OUR PROGRAMS
Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights
Youth Anti-FGM Network Kenya Training
1. Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights
Due to cultural norms and religious beliefs, many girls, women, and young people in marginalized communities experience barriers to accessing friendly sexual reproductive health and rights services. The essence of our work is to increase access to high-quality and affordable sexual and reproductive healthcare information and services. Our focus is to ensure that young people have a complete understanding of their sexuality, their reproductive system, their capability to reproduce, and the freedom to decide if, when, and how often to do so safely. Our target is all young people, irrespective of their culture, faith or religion. Our vision is for girls and women in marginalized communities to be able to make informed, safe choices regarding their sexual and reproductive health. This will bridge the gender gap in access to resources and opportunities for self-development and actualization. We also envision an increased budgetary allocation towards sexual and reproductive healthcare services in Kenya and increased access to relevant, timely, and appropriate information about sexual and reproductive health rights for young men and women.
2. Gender Based Violence
In most marginalized communities, many women and girls experience many social, cultural, and religious norms that infringe on their rights. Because of high illiteracy among women in marginalized communities, females lack understanding of their basic human rights. Women and girls are subjected to physical, sexual, psychological, and economic harm/harmful acts. These are rooted in social, cultural, and religious norms.
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
“Our vision of success is to have a strengthened institutional mechanism i.e. police and local administrators who women and girls can trust so that they can report acts of GBV and human rights violations safely, confidentially & with no fear of reprisal.”
PEACE-BUILDING AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Nia Yangu Ni Amani Online Peace Campaign
3. Peace and Conflict Resolution
As much as the informal contributions of women have been highlighted and declared invaluable to resolving conflict and building sustainable peace, formal peacebuilding and conflict resolution initiatives continue to ignore or marginalize issues of gender and women’s involvement in formal missions and talks. The aim of the work is to strengthen the role of women in peace and security, particularly in preventing terrorism and countering radicalization and recruitment. Our vision of success is the realization of a peaceful, cohesive, and inclusive society in marginalized communities through young women's led dialogue. to promote the effective participation of young women in the peace process. To enhance knowledge of youth in conflict prevention and resolution at the grassroots level. To improve young women and youth access to relevant, timely, and appropriate information about peace and conflict resolution.
4. Economic Empowerment
In the course of poverty eradication and enhancing human capital development, economic empowerment allows people to think beyond their immediate daily survival and exercise greater control over their resources. To change the discourse that excludes the less privileged and keeps them in absolute poverty, our goal is driven towards Sustainable Development Goals. Primarily SDG 8, "Decent Work and Economic Growth".
Our main aim is geared towards
• Creating awareness and access to control over productive resources
. • Creating a path for youth and women to participate in meaningful
economic decision-making not only at the household level, but also on a global scale.
• enhance the need for skills and resource utilization in order to compete in existing markets.
Areas of focus
1. Entrepreneurship
2. Talent
3. Financial literacy
5. Education and Mentorship
with the aim of promoting equality and improving literacy within marginalized communities. Education is a key area to invest in. We aimed at increasing enrollments, improving retention and reducing dropouts at the basic education level. To improve enrollment, we support students from poor households with scholarships to enable them to enroll and study through high school. To improve and increase retention, especially for girls, we conduct mentorship programs aimed at advising and inspiring young adolescent girls to continue with education. Our aim is geared towards Creating awareness of the negative side effects of retrogressive cultural practices such as child marriages and female genital mutilation. Raising awareness and civic education about existing educational policies and how the community can help them be implemented Enhance awareness of career opportunities and opportunities to access higher education.