Comprehensive Sexuality Education and Gender Equality in Nigeria
Tigger Warning: Sexual Assault Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) is a critical global intervention. Not only does it have the power...
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Chiaratou Olayindé Moutairou
- Jun 15, 2022
- 4 min
Partnering For African Sovereignty On Medical Products Access
Overview of the pharmaceutical sub-sector in Benin The fight against the manufacture and trafficking of counterfeit medicines has long...
Offor Hope Jeremiah
- Sep 2, 2018
- 3 min
The European Union Gives Young Africans a Voice
Since coming back from the EU fully funded trip to Brussels, where I spoke on a high-level panel on Women and girls health, I have come...
Phonsina Archane
- Jul 17, 2018
- 3 min
EDD18: Experience et réflexion
En tant que jeune actif passionné et inspiré par le changement positif, la participation à des espaces où conférences dédiés au...
Phonsina Archane
- Jun 15, 2018
- 2 min
International Day of the African Child leaving behind the African Child?
June 16 is internationally known as the day of the African Child. Africa’s population is projected to double by 2050 to 2.4 billion...
Taffan Ako
- Jun 6, 2018
- 2 min
Every Woman is Worthy of Her Rights
I was born in Iraqi Kurdistan in a time of internal conflict and war and I moved to Sweden as a political refugee in 1997. I had the most...
Phonsina Archane
- May 28, 2018
- 2 min
No SRHR, No SDGs
Approximately 16 million adolescent girls aged 15-19 give birth annually, making up 10% of births worldwide.In developing countries...
Offor Hope Jeremiah
- May 26, 2018
- 2 min
Contraceptive Access - My Nigerian Experience
As a young boy growing up in Benin City, Nigeria. I had a best friend who was also my classmate and sat next to me at secondary school....
Offor Hope Jeremiah
- May 26, 2018
- 2 min
Contraceptive Access - My Nigerian Experience
As a young boy growing up in Benin City, Nigeria. I had a best friend who was also my classmate and sat next to me at secondary school....
Natalie Tingo
- May 24, 2018
- 2 min
An End To FGM
I have been an activist working towards ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) going on six years now as my community, Kuria, has one of...
Grace Banda
- May 22, 2018
- 2 min
Women Empowerment Through the Eyes of a Horticulturalist
Imagine a nation with well-developed women and women in power. Women on the front line of nutrition as care givers in the family -...
Esther Nakajjigo
- May 20, 2018
- 4 min
LIFT UP HER VOICE Challenge
What it means to be a woman in a world’s largest refugee settlement: "She was escaping fierce fighting in her home town of Bor Medina in...
Shakira Choonara
- Apr 17, 2018
- 6 min
A Journey to Being Woman of the Year 2017
EDD Young Leader 2015, Shakira Choonara, was recently awarded the Woman of the Year in Healthcare Award, South Africa. She recollects her...
Elsa Zekeng
- Feb 6, 2018
- 2 min
How do we end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) within a generation?"
It is deeply saddening, worrying but even more so infuriating that article headlines such as “One Female Genital Mutilation case reported...
Richard Dzikunu
- Sep 20, 2017
- 3 min
72nd United Nations General Assembly, Why should young people matter?
My name is Richard Dzikunu from Ghana, I am 26 years old. Just a year ago, I attended the High Level Political Forum on SDG here at the...
Esenam Amuzu
- Jul 11, 2017
- 3 min
Sexual and Reproductive Health : Sex Talk in Ghana
LABADI, GHANA – Education about sexuality and reproductive health is a serious political issue in many Western countries. Elections are...
Esenam Amuzu
- May 29, 2017
- 5 min
Future of Ghana: Rights and dreams of its youth
A personal story reflecting on how Ghana must realize the rights and dreams of its youth for economic acceleration. Six years ago, I was...
Richard Dzikunu
- May 26, 2017
- 4 min
Demographic Dividend - The Basic Argument for our Development
It was close to midnight. The horde of young people was charged up as they tried their skills at all the most recent dance moves. The...
Shakira Choonara
- May 25, 2017
- 6 min
#AfricaDay2017- The Rise of a United States of Africa
After a whirlwind of recent travel across Southern Africa, the realities of the continent hit home and pretty much keep me awake at...
Elsa Zekeng
- Apr 7, 2017
- 5 min
Depression in context: PhD Students, Youth & Low and Middle Income Countries
I can hardly pin-point the start or trigger of my interest and passion for global health. I frequently refer to a point when I was about...
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