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Bridging the Generational Gap: Community Leaders and Parents Confront SRHR Taboos

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By Bongiwe Dube ​Communities across Matabeleland South are taking steps forward by changing how they talk about sexual reproductive health rights (SRHR). For many years, this region has been guided by deep traditional beliefs and cultural norms that treated sex and reproductive health as a complete taboo which cannot be spoken about openly. In the […]

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Nothing About Us Without Us: Youth Shaping Health Decision Making

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By Bongiwe Dube ​For a long time, policies regarding youth health and well-being were made by older adults sitting in distant offices. Young people were merely expected to accept whatever decisions were handed down to them. However, through social accountability forums organized by the Community Youth Development Trust (CYDT), the youth of Matabeleland South are

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Social Media, Technology, and Grassroots Campaigns on SRHR

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Social Media, Technology, and Grassroots Campaigns on SRHR ​When young people are given the right tools and information, they do not wait for change to find them. Instead, they create change themselves. Throughout the implementation of the sexual reproductive health rights (SRHR) project by the Community Youth Development Trust (CYDT), IN 2021, the youth of

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