Millions of people in Uganda, including many adolescents, youths, and children, are subjected to sexual violence. Yet, very few survivors ever tell anyone about the experience or access health services or mental health support to help them heal. Many do not understand the importance of these services or the fact that, after a rape, every…
As Uganda joins the rest of the world to celebrate World Population Day on July 11th, 2020! Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum (UYAHF) under the Youth Engage and Take Action for SRHR project and in partnership with Right Here Right Now Platform and the National Population Council, organized a Pre-World Population Day Inter-Generational…
RAPID ASSESMENT ON YOUNG PEOPLE’S EXPERIENCES, CHALLENGES AND BEST PRACTICES ON DEMAND, ACCESS AND UTILIZATION OF YOUTH FRIENDLY CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES IN MBALE DISTRICT
On 2nd July 2020, a group of young leaders from the adolescent contraception and sexual reproductive health youth network from Mbale, Butalejja, and Tororo districts were part of a radio talk show on Ebenezer FM in Mbale district. This radio talk show as a result of the action points from the coordination meeting in Mbale…
There are many stories surrounding the need to have many children. Did you know that some people produce a lot of children because they are competing with other cultures within their district? While others produce because they believe that if GOD fails to give you wealth then he gives it to your children? All these stories…
USAID-FP activity team, Uganda Youth and Adolescent health forum inclusive took part in the first orientation meeting with Kibaale district leadership on 1st of July 2020 with an intention of introducing the new project to the district but also calling upon them for their support in moving this project forward. The brief was given by…
Uganda Youth and adolescent health forum traveled to these districts from 23rd to 25th of July to introduce the project to the young people, understanding their unique youth challenges, opportunities, and experiences faced in line with Family Planning as well as Gather recommendations on the project implementation and innovative youth solutions. The…
The 5th webinar series was organized by Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum in partnership with She Decides Uganda movement and Health Journalists Network in Uganda (HEJNU) took place on 18th June 2020 from 4:00 – 5:30 pm. The webinar featured five amazing panelists; Maritza, Content developer, Raymond Mujuni, Investigative Journalist, and show host at…
Uganda has a long-standing history of hosting refugees with more than 1.1 million refugees and asylum seekers as of October 2018. Uganda has received more than 1 million refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan since July 2016. Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum, operating in Kyakka II refugee settlement and Kyegegwa…
Joyce being the moderator of the day introduced the topic for discussion which was menstruation as well as giving its details where she commended CSO organizations and line ministries for their efforts. The respondents for the day where was Norah and Hanne who shared their views about the various menstrual materials challenges around menstruation,…
