By Ssaazi Kizito (SHE SOARS Youth Advisory Board) One of the most striking lessons I learned from the 2025 SHE SOARS All Partners Meeting in Lusaka is that adolescent health and economic empowerment are not parallel priorities—they are mutually reinforcing realities. When young people, for example, adolescent girls, are equipped with practical, income-generating skills, their …
From 20th to 29th March 2025, the OLU ALU campaign team carried out a series of activities in Yumbe and Arua districts as part of the ongoing effort to build a grassroots movement. The aim was to ensure that young people—especially adolescent boys and girls— felt a sense of ownership and were actively involved in …
With the 2026 elections coming soon, Youth Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Uganda are working harder than ever to ensure young people are involved in the process. On 6th March 2025, the National Youth Working Group (NYWG) brought together several youth organisations and officials from the Electoral Commission (EC). Under the theme: “The Role of …
The Youth Power Driving #ESA Commitments Project: Enhancing young people’s access to SRHR services in the Eastern and Southern Africa region The East and Southern Africa (ESA) Ministerial Commitment, endorsed in 2013, are crucial for improving access to the sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of adolescents and young people in the region. SRHR services …
Empowering Young Women to Drive Climate Solutions: A Groundbreaking Initiative in Uganda The Global Girls Creating Change (G2C2) Programme in Uganda has successfully concluded its inaugural four-day training, empowering a group of Girl Champions—young girls from diverse backgrounds across the Karamoja and Eastern Regions—to become climate change researchers. Funded by HIVOS, the G2C2 Programme is …
Uganda is taking bold steps towards shaping its future by integrating the voices of its youthful population into the nation’s strategic planning, aiming to unlock the immense potential of the next generation. According to the preliminary results of the Uganda National Population and Housing Census 2024, an astounding 72.3% of the country’s population is aged …
Call to Action: for ESA countries to accelerate the implementation of laws and policies on menstrual hygiene to end “period poverty” The #YouthPower Driving #ESA network urgently calls on the responsible governments in Sub-Saharan Africa to prioritise menstrual hygiene for Adolescent girls and young women. The stark reality is that many school-going young girls miss …
Restless Development Uganda and Makerere University launched the Green Jobs Research Project on May 13, 2024, beginning with a week-long Foundation Training for the project’s youth researchers. Sixteen young leaders from Nakasongola district in Central Uganda and Jinja City in the Busoga region participated in the training, all with the goal of uplifting the aspirations …
Restless Development Uganda, in partnership with Care Uganda, held a training activity for over 40 health workers from Nakawa and Makindye Division in Kampala between 5th and 6th March. As an initiative of the SHE SOARS program, the training sought to address poor provision of Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) services to the adolescent and young …
Exploring the impacts of Gender and social norms on Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights of Out of School adolescent boys and girls. Youth researchers under the SHE SOARS project presented a petition in commemoration of the Day Of The African Child 2023 under the theme; Rights of Children in a Digital Environment. This research …