Samburu County Customized Guidelines for Provision of Adolescent and Youth Friendly Services
Samburu County Customized Guidelines for Provision of Adolescent and Youth Friendly Services According to the 2019 Population and Housing Census, the population of Samburu County was 310,327 with 51% of young people aged 35 years and below, adolescents and youth aged10-19 at 26% (approximately 80,686). The 2019 census report indicates literacy among the youth is […]
The Kenya Youth Generation Equality Consortium Report on Sexual harassment in Kenya Public Transport
The Kenya Youth Generation Equality Consortium Report on Sexual harassment in Kenya Public Transport The Kenya Youth Generation Equality Consortium, IYFP, Y-ACT, and OAY are youth focused organizations with a unifying goal of achieving meaningful youth engagement (MYE). They seek to place youth advocates and youth workers at vantage positions to voice out and seek […]
Launch of the Open Source Youth Advocacy Platform
This webinar was the official launch of the Open Source Platform giving an overview of the Youth in Action advocacy approach, the relevance of this curriculum to a youth advocate in the region and an introduction to the platform on which the course will be hosted featured a panel of experts including; Y-ACT Policy Advocacy […]
ACT NOW TO END GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN KENYA
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25th November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. It is used as an organizing strategy by individuals and organizations around the world to call for the […]
Best Practices for Sustaining Youth Contraceptive Use
Family planning programs are high-impact, cost-effective interventions that improve maternal, neonatal, and child health outcomes. Family planning offers additional benefits to young women, including protecting access to education and employment and reducing the health risks of early childbearing. Despite recent advances in expanding access to voluntary family planning, 218 million women of reproductive age in […]
DISSECTING SCHOOL RE-ENTRY FOR TEENAGE MOMS
DISSECTING SCHOOL RE-ENTRY AFTER TEENAGE PREGNANCIES Valarie Musavi What is the reality of a teen mom getting back to class three or six months after pregnancy and the newborn experience? One cannot vividly come to terms with the level of attachment a teen mom has towards their baby nor how she has to shut […]
Expenditure Tracking
Tool for civil society organizations (CSOs) to ensure that government budgets are being executed on the ground as intended and that scarce public resources are being used effectively. For more information, including case studies, see Our money, Our responsibility: A Citizen’s Guide to Monitoring Government Expenditures. Location: Global Type: Tools Topics: Accountability Organization: International Budget […]
Evaluating Social Justice Advocacy: A Values Based Approach
Brief offers ideas on how to incorporate the concept of social justice and its underlying values into advocacy evaluation. Location: Global Type: Research Topics: Evaluation and assessment Organization: Center for Evaluation Innovation Resource: View Resource
Enhancing Funders’ and Advocates’ Effectiveness
Enhancing Funders’ and Advocates’ Effectiveness: The Processes Shaping Collaborative Advocacy for Health System Accountability in South Africa Article in the Foundation Review examines five Atlantic Philanthropies-supported advocacy efforts designed to improve access to quality health care for all South Africans and reduce health inequities across the country. Using retrospective case studies, the article identifies features […]
How To Engage the Private Sector to Achieve Universal Health Care
Engaging the Private Sector in Primary Health Care (PHC) to Achieve Universal Health Care (UHC): Advice from Implementers to Implementers The practical manual that contains step-by-step guidance along with real-world examples and case studies to help facilitate public-private sector engagement around primary health care (PHC). The first two modules of the Manual provide practical guidance […]