Building A Feminist Youth-Led Movement to Promote Access to Youth-Friendly Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)  Services in Wakiso and Nwoya.

The project aimed at empowering both in-school and out-of-school youth to access their sexual and reproductive health rights through feminist advocacy, community engagement, and grassroots action. Its primary goal was to build a feminist youth-led movement to promote access to youth-friendly SRH services.

Despite the presence of Uganda progressive frameworks like the National Adolescent Health Policy (2004), many young people still find barriers in accessing accurate and appropriate SRH services and rights. These barriers include limited access to youth-friendly SRH information, stigma, cultural taboos, negative attitudes from health workers, and weak policy implementation.

This project sought to change that reality by building a youth-led movement that not only amplifies young voices but also challenges non youth-friendly social and cultural norms, strengthens multi-stakeholder collaboration, and promotes inclusive and youth-responsive SRH services at both community and national levels.

Specific Project Objectives

1. To facilitate advocacy for a youth-led feminist movement for in and out of school youth through workshops.
2. To facilitate awareness creation through community outreaches, multi-stakeholder collaboration meetings and community conversations with parents, care givers, social cultural leaders to raise awareness of their role in promoting access to youth-led SRH services.
3. To train and deploy peer educators as volunteers to cascade the information on youth friendly SRH services in the community.
4. To develop and disseminate user friendly Information Education, and Communication (IEC) materials with messages on access to SRH services like talking compounds in schools, stickers and banners.

Our Approach

Youth Advocacy Trainings.

Youth Peer Educator program.

Community Engagement and Awareness.

Collaborative Multi-Stakeholder Engagement.

Key Activities & Achievements

• 📊 Project Baseline Survey
• 🧑🏽‍🏫 Youth trainings (in and out of school) on advocacy and youth-led feminist movement building.
• 🧕🏽 Training of Youth Peer Educators on importance and access of youth-friendly SRH services and rights.
• 📣 Community Awareness Campaigns to educate the community about the importance of youth-friendly SRH services and how to access them.
• 🏡 Community Conversations with parents, caregivers, and religious, cultural, and political leaders on support their youth to access these services.
• 🤝 Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration Meetings at district and national levels to discuss the implementation of the project goal.
• 📢 Development & Dissemination of IEC Materials (stickers, talking compounds, banners) with youth-friendly, appropriate and accurate messages on SRH services and rights.
• 📻 Radio Talk Show on access of youth-friendly SRH services in Nwoya district.
• 🌍 Youth Participation at CSW69 side event.

💬 Youth Voices

“Attending the NAWAD’s training session on how to access youth-friendly sexual and reproductive services and rights, made me realize the financial burden of unplanned pregnancies, and now my wife and I are better prepared for our future through family planning.”
— Abdul Kaweesi, youth leader , Wakiso

“I thought the Village Health Teams (VHTs) couldn’t help me with SRH services, and this left me feeling lost and unsure of where to turn. But after NAWAD came and provided SRH advocacy training in Purongo Subcounty, I now know where to access SRHR services, and most importantly, I understand that the VHTs can support me. The training has opened my
eyes to the services available, and I feel more empowered to take control of my sexual and reproductive health.”
— Esther Ayeerwot, youth , Nwoya

NAWAD is deeply committed to amplifying youth voices in the advocacy for SRH services and rights. Our goal is to strengthen partnerships and expand youth-led initiatives across the country.

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