By Bongiwe Dube Even when everyday life became difficult due to lockdowns and health crises in September 2022, young people in Matabeleland South did not sit back. Instead, a brave group of trained youth community champions stepped up to protect their villages. Through a grassroots movement focused on peer accountability, these champions took the vital […]
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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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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 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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The road to winning a young person’s mind and changing how they look at life is not a simple walk in the park. To really get through to them, one needs to use what they love most, and entertainment is centrally one of them. For a long time, many programs that try to teach young
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