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  • Sustaining youth-participatory advocacy on sexual and reproductive health and rights: longitudinal case studies from Malawi and Niger

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    Youth are increasingly visible as advocates for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), yet barriers to meaningful participation remain high and the sustainability of youth advocacy is understudied. This study examines how youth advocates in the Break Free! programme in Malawi and Niger experience and navigate the individual, relational, and institutional conditions that shape […]

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  • Drivers of child marriage in Eastern and Western provinces in Zambia and effective preventive interventions

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    Zambia has one of the highest child marriage rates in the world. The reasons behind this are complex and rooted in the social and cultural context. This study aimed to understand why child marriage is more common in Eastern Province, despite lower poverty and similar teenage pregnancy rates, compared to Western Province. The research combined […]

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  • Power to You(th) Baseline Report – Ghana

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    Young People’s perspectives and decision-making regarding harmful practices, sexual and gender-based violence and unintended pregnancy.

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  • Power To You(th)

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    • Project

    The Power to You(th) programme focuses on harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and child marriage, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and unintended pregnancies. All of these are persistent ‘key issues’ where insufficient progress has been made in recent years. Funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the programme is led by […]

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