 18th 2021 launched the Consent to Access Campaign (#Consent2Access). The Campaign is aimed at promoting adolescent access to Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) information and services. The campaign aims to achieve this through advocacy for improved laws, policies and practices on age of consent for adolescent access […]
Amani, My Friend, the prototype of an interactive digital game, has won a friendly competition between master’s students studying media design at the University of Design and Applied Arts of Geneva (HEAD). The competition aimed to support the development of virtual tools which foster the exchange of information on HIV and sexual health among adolescent […]
HIAS Kenya conceptualized a project aimed at improving refugees’ access to high quality and safe SRH information and services.
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown a greater need for new ways of working, innovation and effective partnerships for the implementation of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) programming. Ensuring cross learning, knowledge exchange and a reflection on the strategies and learns learnt cannot be over emphasized. With this in mind, Hivos through the […]
The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has posed great challenges to the worldwide economy and people’s daily lives and will have far-reaching consequences beyond the spread of the disease. The creative economy is one of the sectors most at risk from the COVID-19 crisis. Any lasting damage to the creative sector will drastically undercut our culture, […]